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Home My WebLink About2019-04-16 CDRB Packet AGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD Tuesday, April 16, 2019 6:00 P.M. Council Chambers - Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes: a. February 19, 2019 5. Design Review/New Business: a. Comprehensive Sign Plan, HealthEast Spine Center, 1747 Beam Avenue b. Comprehensive Sign Plan Amendment, Saint Paul Business Center West, 225 Roselawn Avenue East and Saint Paul Business Center East, 1983 and 2025 Sloan Place North 6. Old Business: 7. Visitor Presentations: 8. Board Presentations: 9. Staff Presentations: 10. Adjourn MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019 6:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Kempe called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Chairperson, Bill Kempe Present Boardmember, Jason Lamers Absent Vice Chairperson, Matt Ledvina Present Boardmember, Ananth Shankar Present Boardmember, Bruce Thompson Present Staff Present: Shann Finwall, Environmental Planner Jane Adade, Planner 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Boardmember Ledvina moved to approve the agenda as approved. Seconded by Boardmember Shankar. Ayes - All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Boardmember Shankar moved to approve the January 15, 2019, CDRB minutes as submitted. Seconded by Chairperson Kempe. Ayes —All The motion passed. 5. DESIGN REVIEW a. Comprehensive Sign Plan, Maple Pond Home Apartments, 1854 Beebe Road North i. Planner, Jane Adade gave the report on the Comprehensive Sign Plan, Maple Pond Home Apartments, 1854 Beebe Road North and answered questions of the board. ii. Owner, Merna Ornstein of Imaginality Designs, 6182 Olson Memorial Hwy, Golden Valley, addressed and answered questions of the board. Boardmember Ledvina moved to approve a comprehensive sign plan for the Maple Pond Homes at 1854 Beebe Road North with the following conditions: 1. Monument Sign: One monument sign not exceeding 45 square feet is allowed along Beebe Road. The sign shall observe a 10-foot minimum setback from the property line. 2. Wall Sign: One wall sign not exceeding 24 square feet is allowed. February 19, 2019 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 1 3. Directional Signs: Directional signs not exceeding 14 square feet and 6 feet in height are allowed. 4. All signs with the exception of directional signs that meet the size and height restrictions shall be individually permitted by the city. 5. Staff may approve minor changes. Seconded by Boardmember Thompson. Ayes —All The motion passed. 6. OLD BUSINESS None. 7. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 8. BOARD PRESENTATIONS None. 9. STAFF PRESENTATIONS None. 10. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned by Chairperson Kempe at 6:35 p.m. February 19, 2019 Community Design Review Board Meeting Minutes 2 COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD STAFF REPORT Meeting Date April 16, 2019 REPORT TO: Melinda Coleman, City Manager REPORT FROM: Jane Adade, Planner PRESENTER: Jane Adade, Planner AGENDA ITEM: Comprehensive Sign Plan Amendment, HealthEast Spine Center, 1747 Beam Avenue Action Requested: ✓ Motion ❑ Discussion ❑ Public Hearing Form of Action: ❑ Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Contract/Agreement ❑ Proclamation Policy Issue: Chrystal Seelhammer, property manager for Birch Run Station., is requesting approval to amend the comprehensive sign plan for the HealthEast Spine Center located at 1747 Beam Avenue East. This amendment will increase the overall signage from two wall signs to six wall signs, to allow two new tenants to advertise their businesses. Recommended Action: Motion to approve an amendment to the comprehensive sign plan for the HealthEast Spine Center at Birch Run Station with the following conditions: 1. Install ene two 93-square foot wall signs on the north elevation. 2. Install eee two 93-square foot wall signs on the south elevation. 3. Install two 93-square foot wall signs on the east elevation. 4. Install one door sign on the east elevation to cover no more than 20 percent of the door surface. 5. Install a 150-square foot free standing monument sign along the Beam Avenue frontage. This sign would identify the HealthEast Spine Clinic at the top of this sign with space for additional tenants below. The spaces for the four additional tenant signs may be used for tenants of Birch Run Station or the HealthEast building. 