Planning Commission Minutes 2006 03 09

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes MARCH 9, 2006 Page 9 of 16 Johnstone stated that staff has felt it not appropriate to hold up any application. The applicant has been advised of the pending Sign Code Amendments. Johnstone provided the following summary: . A request to amend the final planned unit development (PUD) plan for Christopher Plaza, to allow modifications to two existing monument signs and modifications to the PUD sign criteria for wall-mounted signs. . Property is located at the northwest corner ofHi~hway 42 and South Boulder Road, 1075 South Boulder Rd; Lot 8, Christopher Village, 4t Filing. . A retail and office building which is two-stories with a partial third floor and is situated in a cluster of other buildings. . Original PUD in 1994 authorized two monument signs, one along each of the adjacent arterial street frontages (South Boulder Road and Highway 42). . RMD Signs, represents the property owners and tenants. . The request includes three exceptions from the sign requirements from the City's Commercial Development Design Standards and Guidelines (CDDSG): 1) An increase in area from 32 SF to 60 SF 2) An expansion of the number of individual retail tenants identified on the sign 3) A request to locate a sign within an easement and within the 10-foot minimum setback requirement from the street right of way (along South Boulder Road.) . The application also includes a request to allow illuminated wall signs on the second story level for use by either the second or third story office tenants of the building. . Staff has focused on development criteria addressing the size and number of individual tenant panels and the impact on traffic safety if the signs become distracting to motorists. . Staff is recommending approval with the following conditions: 1. The monument signs shall be approved as submitted with the following conditions: a. Character heights shall be limited to an 8-inch minimum for primary text and 3 - inch minimum for secondary text; b. Each sign face limited to a maximum of 8 tenant identification panels; c. Background panel material to be a standard opaque white (only characters or logos may illuminate); and d. Minimum individual tenant panel size shall be 5 SF. 2. The monument sign along South Boulder Road shall be constructed (or reconstructed if needed) to allow for underground utilities to go underneath the structure. Structural support shall be designed of two caissons (or similar design as approved by the City's Chief Building Official) to more readily accommodate underground utilities. 3. The property owner shall enter into a City-standard Revocable License Agreement that allows the sign to be located in the easement, but reserve the City's right to use the easement for other general public purposes and also holds the City harmless for any damage that might occur to the structure in our use of the easement. 4. The second floor wall signs shall be approved with the following conditions: a. Consistent with the PUD sign requirement for 1 st floor illuminated signs, all illuminated wall mounted signs shall be designed of individual pan channel letters (characters);