Planning Commission Minutes 2020 03 12

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes March 12th, 2020 Page 2 of 8 Zuccaro explained that this was a continuation from two different proposals in July and October of last year. The Commission had asked staff and the applicant to work on some alternative designs. Zuccaro described the existing and proposed signs on site, including a new monument sign, existing menu board signs, an existing canopy sign, and a modified shared monument sign. He noted that the previous sign program included a sign allowance on this frontage, but it was never constructed. Proposed changes were as follows: • Increase overall sign height and bottom sign panel heights on the existing shared monument sign, with opaque panels with translucent letters and graphics and no time limits on illumination. • Construct a new sign facing Hecla Way with a total sign area of 17.1 sf. with an opaque panel with translucent letters and graphics and illumination limited to business hours. • Approve the menu boards that were already built with translucent panels • Includes the existing canopy sign so that the sign program includes all signs on the property. Zuccaro noted that staff reviewed the proposal under the old sign code under which it came in. He described the necessary waivers: • Number of signs allowed — one monument sign allowed per building, two proposed • South Boulder Road Monument Sign — modification to the existing shared monument sign by increasing the overall height of the sign by 2 ft and allocating the additional height to the bottom two tenant panels. This increases the sign area from the allowed maximum of 60 sf to 80 sf. Each bottom sign panel will be increased from 10 sf to 20 sf. •Sign Illumination on the menu board signs do not meet the criteria that only the trademark or characters are translucent. Illumination would be limited to business hours. Zuccaro described the relevant waiver criteria and staff's recommendations. Staff found that the joint monument sign reasonably exceeds the allowance to accommodate a joint monument sign rather than multiple monument signs. Staff found the translucent panels on the menu board acceptable with the limitation on illumination. Staff recommended approval with following two conditions: Include the existing wall sign on the PUD along with a description of the size and location of the sign and that the applicant should remove the note stating that staff designed the joint monument sign. Moline asked how illumination would be enforced. Zuccaro replied that it would be a zoning enforcement issue. Hoefner asked if there were hours associated with wall sign on the PUD. Zuccaro replied that the South Boulder Road sign did not have restrictions for lighting, but the Commission could seek a restriction on hours if it thought that the illumination