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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 7 Febryary 2011 Item No. �� Department Approval:�� Administrator Approval: Agenda Section: Name: Melanie Curtis Title: Planning & Zoning Coordinator Item Description: Appeal Staff Decision Denying Additional Temporary Sign Permit Days Barry Tanner— Navarre Lanes at 3435 Shoreline Drive Zoning District: B-1, Retail Sales Business District List of Exhibits: Exhibit A- Navarre Lanes Appeal Request Exhibit B - Temporary Sign Permits 2010 Exhibit C - Temporary Sign Permits 2011 Exhibit D - City Code 78-1466 Application Summary: Navarre Lanes opened for business in the multi-tenant building at 3423 Shoreline Drive in December of 2010. Winter weather conditions and frost have not allowed for construction of a new monument sign. In order to draw customers to the newly opened bowling alley, Mr. Tanner placed temporary signage on the property. Per City Code four 10-day permits are allowed for temporary signage per calendar year. These permits may be lumped together into one 40-day time period. Mr. Tanner applied for and received temporary sign permits for the dates December 3 through December 31, 2010. Additionally, Mr. Tanner applied for and received temporary sign permits from January 1 through February 10, 2011. The recently issued sign permits utilize all of the available 40 days for 2011. Mr. Tanner requested an exception, or variance, be granted to allow additional days for the display of temporary signage. Staff denied this request based on the limitation within the code. On January 19, 2011, the City received an appeal of the staff decision to allow additional signage days. Staff Recommendation The code is not specific when dealing with multi-tenant buildings. Staff has in the past allowed each tenant to utilize 40 days per year. In the past in the Otten Bros. building some of the businesses do not have a need to display temporary signage and have coordinated or shared their temporary signage days with another tenant. The downside of this is that often times it may result in what appears to be continual display of temporary signage at a property. This could be a solution for Mr. Tanner; however staff recommends that only occupied spaces' signage days be available for use. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Staff recommends that Council deny the appeal. Should the Council find it is appropriate to allow sharing of signage days between tenants, Mr. Tanner could be directed to explore an agreement with another tenant in the building to use some of their allotted temporary sign permit days.