6. Staff may approve minor changes. Fiscal Impact: Is There a Fiscal Impact? ✓ No ❑ Yes, the true or estimated cost is $0. Financing source(s): ❑ Adopted Budget ❑ Budget Modification ❑ New Revenue Source ❑ Use of Reserves ✓ Other: N/A Strategic Plan Relevance: ❑ Financial Sustainability ❑ Integrated Communication ❑ Targeted Redevelopment ✓ Operational Effectiveness ❑ Community Inclusiveness ❑ Infrastructure & Asset Mgmt. The city deemed the applicant's application complete on February 26, 2019. The initial 60-day review deadline for a decision is April 27, 2019. As stated in Minnesota State Statute 15.99, the city is allowed to take an additional 60 days if necessary to complete the review. Background On November 8, 1993, the city approved comprehensive sign plan for the Birch Run Station. The 720-square foot "W shaped pylon sign on Southlawn Drive was approved at this meeting. On June 26, 2012, the city approved a sign plan for the HealthEast Spine Center at the Birch Run Station. Discussion The applicant is requesting city approval to amend the comprehensive sign plan for the HealthEast Spine Center, to allow four additional wall signs on the building. The city approved a comprehensive sign plan for the HealthEast Spine Center at the Birch Run Station on June 26, 2012, allowing two 93-square foot wall signs on the north and south elevations, and a 150-square foot monument sign along Beam Avenue. The applicant is proposing four additional wall signs for two new tenants in the building —two 93-square foot wall signs on the east elevations, one 93-square foot wall sign on the north elevation, and another 93-square foot wall sign on the south elevation. In addition, one of the two new tenants is proposing a digital graphic on the door on the east elevation. Staff feels that four additional wall signs for new tenants is reasonable and would allow the new businesses to be identified. Architectural One of the two new tenants is Renew Anchored Dentures who are proposing two wall signs —two 93-square foot wall signs on the east and south elevations. The two signs proposed by this tenant will be designed with white channel letters to match the existing HealthEast Spine wall signs, and be face-lit. Renew Anchored Dentures is also proposing one door sign on the east elevation. The door sign will be a digitally printed vinyl graphic and cover no more than 20 percent of the door surface. Reference Information Site Description Site Size: 2.77 acres Existing Land Use: Medical Office (HealthEast Spine Center) Surrounding Land Uses North: Birch Run Station Shopping Center South: Restaurant East: McDonald's Restaurant West: Birch Run Station Shopping Center Planning Existing Land Use: Commercial (C) Existing Zoning: Business Commercial (BC) Attachments 1. Overview Map 2. Applicant's Plans 3. 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HealthEast Spine Clinic Signage Proposal and Birch Run Station Sign Plan Amendment, Beam Avenue and Southlawn Drive i. Planner, Michael Martin gave the report and answered questions of the board. ii. Dan Regan, Air Lake Development addressed and answered questions of the board. iii. Cheryl O'Donnell, Visual Communications, addressed and answered questions of the board. Boardmember Lamers moved to approve the sign plans date-stamped June 11, 2012, for the HealthEast Spine Clinic and the sign plan changes at Birch Run Station as follows: (changes to the motion are in bold and underlined). HealthEast Spine Clinic The following signs are allowed: • A 93-square-foot wall sign on the north elevation. • A 93-square-foot wall sign on the south elevation. • A 150-square-foot free standing monument sign along the Beam Avenue frontage. This sign would identify the HealthEast Spine Clinic at the top of this sign with space for four additional tenants below. The spaces for the four additional tenant signs may be used for tenants of Birch Run Station or the new HealthEast building. • The proposed sign panels on the monument sign may identify tenants in the HealthEast Spine Clinic or tenants in the main shopping center building. They may not identify any of the existing outlot developments which have their own freestanding signs. • Staff may approve minor changes. The base for the M3 sign shall be raised to a corresponding height with the existing EX2 pylon sign along Beam Avenue. Birch Run Station Revised Sign Criteria The following signs are allowed (additions are underlined and deletions are crossed out): Attachment 3 • As allowed by the city council on November 8, 1993, the 70-foot-tall, 720- square-foot, W shaped pylon sign is allowed at the Southlawn Drive entrance to Birch Run Station. Waive the maximi im sign area for the existing sign on Beam Avenue and the proposed " shaped-sign on Southlawn Drive. This would allow a 420 square foot monument sign on Ream Avenue and a 720 square foot W" shaped pylon sign on So thlawn Arnie The maximum i aximm allowedsign by code for each sign is ` 00 square