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MEMO • DATE: 1/10/01 MEETING DATE: 1/16/01 TO: Planning Commissioners FROM: Susan Henry, Assistant City Manager RE: Walgreens Sign Variance Request Requested Action: On January 9, 2001, the City Council looked at the resolutions passed onto them by the Planning Commission from public hearings held on the Walgreens development on December 19, 2000. All of the resolutions passed,with the exception of the sign variance request. Background: At the January 9, 2001, City Council meeting, TOLD Development announced that it would take the electronic component out of the sign variance request. At this point, the petitioner is requesting a sign variance to allow for a ground (or monument sign) consisting of 50 square feet of copy on each side, for a total surface copy area of 100 square feet. City code states the allowable sign copy surface area is a maximum of 68 square feet. The request exceeds the existing code by 32 square feet, 16 square feet per side. At the December 19, 2000, Planning Commission public hearing, there.was a'3-3 (tie),vote on the motion to approve the sign surface copy area, taking out the electronic sign. The City Council would like the Planning Commission to reconsider the request to determine if hardship can be defined for ..granting the sign variance for the copy surface area. Findings could be, by not limited to, the following: (1) the property elevations makes it difficult to view the signage; (2) the easements make sign placement difficult; and (3) the property is difficult to develop. Staff Recommendation: Staff is looking for the Planning Commission to reconsider the Walgreens sign variance request, after looking more closely at the hardship issue in relation to the City's sign ordinance. Attachment: • Monument Sign Plans