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Memo
To: Mayor Hicks and City Council
From: Kari Barker, Associate Planner
Date: March 5, 2006
Subject: GGG, Inc. & Johnson & Scofield, Inc. -Request to place a
permanent roof sign at 507 Vermilion Street -Three Rivers Place
Sales Office.
REQUEST
GGG, Inc. & Johnson & Scofield, Inc. is requesting approval to place a permanent roof sign
at 507 Vermillion Street to replace an existing roof sign. The sign will be 4'x16' with no
lighting.
ATTACHMENTS
• Picture of sign
• Applicant's request for sign
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Comprehensive Plan Classification
The subject property is guided MXD -Mixed Use in the Comprehensive Plan.
Zoning Classification
The subject property is guided C-3 -Community Regional Commerce.
ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS
The language for roof signs is as follows:
Roof Signs. To provide reasonable flexibility in respect to the sign regulations set forth in
this section, the City Council may approve an application for a roof sign where an exception
would be consistent with the intent of these regulations, in cases where the applicant
demonstrates practical difficulties in using a wall sign or freestanding sign.
The building on which the proposed roof sign will be located demonstrates practical
difficulties in using either a wall sign or freestanding sign. As there are full glass
windows on the front of the building, there is not an area to mount a wall sign.
Further, there is not adequate room in front of the building to use a freestanding sign
as the building comes to the edge of the street.
However, no roof sign shall exceed in size the district requirements for freestanding signs.
If the City Council approves a roof sign, the area of the roof sign maybe subtracted from
the allowable freestanding and/or wall signage allowed for the property and/or building.
According to Dakota County Parcel Query, this building has 538 square feet of wall
area. The allowable signage for this property is found in the table below.
Permitted Total for buildin
Freestandin Si n 50 s uare feet 50 s uare feet
Wall Si na a 5% of wall area 26 s uare feet
Total 76 square feet
The proposed roof sign is 64 square feet total. Thus, the applicant would have 12
square feet remaining to use for any signage on the property.
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New sign is replacing the old sign which was completelc a wood structure at the same size of 4'x i6'.
New sitm is constructed of a 2" Aluminum Extrusion frame with two 4'x8' 1/2" Alumacore panels that are removable by removing the top portion of the frame.
Frame is being allaehed (holle.~1) to exsisling hrarkeln and alruclunc nn roof lop.
Lettering is FIigh Performance fast Vinyl. Colors specified by customer.
New Sign Frarnc
Easisting Roof Brackets
Sign Design provided by Sideline Signs & Graphics (February 200?)
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Planning, Engineering c~ Surveying
507 Vermillion Street, Hastings MN 55033, ph. 651.438.0000, fax. 651.438.9005
To: John Hinzman, City of Hastings
From: Daniel Tilsen
Date: February 20`h, 2007
RE: 507 Vermillion Street Sign
Dear John,
It has come to our attention that permission is needed to replace the sign that is on top of the roof
at X07 Vermillion Street.
The request is to replace the sign with the same size on the same supports in the same location as
the existing sign.
The existing sign is 4'x16' with no Lighting and the new sign will not be lit as well.
Our misunderstanding was that we could replace the sign in-kind. With that we ordered the sign,
the sign has been fabricated and was to be installed today, we have stopped the installation as you
requested.
Please see the attached pictures of the existing sign and the new sign layout.
Thank you for you time and consideration.
Daniel Tilsen
Project Manager
Cc: Marcus Johnson