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Home My WebLink AboutPC90005 - 3/29/90 - 6105 Earl Brown DrCITY OF 3ROOKLYN CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION Application No. 90005 Street Location of Property Please Print Clearly or Type 6105 Earle Brown Farm Legal Description of Property Tracts A and D, R.L.S. No. 1594 Owner Brooklyn Center Econdevelopment Authority Address 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway Applicant same Address Type of Request: Rezoning X Variance Phone No. 569-3300 Phone No. Subdivision Approval Site & Bldg. Plan Approval Special Use Permit Other: Description of Request: Variance approval for, sign package at the Earle Brown Farm including off -site directional sign, extra freestanding 10 signs and a canopy sign. The applicant requests processing of this application and agrees to pay to the City of Brooklyn Center, within fifteen (15) days after mailing or deliver3, of the billing state- ment, the actual costs incurred by the City for Engineering, Planning and Legal expenses reasonably and necessarily required by the City for the processing of the application. Such costs shall be in addition to the application fee described hE!rein. Withdrawal of the application shall not relieve the applicant,.of,,the obligation to pay costs incurred prior to withdrawal. Fee $ waived Receipt No. none Date: March 26, 1990 PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Dates of P.C. Consideration: -2 - _9 -5f Approved ) Denied following conditions: this �9 Nay of c=f,� CITY COUNCIL ACTION cant's Signature 19 7e , subject to the ai rman Dates of Council Consideration: Approved Denied this 17 ULday of 19 C' with the following amendment: Clerk P/I Form No. 18 (over please) CITY OF RROO:.cYN CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICATION Appli cati on No.. Sri ddo Street Location of Property_ Legal Description of Property Please Print Clearly or Type 1 A Owner V 4Ar Address c' Phone No. 3Gt� � Applicant S C4 11 � Address S o Phone No. -11�-- Type of Request: Rezoning Subdivis-on Approval Variance Site & B-dg. Plan Approval Special Use Permit Other: Description of Request: ttl The applicant requests processing of this application and agrees to pay to the City of Brooklyn Center, within fifteen (15) days after mailing or delivery of the billing state- ment, the actual costs incurred by the City for Engineering, Planning and Legal expenses reasonably and necessarily required by the City for the processing of the application. Such costs shall be in addition to the application fee described hE'rein. Withdrawal of the application shall not relieve the applicant of the obligation to pay costs incurred prior to withdrawal. Fee $ �V-w�L Receipt No. Dates of P.C. Consideration: Date: PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Approved Denied this day of following conditions: CITY COUNCIL ACTION Dates of Council Consideration: Approved Denied this day of amendment: Applicant's Signature 19 , subject to the Chairman is , with the following P/I Form No. 18 (over please) Clerk CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER CITY COUNCIL 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN; Please take notice that the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center will hold a public meeting on March 29, 1990 at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council' Chambers, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway to consider the petition de�cribed below. Auxiliary Aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please contact the Personnel Coordinator at 569-3300 to make arrangements. TYPE OF REQUEST: Sign variance PETITIONER: Brooklyn Center EDA PROPERTY NAMED IN THE PETITION: Earle Brown Heritage Center BRIEF STATEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PETITION: Sign package for Earle Brown Heritage Center Respectfully, Ronald A. Warren Planning Commission Secretary CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER CITY COUNCIL 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Please take notice that the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 9, 1990 at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway to consider the petition described below. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please contact the Personnel Coordinator at 561-5440 to make arrangements. TYPE OF REQUEST: Sign Variance PETITIONER: Brooklyn Center EDA PROPERTY NAMED IN THE PETITION: Earle Brown Heritage Center BRIEF STATEMENT OF CONTENTS OF PETITION: Sign package for Earle Brown Heritage Center Respectfully, Ronald A. Warren Planning Commission Secretary Planning Commission Information Application No. 90005 Applicant: Brooklyn Center Location: 6105 Earle Brown Request: Sign Variance Sheet EDA Drive. etc. (Earle Brown Farm) The applicant requests approval of a variance from the Sign Ordinance to erect a number of signs for the Earle Brown Heritage Center, some of which comply with the ordinance and some of which will not, without a