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STAFF REPORT To: Chair and Planning Commissioners From: Kim Moore-Sykes, Assistant City Manager Date: October 18, 2011 Subject: Comprehensive Sign Plan Review —St. Anthony Shopping Center Requested Action: Planning Commission Recommendation Date Application Received: September 9, 2011 Property Address: St. Anthony Shopping Center, 2900 Pentagon Drive Zoning District: C 60-Day Expires: November 7, 2011 Waiver Letter Required: Yes Date Sent: No Future Action: City Council Approval Background. Greg Kozulla of Kozulla&Associates,is an architect working with the owners of the St. Anthony Shopping Center to update and renovate the look of the Center. He presented information to the Planning Commission at a public hearing at the September 20th Planning Commission and at the City Council meeting on September 27th on the visual rejuvenation planned for the Shopping Center and a proposed sign plan update. Mr. Kozulla showed color renderings of what the Shopping Center might look like,including reinstallation of existing tenant signage. The St. Anthony Village Shopping Center received approval by the City Council in 1989,with an update to allowable colors presented and approved in 2003. Construction on the Shopping Center began in the late 1950's according to property file records and which continued into the early 1960's. The City Council at their September 27th meeting voted unanimously to table action on Resolution 11-058, Approving the Proposed Comprehensive Sign Plan Update for the St. Anthony Shopping Center. Mr. Kozulla is before the Planning Commission with a request to review the proposed update to the information on the technical aspects of the Shopping Center's current comprehensive sign plan and to recommend approval to the City Council. The owners are planning to renovate the facade of the stores in the Center and will give the individual tenants the opportunity to install new signs, but as stated in the 2011 Comprehensive Sign Plan,the owners will not require the current tenants to install new signs. The tenants will be given the option of re-installing their old signs,which will be grandfathered in until such time as they are replaced with new signs. Given this shopping center has two entrances /exits,Mr. Kozulla is also requesting the owner have the option in the future to provide a monument sign at the Kenzie Terrace entrance. This monument sign would be the second such sign for the Center as there is currently a pylon sign located along the County Road 88 site entrance. The current project does not include removal of the FAPlanning\Staff Reports\201 1\10182011 Sign Plan st anthony shopping centerl stf rpt.doc10182011 Sign Plan st anthony shopping centerl stf rpt.doc