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"1 M M In ... M M co . N ... ... In In <( I- o CI) w 2: ,2: ~ , Z o I- :I: C) a: OJ s: W Z ~' 2: w ::> z w > <( .t: +" In M o CO Z o I- ::I: " a: OJ s: w Z 11. o >- l- e.> ,I .1 f1', / '9V 16 ew Iri9hton December 1, 1980 Mr. Carl Brandt 280 North Smith Avenue Suite 235 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102 RE: Signage At 721 5th Avenue NW Dear Mr. Brandt: Pursuant to our telephone conversation in regard to signs I am writing this brief letter which outlines the requirements for a sign permit. An application for a ~ign permit will have to be filed with Ronald Nienaber, Building Official. A sketch of the sign with dimensions, actual wording and the location on the building or site. The property is zoned B-3, General Business and under that zoning district you are allowed to use 40% of the signable area of the building. The signable area of the building is an imaginery rectangle that could be drawn a couple of ways. Fist, it could comprise the area on the west wall of the building that runs from the windows to the south end of the building and which is below the roof line and above the handicap parking sign. Or the second way the rectangle could be drawn is that area on the W€st wall that is south of the handicap sign and runs from the roof line to the bottom edge of the building. The window area is not a signable area for a wall sign. However, thec~de does provide for permanent window signs that are in area less than 251 of the window~ There are a coupl€ of large windows and, the windows cannot be combined for the area calculation. The site is allowed 11 items of information per street side. Sur name or clinic name in this case would be 2 items of information and every word, period~ comma ot symbol after that ~ould be counted as one item of information. Another consideration for signage is that the application for sign permit must be filed by the property owner or with the written