variance. The property in question is currently zoned I-1 and is bounded on the north and east by Earle Brown Drive, on the south by the Earle Brown Commons senior housing development and on the west by Brookdale Corporate Center III and vacant I-1 zoned land. The proposed signs include the following: - A 6' x 16' (96 sq. ft.) freestanding identification sign for the Earle Brown Heritage Center to be placed east Hippodrome near the middle entrance off Earle Brown Drive. This sign will be placed partially in the right-of-way. Ultimately 10' of right-of-way will be vacated from each side of Earle Brown Drive. An interim variance is required to allow the sign within the right-of-way temporarily. - A 3' x 616" freestanding, off -site directional sign for the Earle Brown Heritage Center, the Inn of the Farm, and Earle Brown Commons to be located at the entrance to the Commons and Brookdale Corporate Center III off Summit Drive. The variance is for an off -site sign. Also, the sign slightly exceeds the limit of 16 sq. ft. for a directional sign. - Five 18" x 18" wall -mounted building identification signs. These require no variance. - One 18" x 36" Inn on the Farm identification sign hanging from the canopy over the drive -up in front of the inn. The variance here is because the sign hangs below the canopy face rather than on it. - One sign reading "Brooklyn Farm" on the entry gate to the Farm. The only variance here, if there is one, is for a second freestanding identification sign. The Farm is entitled to only one freestanding sign. This sign, if it is classified as an identification sign exceeds that limit. - Two signs of undetermined size on the water tower with the logo of the Earle Brown Heritage Center on each side. The variance here again is that these signs are additional freestanding identification signs. - The building information sign for the "D" Bjrn may also be a variance since it will amount to tenant ident fication signery on a multi-storey office building. However, the fact that it 3-29-90 -1- Application No. 90005 continued is a single sign of limited size may allow it to be considered some sort of collective identification sign. It should be stressed that the Earle Brown Heritage Center is registered as a historic site by the Minnesota Historical Society. In 1981, the City recognized this fact in its approval of application 81041. Part of that approval was an acknowledgment that variances would be justifiable in order to bring about the viable re -use of the Farm site. The signery proposed for the Heritage Center, while it would involve a number of technical variances, is not really excessive. The size of the signs is far below what would be allowed by the Sign Ordinance. The signs are also quite tasteful and in keeping with the historical character of the Farm site. While it is impossible to legislate good taste, the City can achieve quality signery through approval of a total sign package. In 1981, the City Council recognized the special status of the Earle Brown Farm in adopting condition No. 5 of its approval of application No. 81041 as follows: 115. That the City Council acknowledges through this site plan approval a special zoning status for the land within the Minnesota Historic Site (see Condition No. 4) whereby development and use of the existing Earle Brown Farm buildings shall be based on City Council approval only. The grounds required for variances from City ordinance requirements shall be City Council acceptance of a development plan and the preservation of the Earle Brown Farm structures." This condition was adopted some years before the City negotiated a purchase of the Earle Brown Farm. The motivation behind the condition was, therefore, not to save money, but to enhance the prospect or re -use of the Farm buildings and thereby preservation of the historic site. There is also precedent for granting variances for off -site directional signs provides those signs are at accesses which serve the site of the principal use named on the sign. There is also precedent for granting an interim variance based on the future location of right-of-way. The additional identification signery is not excessive and seems to be reasonable in the form in which it is proposed. The Brooklyn Farm sign over the gate entry way is really a historic artifact since it was on the original gate until recently reconstructed. The sign on the water tower is important because the water tower is considered a key focal point for the Farm by people traveling in the area. Approval of the variance package is recommended in lieu of the following: 1. The Earle Brown Farm site is a unique historic resource for the community and merits special consideration in 3-29-90 -2- Application No. 90005 continued lieu of the City Council's action on application No. 81041 (condition #5). 2. The proposed signery conveys necessary visual communication and is not excessive or distasteful as it relates to the historic character of the Earle Brown Farm site. 3. 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