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FILE #05 3072 3 January 2005 Pago 4 of 5 Additionally, Section 78-916 states that a conditional use pcmiit may be revocable, may be granted for a limited time, or may be granted subject to such conditions as lire council may prescribe; and a conditional use permit shall remain in effect as long as the conditions agreed upon arc observed, but nothing in this section shall prevent the city from enacting or amending official controls to change the status of comlitional uses; and a certified copy of any conditional use permit shall be filed with the county recorder or registrar of titles. The conditional use pennit .shall include the legal dc.scription of the properly included. Sign Size Variance The Orono sign ordinance docs not address the needs of institutional uses within residential /ones. Currently the school has a campus sign perpendicular to Highway 12 in front of the tennis courts. The existing sign is approximately 41 s.f. total area and contains a manual readerboard. 'fhe applicant has proposed a moiuimcnl sign ap|)roximately 9’ high and 11* wide. The proposed sign meets City Code Section 78-1466(11) regarding monument signs, fhe proposed sign copy area 56 s.f. with a 30 s.f static elec‘ro'!ic readerboard. The applicant has indicated that this readerboard is to be changed no more frequently than once daily and its purpose is to provide parents and students with relevant school infomiation. The electronic readerboard will eliminate the need for sending a student or staff member out to the sign to physically change the message on the sign and will be more functional for the school. As proposed the static electronic readerboard is not considered a “Hashing illuminated sign" which is not allowed. Hardship Statement Applicant has completed the Hardship Documentation I'crm attached as Hxhibit U, and should be asked for additional testimony regarding the application. Hardship Analy.sis /« considerinn applications for variance, the Hanninp Commission shall consider the effect of the proposed variance upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the pnhlic safety, and the effect on values of property in the surrounding area. The Planning Commission shall consider recommending approval for variances from the literal provisions of the Zoning Code in instances where their strict enforcement would cause undue hardship because of circumstances nniifne to the individual property under consideration, and shall recommend approval only when it is demonstrated that such actions will be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Orono Zoning Code. Staff finds that often the needs of the institutional uses within the lesidcntial districts arc not met under the cunent sign regulations. Variances have been consistently granted for the dif ferent sign needs for the varying institutional u.ses within the (hty of Orono in the past, and perhaps this is indicative of the need to update the codes with respect to institutional uses '.vithin residential /ones.