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• Petition for Rezoning We are requesting that Lot 3, Block 1, Apache Terrace, 2nd Addition be rezoned from Industrial to Commercial. This would allow us to combine the vacant industrial parcel with the existing commercially zoned Amoco property and make our proposed retail use compatible with the zoning. Because of the small size_of the Amoco'property., our feeling is that the adjacent industrial.property will be needed for any proposed commercial development, and that commercial development is certainly the highest and best use for this location. Since the vast majority of the properties within 350 feet of ours are residential, we have included a list of these property owners rather than a drawing indicating their property locations. I hope you will find this acceptable. Petition for Sign Variance We are requesting that we be allowed to construct a single monument sign that is eight feet high and ten feet wide, and includes 50 square feet of copy surface on each side (100 square feet in total). We are also requesting that a two line electronic readerboard be allowed. Because our building is a stand-alone building, and therefore does not meet the strict definition of a shopping center, a Comprehensive Sign Plan is not required. At the same • time, our building size is typical of neighborhood.shopping centers or.strip malls. Because of this, I have included a Comprehensive Sign Plan with my application, and would ask that our building be treated as though it were a shopping center or strip mall. By viewing our building as a strip mall under 75,000 square feet in size,.the Planning Commission and City Council could consider our sign plan as a whole and approve a ground sign with an area of up to 150 square feet. Our Comprehensive Sign Plan is sensitive to the surroundings and in scale with the building as a whole. We have reduced the size of the wall signs on our building to cover unly about 5% of iue building, surface area, and limited the signs to two sides of the building. This is only one third of the 15% allowed by code. We feel that.a slightly larger ground sign(16 square feet per side), accompanied with dramatically reduced building signs is,a better solution than having three timesmore wall sign area coupled with a slightly smaller ground sign as would otherwise be allowed. I hope that the City Staff, Planning Commission and Council will use their discretion and agree with our intent to have a total sign plan that is in scale with our building and sensitive to the surrounding area. Further, we understand that flashing signs are not allowed. Since an electronic readerboard could have the physical ability to "flash",we would certainly agree to have our sign change its message at no more than five-minute intervals, or some other time period that is acceptable to the City. This condition could be written into our development agreement as a condition of approval.