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PLANNING COMMISSION 2 November 20, 1990 1 2 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 3 4 A. 7:35 P.M. Nedegaard Construction for Evergreen Townhomes, 5 3412 Silver Lane, sign variance. 6 7 The hearing was opened at 7:35 with no one present reporting failure to 8 receive the notice of hearing or objecting to its content. 9 10 Assistant to the City Manager VanderHeyden reported the Evergreen 11 Townhomes signs have been reduced in size and the Nedegaard Company is 12 asking to place one sign each on four different monuments. In addition, if 13 approval is recommended of the four signs, the consideration would be for 14 -the aggregate sign surface area allowed which is 150 sq. ft., Nedegaard is 15 requesting 200 sq. ft. 16 17 With regard to monuments and sign height, City Attorney, Bill Soth, said that 18 if the. monument were not approved as a sign they would then have to be 19 considered as part of the fence. VanderHeyden met with City Manage Tom 20 Burt and Public Works Director, Larry Hamer, and reported that Nedegaard 21 was allowed to build the monuments originally because of the Parade of 22 Homes with the understanding that unless a sign variance was given, it 23 would be the Company's responsibility to remove or move them. Nedegaard 24 agreed. 25 Whether they are allowed a sign variance will be decided at the City Council 26 meeting next week. 27 28 Regarding the fence height, VanderHeyden said she, Burt and Hamer called it 29 a front yard setback. She added that it should not have been called a front 30 yard setback because it does not sit on the front yard of any townhome, it is 31 on the side yard and back yard. In addition, by calling it a front, back or 32 side yard setback or a setback from the right-of-way, she said it is all a 30 33 foot setback: therefore, it does not change what was necessary. It is serviced 34 by an internal roadway. All the way around it is outside. It is a back or side 35 yard setback and not a front yard setback. 36 37 For clarification, Hansen sketched his.interpretation of front yard. 38 VanderHeyden commented that the roadway is a private drive. Discussion 39 continued regarding the decision of whether the area in question is a "front 40 yard." VanderHeyden said that she, Burt and Hamer made the 41 determination because of the way the fence runs along the back and side 42 yards and in no way physically runs along the front of one of the 43 townhomes. VanderHeyden also confirmed that that issue is not before