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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />erst'Sir'll *'CCTIMQ <br />umm 2004 <br />Department Approval:Administrator Approval:Agenda Section: <br />Name: Melanie Curtis <br />Zoning <br />Title: City Planner <br />Item Description: Sign Permit Request - 2765 Kelley Parkway <br />Orono Professional Properties 1 -McCarthy Construction <br />List of Exhibits: <br />A. 2004 Sign Permit Application & Submitted Materials <br />B. Sign Approval with Building Permit Request from June 2003 <br />C. Resolution No. 4890 and Sheet El.l Exterior Elevations (Sign Elevations) <br />D. Business District Sign Code Regulations — City Code Section 78-1468 <br />Summary: <br />McCarthy Construction has requested a sign permit for the dental office at 2765 Kelley Parkway to <br />allow a larger sign than was previously approved. <br />In November 2002 Council approved the Development Agreement which referred to sign plans <br />indicating a two-faced monument sign 13'4” wide and 12 ’ high, with 68 s.f. of signage per face, each <br />sign face being 8’ wide and 8’6” high. <br />The plans submitted for the building permit in June 2003 indicated a sign 13’ wide but 12'8 ” high. <br />Staff accepted this because the magnitude of the change was minor and the square footage of signage <br />remained at 68 s.f. per face, 8’ wide and 8’6” high. <br />The cunent signage request now has the sign 13’ wide but 13’8” high, more than 1-1/2 feet higher <br />than originally approved. The faces are now 7’2” wide by 10 ’ high, or a total square footage of <br />71.25 s.f. per face. The added height is of greater concern to staff than the minor addition of square <br />footage to the faces. <br />One apparent reason for the added height is that the individual pillars were not built according to the <br />plan; they are each slightly larger in girth, reducing the width available for signage to 7’2 ” rather than <br />8’. The added height proposed apparently makes up for this loss of width. <br />A reason for the added height cited by the applicant is that the owners want the sign to be visible <br />over the berm at the comer. <br />The underside of the eaves of the building are at a height of 12 ’ above grade. The 13’8” height <br />raises the top of the sign to a level about even with the top of the facia.