09-17-2009 Planning Commission Minutes

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8. Prior to construction on the site, the applicant shall provide the City with a copy of the NPDES permit for the site. 9. The grocery store is required to connect to municipal sewer. 10. The applicant shall acquire, construct and maintain a connection from the west of the property to Olson Street until such time as the City may construct a public roadway through this area. 11. The applicant shall submit a signage plan for review by the Planning Commission. Once approved by the Commission, the plan shall be fully implemented. 12. A privacy fence shall be constructed that is six feet in height for up to 100 feet of the length of the adjacent Pollnow property at a location to be coordinated with the Pollnows. 13. The screening in the area adjacent to the highway shall be augmented with additional coniferous trees. All members voted"aye". Motion carried. APPLICANT: P. J. Smith,American National Bank Applicant requests a Conditional Use Permit for Additional Signage. Mr. Marohn explained the Staff Report. Applicant was represented by Marry Johnson. Finding of Fact Number 5 should be omitted; it is repeated. Public comment: None. Public comment closed. Condition Number three states Farmers Insurance and should be generic. A motion was made by Dean Williams, seconded by Mark Hallan,to approve the Conditional Use Permit for Addition Signage,based on the following Findings of Fact: 1. The request for a Conditional Use Permit is to allow a reader board that would not conform with Section 17-7.1(4)(C) which outlaws all flashing, revolving or intermittently lit signs. Section 17-7.1(5)(A)(6) allows for a sign concept plan for anything that is not allowed in the sign section. 2. It has not been indicated whether or not the requested sign coordinates with other signs on the property. The applicant has indicated there will be attractive landscaping around the sign. 3. The proposed sign is two-sided with a total of 68 square feet. 4. The required sign setback for the Commercial District is one foot. The site plan does not indicate the setback from the property line but it is 30 feet from the roadway. The applicant has indicated that the proposed sign will be far enough from the intersection so that its location does not cause a problem for cars at the intersection of Brunes and West Grove Street. 5. The property contains two businesses, American National Bank and Farmers Insurance. The property is allowed an additional eight square feet of sign for the additional business. Minutes 7 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission September 17, 2009