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Item No: 5B Meeting Date: December 6, 2006 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of a Variance to Allow Increased Signage Area at 5150 Quincy Street; Planning Case VR2006-010 Introduction: Tim Hill of C.G. Hill & Sons has requested a variance to allow increased sign area on the newly constructed addition to their building located at 5150 Quincy Street. For reference purposes, this building is just behind Taco Bell. C.G. Hill is currently constructing an addition onto the east side of their building, which now gives the building good visibility from 35W. Mr. Hill would like to add another “C.G. Hill & Sons” sign to the east wall facing the freeway. Discussion: The Sign Code calls for building mounted signage not to exceed 100 square feet per building occupant. In most cases, 100 square feet is adequate, although issues have arisen regarding end spaces at the retail malls and for stand-alone buildings with multiple frontages. The C.G. Hill building has three frontages with good visibility; the front of the building, the south wall facing County Road 10 and Program Avenue, and now the east side facing 35W. Our Code makes no exceptions for multiple building elevations, thus limiting each tenant to 100 square feet. Mr. Hill would like to install a 91.5 square foot sign on the east wall of the building, which will appear as shown below. C.G. Hill currently has two 50 square foot signs on the front and south walls. Similar Requests: Budget Liquor and Mario’s Video were both granted variances for additional signage at Moundsview Square. (Both leased space at either end of the center.) The Abbey Carpet building and Carmike Wynnsong Cinema also received approval for signage in excess of 100 square feet. The Mermaid, through its PUD, was allowed signage in excess of the City’s requirements.