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