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Nonconforming Use Variance Request – Valtinson Sign (388 Cleveland Avenue) <br />Planning Commission Report; 9-15-20 <br /> <br /> <br />Page 6 <br />(cont.)  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. <br /> <br />Flood Plain <br />Analysis: <br /> Floodplain is not an issue for the area in question. <br /> <br />Shoreland <br />Issues: <br /> There are no variances to Shoreland standards being requested. <br /> <br />Height:  Per section 9-070(1), ground signs “…shall not exceed twenty feet in height…” <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />