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CITY OF LADE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2001-14 CONDITIONAL IN I i WHEREAS, SJW Enterprises, LLC has applied for a Conditional Use Permit for a permanent "Neighborhood Identification Sign "; located at Lily Avenue /50`h Street North, which is a boulder with approximately 40 square feet of surface area, with neighborhood identification applied to the face. The boulder is setback approximately 30 feet from 50`' Street; is on the Lily Avenue right -of -way; and, is approximately 6 feet above adjacent grade. WHEREAS, Section 535.07 Permitted Signs by Zoning District, Subd. 1G. Permitted Signs in Residential Districts of the Lake Elmo Municipal Code requires a Conditional Use Permit to erect Neighborhood signs in the City of Lake Elmo; and WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission, at its February 12, 2001 meeting, recommended that the Citv Council approve said Conditional Use Permit based on the .following findings: 1. The Sign Ordinance does permit neighborhood identification signage upon approval of a Conditional Use Permit with no stated standards with regard to number of signs, sign location, sign area, or sign height. 2. The previously approved Conditional Use Permits for signs of this type includes Torre Pines where a sign /monument of 150 square feet area in a public street median was approved for a neighborhood of 24 homes with a single public street access /frontage. 3. The Tana Ridge neighborhood will total 20 new homes, with 1 public road access /entrance points. One sign is proposed, totaling 40 square feet, including the monument features. 4. The applicant's signage proposal is of lesser scale than the previously approved neighborhood identification signage for Torre Pines, particularly in relation to the similar scale of the neighborhood to be served - a somewhat objective measure of "neighborhood character ". 5. The application generally responds to those applicable standards for approval of Conditional Use Permits specified by Section 300 of the City Code— as required.