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ain thon ills e DATE : APPROVAL : January 13 1989 TO : Planning Commission Members FROM : David M. Childs, City Manager ITEM : 02-89 SIGN VARIANCE RE UEST AT ST. ANTHONY SHOPPING CENTER The St. Anthony Shopping Center, represented by the Eberhardt Company, has three items for the Commission consideration which represent the "signage package" for the center. 1. Proposed new pylon sign to replace the existing sign. (Plan is attached. ) The Sign Code allows a free standing sign for a shopping center not to exceed 300 square feet in size. The proposed sign is 260 square feet or 40 square feet below the maximum allowed size. 2. Signage criteria for the tenants which will be used in conjunction with a new sign band for the buildings. The criteria allows only individual lettering, and has limits on the size and number of signs. These criteria do not pre-empt our regulations, but represent an attempt to standardize the signage at the center. 3. A request for a variance to allow a 39.5 square foot tenant directory on the wall of the store front formerly occupied by Brown phono and facing Kenzie Terrace. Justification of special circumstances supporting the variance request by the applicant include: 1. The shopping center fronts on both Highway 88 and Kenzie Terrace, but no identification of the center or its tenants is available on Kenzie. 2. The 39.5 square foot size, when coupled with the new 260 square foot pylon sign is still less than they are allowed if there were a pylon sign only. 3. The center buildings tend to have their backs on Kenzie, further screening the visibility. No calls have been received regarding the variance, either for or against. I believe that if done as a package, this represents a vast improvement over previous proposals. You may wish to consider approval of the variance with installation of the directory allowed ter the building facia and new pylon sign have been installed.