Drive. feet • The existing 17-foot by 25-foot, 425-square-foot monument sign fronting on Beam Avenue is allowed. This sign may display six tenant si ns. Waive the maximi im c- Nnerd area for the two ground signs nn i ithlawn Drive and Ream Avenue. The combiner) area of these two signs would be 1 140 square feet oder the code lima+ Waive the maximum height to allow a 70 foot tall sign on Soi ithlawn Drive. The maximum height allowed by the code is 25 feet. • Change the Birch Run Station sign plan as follows: • Signage for the outlots shall be subject to CDRB approval upon submittal of those individual sign proposals. Staff may approve revisions if they comms with the original approval for those properties. The shoppingcenter_identification clock tower is not ed. Plans shall be submitted to the CDRB for approval. 44 pylon signisapproved on Ream Avenue as shown on the sketch dated yr-r-v shown-rvvvrrvrr Z�.�r-a crrca Auguste second pylon sig^ ifl. edat a maxim maximum of 720 square feet ana maximum height_ef_7.0_feet. This sign s mall replace he existing pylon sign on Southlawwn Dria.The wall signage for the five original anchor stores are approved as described in the memorandum dated September 5, 1989. The Office max wall sign is approved as described in the October 7, 1993 staff memo. Changes to the anchor store signs may be approved by staff, based on code compliance and proper design. The applicant may place the Maplewood city Ingo on the pilon signs, i asbject to rdesiffgn apprn�ial by staff. N • Tenants shall be limited to one sign on the front fascia of the canopy. These signs shall be neon or constructed of individual letters mounted on a raceway. Copy height shall not exceed 42 inches. Signs shall not be closer than 18 inches to either side of the tenant's store front. This criteria allows an exception for the Famous Footwear sign to he eight inches from the right side of the store's eines 4 future ire sign for the tenant to the north must he at least three feet from the Famous Footwear sign When the Famous Footwear sign is removed a new sign shall he at least 10 inches from either side of the gable facade • Business identification signs for the west and north sides of the shopping center shall be subject to approval by the CDRB if proposed in the future. Attachment 3 • Six anchor store tenant signs are allowed on the east-end elevation facing Southlawn Drive. These signs shall not exceed two feet in height and must be centered horizontally on this wall. vertically on this elevation positioned near the south edge of this wall as they are presently placed. • Staff may approve minor changes. Any amendments to the Southlawn pylon sign are subject to further review with the CDRB. Seconded by Boardmember Shankar. Ayes—All COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD STAFF REPORT Meeting Date April 16, 2019 REPORT TO: Melinda Coleman, City Manager REPORT FROM: Jane Adade, Planner PRESENTER: Jane Adade, Planner AGENDA ITEM: Comprehensive Sign Plan Amendment, Saint Paul Business Center West, 225 Roselawn Avenue East and Saint Paul Business Center East, 1983 and 2025 Sloan Place North Action Requested: ✓ Motion ❑ Discussion ❑ Public Hearing Form of Action: ❑ Resolution ❑ Ordinance ❑ Contract/Agreement ❑ Proclamation Policy Issue: Chauncey Peterson of SignMinds is requesting approval to amend the comprehensive sign plan for the Saint Paul Business Center located at 225 Roselawn Avenue and 1983 Sloan Place. The applicant is proposing a sign plan amendment that will allow individual tenants at the St. Paul Business Center, both West and East locations, to use full color art rather than the generic blue and white graphics that the current sign plan allows. Recommended Action: Motion to approve an amendment to the comprehensive sign plan for St. Paul Business Center West and East with the following conditions: 1. All wall signs shall have cabinets that fit closely within the recessed canopy opening located above the tenant entry doors. 2. Cabinet wall signs shall not exceed 19 feet 3'/2 inches wide by 5 feet 11 inches high for single-unit tenants and 8 feet wide by 5 feet, 6 inches high for double-unit tenants. All GAhi no4 Ayall GigRc Gh.311 h� io V.4hite GGPY with a hli le back vrrll 1Rd 4. All cabinet wall signs shall be internally illuminated and must comply with the city's lighting ordinance. The ordinance requires that no outdoor light produce undue glare onto adjacent properties or public right-of-ways. If complaints or concerns are received by the city regarding internally illuminated cabinet wall signs, city staff may require that the signs be extinguished by 10 p.m. 5. The changeover from the old style of wall sign to the umipated LED lighted cabinet wall signs requires a sign permit. 