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RESOLUTION PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. WHEREAS, an application has been made by Irondale High School to allow relocation and replacement of the athletic field scoreboard and to allow construction of a lighted sign at the location of the existing scoreboard on the east façade of the auto shop building at the Irondale High School Campus located at 2425 Long Lake Road, and WHEREAS,the procedural history of the application is as follows: 1. An application for a Special Use Permit was received on August 30, 2012. 2. A public hearing notice was published in the New Brighton Bulletin on September 5, 2012. 3. Public hearing notices were mailed to property owners within 350' of the applicant's property on September 7, 2012. 4. The Planning Commission, pursuant to published and mailed notices, held a public hearing on September 18, 2012 where all interested parties were heard. 5. The Planning Commission recommended approval on September 18, 2012. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission makes the following Findings of Fact with respect to the Special Use Permit(SP2012-004): 1. The property is zoned R-1, Single Family Residential. 2. The property is guided in the Comprehensive Plan for P-QP, Public and Quasi Public. 3. The property is legally described as follows: Part of the NW 1/2 of Section 17, Township 30, Range 23, Ramsey County, Minnesota 4. The applicant has proposed to replace the existing 144 SF scoreboard with a 324 SF scoreboard and relocate it from the east façade of the auto shop building to freestanding poles on the east side of the athletic field. 5. Additionally, the applicant has proposed to replace the existing 80 SF "Irondale Knights" sign with a 208 SF, internally lit "Home of the Irondale Knights" sign in approximately the same location on the east façade of the auto shop building. 6. The Planning Commission considered the proposal in accordance with Zoning Code Section 4-030(1) which requires a 30' setback for all structures in specially permitted zoning districts from all property boundaries abutting R-1 and R-2 property. 7. The Planning Commission reviewed the proposal in accordance with the following Special Use Permit conditions of Zoning Code Section 8-130: a. That the establishment, maintenance, or operations of the special use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort or general welfare. b. That the special use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor substantially diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood. I:\COMMISSIONS\PLANNING\Reports\2012\9-18-2012\SP2012-004(Irondale)-RESOLUTION.doc 1