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FILE#LA21-000035 <br /> May 17,2021 <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> •Staff does not support the backlighting of the canopy. <br /> Background <br /> **The city is currently reviewing potential changes to the sign ordinance(LA21-000028). Applying <br /> the regulations to real world examples, including the original sign permit application for this <br /> project, staff recognized that the intended goals are not realized. For example, the regulations <br /> for neighborhood identification signs, and incidental signs not clearly defined. The following <br /> analysis is based on the existing code. ** <br /> The subject property has been a gas station since at least 1980. A number of variances and <br /> conditional use permits have been approved for the property, including resolutions 2073 and <br /> 4420,which approved variances for signage in 1986 and 2000, respectively. These approvals are <br /> summarized in the table attached as Exhibit D. <br /> When a project does not conform to the standards of a previously approved variance, the <br /> variance is from the existing city code, not the standards established by the variance. Legal non- <br /> conforming structures may be rebuilt in kind, without the need for a variance. <br /> Proposal. <br /> The applicants propose a sign package that includes: <br /> Free standing sign Replacing an existing freestanding sign (Exhibit C-1). The sign is • <br /> 20 feet tall, 95.79 sq ft of sign copy area,the monument sign is <br /> 141.66 sq ft. The sign area includes 20.16 sq ft of changeable <br /> copy(21%). The changeable copy calculation does not include <br /> the fuel price. The sign exceeds the number,area, monument <br /> sign area,and changeable copy area prescribed by Ordinance. <br /> Monument and changeable copy are functions of the sign copy <br /> area. <br /> The height proposed, 20 feet, is allowed per section 78-1373, <br /> which allows signs for gas stations to be 22 feet tall. <br /> Building sign A new building wall sign 20 sq ft (Exhibit C-2) No variance <br /> needed. <br /> Canopy sign (3,each 12.7 sq ft) Also proposed is a LED backlit canopy <br /> (Exhibit C-3) Only one edge faces a street, in staffs opinion, <br /> therefore 2 canopy signs requires a variance. Illumination of <br /> canopy requires a variance. <br /> No changes are proposed for the existing free standing sign located on the west side of the <br /> property. <br /> • <br />