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ft <br />q £ <br />TO:Chair Hawn and Orono Planning Commission Members <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />FROM:Wendy Bottenberg, Assistant Zoning Administrator/Planner <br />DATE:January 14,2000 <br />SUBJECT: #2553 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church <br />3745 Shoreline Drive <br />Variance -- Public Hearing <br />Zoning District: LR-IC One Family Lakeshore Residential District <br />This application requires the following variance: <br />Section 10.61, Subd. 2 (A) (3): Allows one sign for each use allowed by conditional use permit- up <br />to 12 square feet per surface. To allow a 4' x 10’ or 40 s.f. (per side) where 12 s.f. is allowed, for <br />a two sided cabinet sign to replace a smaller existing V-board sign. <br />Application Summary: The applicants are requesting a variance for signage square footage to <br />construct and replace an existing, deteriorating sign on the property. The existing sign was <br />constructed in 1956. The proposed sign is 4' x 10’ (40 s.f.) pe» aide. The sign is smaller (40 s.f.) than <br />the existing sign (48 s.f.), but 28 square feet larger per side than the allowed 12 square feet per side. <br />The proposed sign*l4^il^i^lluminated and will be located in the same location as the existing sign. <br />The sign will sit on a*^Q«ek base approximately one foot in height and will be at least 5 feet from the <br />property line. The proposed sign is intended to advertise the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a use <br />of the property since the 1950's. <br />The applicant seeks approval of a variance for signage square footage to construct a new sign on the <br />property. <br />Statement of Hardship : <br />The applicants have included their statement of hardship in Exhibit A. The applicants should also <br />be asked for their testimony regarding this issue. <br />M2553 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church <br />3745 Shoreline Drive <br />Variance <br />1/1 4/00 <br />Page I