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Nonconforming Use Variance Request – Valtinson Sign (386 Cleveland Avenue) <br />Planning Commission Report; 8-18-20 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 5 <br />General Findings <br />Site Data:  Existing Lot Size ≈ 0.96 acres <br /> Existing Use – Small office building <br /> Existing Zoning – B-1 <br /> Property Identification Number (PID): 32-30-23-14-0017 <br /> <br />Comp Plan <br />Guidance: <br /> The comprehensive plan guides this property for Commercial (C) use. The <br />existing business is an appropriate use in this district. <br /> <br />Notable Code <br />Definitions: <br /> Billboard. A free-standing sign that directs attention to a business, commodity, <br />service, or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where the sign <br />is located or to which it is affixed, or a structure designed to display or support <br />such a sign. <br /> Freeway Sign. Any sign which is oriented in such a way as to primarily display <br />its contents to persons traveling on interstate highway I-35W and I-694 and <br />Trunk Highway 88. <br /> Ground Sign. Any stationary sign placed upon the ground and not attached to <br />a building, excluding billboards <br /> Setback. The minimum horizontal distance from a building, structure, fence, or <br />parking lot to a lot line. <br /> Structure. Anything erected, the use of which requires more or less a <br />permanent location on the ground or attachment to something having a <br />permanent location on the ground. <br /> Variance. A modification or variation of the provisions of this zoning code as <br />applied to a specific piece of property. <br /> <br />Applicable <br />Codes: <br /> Chapter 9, Article 3, 9-070 Commercial Zoning Districts B-1 and B-2. <br />Identifies permitted signs for the B-1 district. <br /> Chapter 8, Article 2, Special Use Permit and Variance. <br />Identifies the process by which a variance is to be reviewed and decided. <br /> <br />Existing & <br />Proposed <br />Setbacks: <br /> The applicant is proposing to locate the new ground sign outside of setbacks per <br />the provided site plan. <br /> <br />FAR Analysis:  FAR is not at issue with this application.