Planning Commission Agenda and Packet 2020 05 14

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12th, 2020 Page 6 of 8 Ms. Kearney replied that they would replace the sign. Moline asked Ms. Kearney to comment on the whether or not the sign is needed. Ms. Kearney stated yes, and their number one concern is safety. She stated that she had followed up with the HOA and had copied Director Zuccaro when responding to the HOA. She explained the lengths she had gone to ensure that the signs were switching off. She noted that the purpose of the sign on Hecla Way was safety. She stated that she saw customers drive past the business and make a big U-turn. Moline thanked Ms. Kearney for her response. Diehl asked if the Hecla Way sign was meant to be an advertisement or a wayfinding sign and asked if there were a way to streamline the sign to get the wayfinding purpose met. Ms. Kearney replied that a sign with a business logo was a way to communicate where to turn, even if the sign was not directional. Mr. Kearney added that the way the sign was placed gave it the best visibility despite the transformer from the intersection of Plaza Drive and Hecla Way. He noted that customers had commented they didn’t know how to enter. He described that there was a traffic flow that he had worked with staff to establish when they changed the orientation of the car wash. Rice thanked the applicants. Ms. Kearney added that the illumination’s purpose was to be on in the first time and the last time of the day. Rice asked for commissioner comment. Moline appreciated the work of the applicant and staff. He felt that the application was an approved product from what the Commission had seen before. He appreciated the neighbors, as well. He thought that a monument sign on Hecla made sense but he thought a condition regarding the business hours and illumination was a good idea. Williams agreed with Commissioner Moline’s points and thought it was important to put the note on the PUD about illumination during business hours. Hoefner also thanked everyone and thought that it was a dramatic improvement from where they started. He supported adding actual hours on the PUD note, 7 am – 7 pm, rather than just saying business hours. He hoped that the dialogue between Speedy Sparkle and the HOU would continue and noted that code enforcement would be the next step. Howe wished that the process could have been speedier and sparklier but he appreciated the collaboration. He thought 7 am – 7 pm addition was geared toward the citizen requests because business hours can change.