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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-061 CCR Member Gordon Erickson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 67 -61 RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION NO. 66057 SUBMITTED BY MACEY SIGN COMPANY WHEREAS, in November of 1965, the Village Council, acting in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning Commission, approved a variance to permit the erection of a freestanding sign adjacent to the Osseo Road (Highway #152) right -of -way 40 feet south of the entrance to the Lynn Brook Shopping Center; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission and Council have found that hardship does in fact exist in relation to freestanding signery, in that the present zoning ordinance does not take into account the common and necessary type of business activity; and WHEREAS, the applicant, acting for the owner and tennants of the properties within the Lynn Brook Shopping Center in the intervening period, have determined that rearrangement and addition to that previously approved and erected freestanding sign would be desirable, and have submitted an application #66057) requesting a variance to accomplish such rearrangement and addition; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, for a number of years, has studied the problem of signery within Brooklyn Center, and has developed and recommended to the City Council a proposed sign ordinance, which, among other things, contains the following provisions: SECTION 3 -1104 DETAILED SIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS REQUIRING A PERMIT. A. Commercial (C2 and C3 Zones) 1. Individual detached establishments or enterprises, except drive -in establishments and motels, may have the following signs: b. One freestanding identification sign on each collector or arterial street the establishment abuts if the building is set back at least 50 feet from the street on which the sign is located, except when the establishment is part of an integrated development (in that case, Section 3 below applies). The gross surface area of the sign shall not exceed two per cent of the gross first floor building area or 250 square feet, whichever is smaller, and it shall not extend more than 20 feet above street grade, provided, however, that the following maximum sign areas shall apply: RESOLUTION NO. 67 -61 Maximum sign area Maximum height of sign using the 2/ rule in relation to sign area 90 square feet 16 feet 130 square feet 17 feet 170 square feet 18 feet 210 square feet 19 feet 250 square feet 20 feet 3. Integrated commercial developments may have one freestanding identification sign on each collector or arterial street the development abuts. Each sign shall not exceed one per cent of the gross first floor building area in the development or 250 square feet, whichever is smaller, and shall not extend more than 32 feet above ground level. Regarding signing of a non freestanding type, sections l,a, l,c, and l,d, above shall be applicable to individual establishments within an integrated development; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission had intended that the permission for larger freestanding signs for integrated commercial developments should be used for identification of the entire integrated development only, and not for individual uses within the integrated development; and WHEREAS, the applicant has proposed a sign which would provide identification for individual establishments within the Lynn Brook Shopping Center, which sign would not exceed the area or height which would be permitted for an individual detached establishment, the area of said sign being approximately 125 square feet, and the overall height between 18 and 20 feet; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the subject development does not meet the proposed definition of an "integrated development yet could not be construed as a series of individual establishments; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that a hardship does in fact exist since the physical characteristics of the shopping center are not recognized by the proposed ordinance: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, that approval be granted to a freestanding sign not exceeding 125 square feet in area and 20 feet in height above the centerline grade of Osseo Road adjacent to this site (centerline grade of 861.00 feet above sea level), and further provided that there shall be no sign message on the sign structure below seven feet above centerline grade of Osseo Road, and that illimination for this sign shall not interfere with the safe use of the adjacent roadway. r RESOLUTION NO. 67 -61 March 6, 1967 Date A or ATTEST: -4_ �f Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Theodore Willard, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, John Leary, Howard Heck, Gordon Erickson and Theodore Willard, and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.