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STAFF REPORT 1 To: Mayor and Council Members Mark Casey, City Manager From: Ism Moore, assistant Cite MI an- ager January 10, 2012 Subject: Hennepin County Medical Clinic Anthony Market Place Requested Action: Council Consideration Date Application Received: Proneirty Address: Zoning District: 60 -Darr Expires: Waiver Letter Required: Future Action: November 9, 2011 2714—H,,vT88 Commercial January 9, 2012; March 9, 2012 Yes X Date Sent: December 13, 2011 No Background: Staff received a call from Richard Lang of Visual Comm-nunications Signs, requesting information on the process to apply fora 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. 0,155.29 DIS"T'RIC1 S SCHEDULES, (B)(1) states that for Commercial and li rdted 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 maximurn 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 01155.03 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 l 52,245