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r STAFF tF F REPORT To: Chair and Planning Commission Members From: Kim Moore-Sykes,Assistant City Manager Date: December 20, 2011 Subject: Hennepin County Medical Clinic — St. Anthony Market Place Requested Action: Public Hearing Date Application Received: November 9, 2011 Property Address: 2714— H,,vy 88 Zoning District: Commercial 60-Day Expires: January 9, 2012 Waiver Letter Required: Yes 1 Date Sent: December 13, 2011 No Future Action: Council Action Background: Staff received a call from Richard Lang of Visual Communications Signs,requesting information on the process to apply for a variance. Staff had previously reviewed a sign plan for the Hennepin County Medical Center Clinic, which has located a facility at the St. Anthony Market Place Shopping Center. Staff advised Mr. Lang that the requested second identification sign which is proposed to be placed above the entrance, requires a variance because the City allows only one identification sign per right-of-way frontage per commercial establishment. Mr. Lang reported that the owners of the clinic are concerned that patients may not recognize the entrance as an entrance without this additional identification sign. Analysis. The clinic submitted as part of an overall sign plan, a request for two (2) wall signs identifying the clinic on the same wall. §155.29 DISTRICTS SCHEDULES, (B)(1) states that for Commercial and limited businesses, one (1) identification (wall) sign per right-of-way frontage per commercial establishment is allowed. This sign may have no more than 2 SF of surface area per lineal foot of business frontage, up to a maximum of 150 SF. The proposed main wall sign is 64.6 SF; the proposed smaller wall sign to be placed over the entrance is 25.5 SF. §155.03 DEFINITIONS defines an identification sign as a sign which is a non-commercial sign but is limited to the name, address, and number of a building,institution or person and to the activity carried on in the building or institution or the occupation of the person. Application Review As part of the application process, the applicant is required to provide evidence that discloses facts that are unique to the subject property. Section 152.245 of the City Ordinance outlines the requirements that must be addressed to qualify for a variance and the process by which a variance is granted. Specifically Section 152.245