PL PACKET 02152000 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

STAFF REPORT To: MichaelJ. Mornson, City Manager, Mayor and City Council Planning Commission From: Kim Moore-Sykes, Management Assistant Ply Date: February 15, 2000 Subject: Identification Sign for Nativity Lutheran Church On September 9, 1999, a representative from Nativity Lutheran Church, 3312 Silver Lake Road, and the sign contractor filed a sign permit with staff in order to "change sign out front". In talking to the church representative, they indicated that they were only intending to change the sign so that it would be easier to maintain and have'a more updated appearance. They indicated that they were not changing the dimensions or its location, that the footings, electrical wiring and base will remain the same. In reviewing the City's sign ordinance, Section 14'00.08, Subd. 15 allows for the replacement of existing business identification signs. It states that "a bus m* ess identification sign designed to - replace an existing business identification sign which lawful exists under this Code [is permitted], so long as the new sign has the same dimensions and is *in the same location as the existing sign, and is not a prohibited sign under Section 1400.007." In looking at Section 1400.007, Subd. 4, states that it is prohibited to have signs within the Public Right-of-Way or Public Easement. At the time that I okayed the sign permit, I mistakenly thought the right-of-way was 15 feet and the sign was conforming. Ron Hansen,, 3220 Belden Drive, called me on January 25, 2000, questioning the placement of the sign and its possible placement 'in the night-of-way. Mr. Hansen demanded to know who on staff had okayed the new sign, that he felt it violated the sign code in several areas: landscaping, design and location. I explained that the contractor was not finished with the project, that the. design calls for end caps so that the sign's width is consistent from base to sign surface; that the landscaping will be completed in the spring when:the contractor can do the required plantings; and that I would have someone measure the sign's proximity to the public right-of-way. Mr.' Hansen pressed me to give him a time when I niight call him back. I indicated that I would have the public works staff measure the distance and have someone call him back either later in the day or the next. I also told him that I would have someone else call him back because I would be out of the office for a week. At that point, he.made comments about not understanding how I could go on vacation without first finishing my work.