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Clear Channel IUP Report July 10, 2006 Page 4 (6) The use is not in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan of the City. The Comprehensive Plan does not contemplate or address the issue of billboards. As such, staff would suggest that the IUP request is not inconsistent with the Comp Plan. (7) The use will not cause traffic hazards or congestion. It is not anticipated that a billboard at the Mermaid site would not cause traffic hazards or congestion. (8) Adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and necessary facilities have been or will be provided. Access to the billboards will be gained via the Mermaid’s parking lot. Public Notice: Staff sent notices to property owners within 350 feet of the Mermaid property and published a copy of the notice in the June 28, 2006 edition of the Bulletin. While no public comment has been received in response to the City Council hearing notice, three separate residents (addressed on Sherwood Road, Eastwood Road and Sunnyside Road) had contacted me to express their opposition to the granting of a variance for additional height, a request the Planning Commission did ultimately deny. Mr. John Kopas, owner of the adjacent Abbey Carpet building, appeared before the Planning Commission on June 21 to express concern as to the location of the proposed billboard and the potential for the sign to obstruct his property. Mr. Kopas would later draft a letter that was provided to the Planning Commission in the July 5th staff report in which he consented to the siting of the billboard at the proposed location, no longer believing the billboard would be an obstruction, as long as the height of the billboard were 45 feet. One resident (Mr. Ken Glidden) spoke in opposition to the IUP and variance request on July 5. Mr. Glidden urged the Planning Commission to not lose sight of the fact that a billboard on County Road 10 would impact everyone that travels the roadway, not just the adjoining property owners. He felt the siting of a billboard in the corridor was contrary to the overall corridor redevelopment efforts being undertaken by the City Summary: The requested Interim Use Permit appears to satisfy all Code requirements and would not appear to cause any appreciable adverse impacts to the area in which the billboard would be located. While some argue that any billboard on County Road 10 is contrary to the City’s goal of improving and enhancing the image and appeal of the corridor, this site has been identified by the City Council as a potential location for a billboard. The Mermaid has determined that a billboard at the proposed location would not be or cause an obstruction so long as the height of the proposed billboard is allowed at 45 feet. Mr. Kopas of Abbey Carpet also believes the billboard would not be an obstruction if erected at a 45 foot height.