Planning Commission Minutes 2014 04 10

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April; 10, 2014 Page 8of 37 None. Public Notice Certification: Posted in City Hall, Public Library, Recreation Center, and the Courts and Police Building, on the City website, and mailed to surrounding property owners –March 21, 2014.Published in the Boulder Daily Camera –March23, 2014. Staff Report of Facts and Issues: Robinson presented from power point. A request for a planned unit development (PUD) for an existing industrial flex building in the Colorado Tech Center on650 South Taylor Avenue. The property was built in 1984 without a PUD before the city began requiring a PUD for all commercial buildings. This would be the first PUD for this site. The only developmentthey areproposing with this PUD is thethree signs.The property has one existing monument sign. The property has three tenants but the main tenant is Community Food Share and two other smaller tenants. Underthe property zonedindustrial and governed by the Industrial Development Design Standards and Guidelines (IDDSG), under those guidelines generally one monument sign is allowed per development unless there are multiple tenants or multiple entrances off of the public right-of-way. In this case, there are two entrances off of Taylor Avenue and multiple tenants. The IDDSG recommends going through the PUD process to determine how many monument signs should be placed. The applicant is requesting three monument signs. One main monument sign would go back where the existing monument sign is, just replacing it. One will be a directional sign giving visitors directions to the various entrances for Community Food Share and to the other tenants. One monument sign will be at the main entrance for Community Food Share and function as an entrance sign usually done as a wall sign. In this case, the applicant is requesting a monument sign instead. The main monument sign as far as size and design complies with the IDDSG. It is a cross shape design so two faces will say “Community Food Share.” It is about 25 SF which is the maximum size allowed for one faceof a monument sign in the IDDSG and will be 5’ tall which is under the 6’ maximum height allowed. Theother face will have theaddresson it to give overall project identification. The second sign will be the directional sign. It will be at the north entrance so as people drive in, they will be able to find where they are going. The IDDSG allows directional signs under 4 SF that don’t require a PUD, but for this kind of project with visitors coming in and out to Community Food Share dropping off and picking up food, and with the other tenants, a 4SF sign wouldn’t provide the guidance needed. The applicant is requesting a larger sign. This sign also complies with the standards in the IDDSG. The third sign is the entrance sign. Because of the designof the building and other concerns of the applicant, they are requesting a monument sign placed in front of the front entrance in place of a wall sign which you would usually see there. It complies with the IDDSG. Staff is recommending condition that ifthis sign is approved, then they are not allowed a wall sign at that location. They would still be allowed wall signs at the entrances for the other tenants.