6. Upon removal of signs, holes must be patched unless a new tenant sign will be installed immediately. 7. All freestanding signs shall comply with the city's sign and lighting ordinances. 8. Staff may approve minor changes to the comprehensive sign plan. Fiscal Impact: Is There a Fiscal Impact? ✓ No ❑ Yes, the true or estimated cost is $0. Financing source(s): ❑ Adopted Budget ❑ Budget Modification ❑ New Revenue Source ❑ Use of Reserves ✓ Other: N/A Strategic Plan Relevance: ❑ Financial Sustainability ❑ Integrated Communication ❑ Targeted Redevelopment ✓ Operational Effectiveness ❑ Community Inclusiveness ❑ Infrastructure & Asset Mgmt. The city deemed the applicant's application complete on March 20, 2019. The initial 60-day review deadline for a decision is May 19, 2019. As stated in Minnesota State Statute 15.99, the city is allowed to take an additional 60 days if necessary to complete the review. Background On February 2, 1981, the city approved a Conditional Use Permit for a PUD for St. Paul Business Center West. On June 11, 1984, the city council approved a Conditional Use Permit for a PUD for St. Paul Business Center East. On May 14, 1985, the city approved a comprehensive sign plan for St. Paul Business Center. On March 5, 2002, city staff approved an amendment to the sign plan for the St. Paul Business Center. Discussion The city approved a comprehensive sign plan for the St. Paul Business Center in 1985, to allow 5 feet by 8 feet signs for single-unit signs, and 5 feet by 18 feet for double-unit signs. In 2002, staff approved an amendment to the sign plan increasing the wall sign size to 19 feet 3'/2 inches wide by 5 feet 11 inches high for single-unit tenants, and 8 feet wide by 5 feet 6 inches high for double-unit tenants. The revised sign plan also required that all the cabinet signs have a blue copy with a white background with an exception to "special" tenants as specified by the St. Paul Business Center East owner. The applicant is proposing to eliminate the language "all cabinet wall signs shall have white copy with a blue background" from the sign plan, in order to allow individual tenants to use full color art rather than the generic blue and white graphics, and to replace the fluorescent lighting with LED lamping. The applicant proposes to retrofit 45 wall walls signs—27 at the west location and 18 at the east location, and the freestanding sign and replace the fluorescent lighting with LED lamping to save energy. There are no proposed changes to sign sizes and quantity. Architectural One of the tenants at the St. Paul Business Center East is AdvancedTek and they are proposing to replace the current 63.5 inches high by 202 inches wide fluorescent lighted wall sign, with same sized cabinet sign with LED lamping as shown in the plans attached. The plans also show sample signs for other tenants with translucent grey backgrounds, full color with tenant graphics and logos. The new signs are attractively designed and will give the buildings a facelift. In addition, the change of lighting from florescent to LED will save energy. Reference Information Site Description Site Size: 16.62 acres Existing Land Use: Office Space Surrounding Land Uses North: Residential/Open Space South: Businesses and Sloan Place East: Highway 35E and Businesses West: Highway 35E and Residential Planning Existing Land Use: Industrial (I) and Commercial (C) Existing Zoning: Planned Unit Development (PUD) Attachments 1. Overview Map 2. Applicant's Plans 3. Photos of Existing Signs 4. May 14, 1985 Comprehensive Sign Plan 5. March 5, 2002 Comprehensive Sign Plan Amendment St Paul Business center Attachment 1 City of Maplewood April 1,2019 .J Information _. Overview Map Vl- 0{ • I - I I F mn•s� ..a Y -_.�- _ 0 tl :F , _ Legend Project Site r 1 � tltl : 0 490 Feet Source: City of Ma /ewood, Ramse Count Attachment 2 Shann Finwall Page 1 of 3 Planner City of Maplewood 1830 E,County Rd. B Maplewood, MN 55109 Amendment to Master Sign Plan Proposal St. Paul Office Park East/West 3/4/2019 OWNER: MANAGER: Biynah Indy, LLC&Biynah Indy Promote,LLC BIP Management, LLC DBA St.Paul Business Center 222 South 9th Street,Suite 2870 Minneapolis,MN 55442 APPLICANT• SignMinds,Inc. 1400 Quincy St. NE Minneapolis, MN 55413 c/o Chauncey Peterson PREMISES: West Location: East Location: St. Paul Business Center St. Paul Business Center 225 Roselawn Ave.E. 1983 Sloan Place Maplewood, MN 55117 St.Paul,MN 55117 255 Roselawn Ave.East,Building#4,East elevation 1 before 2 after Ark AdvancedTek I- ' 1 63.5"In x 202"w(or 891 sf)fluorescent lamping, 1 pc polycarb face with vinyl graphics applied. per original 2003 sign plan,generic blue/white lettering 2 63.5"h x 202"w(or 89.1 sf)retrofit for LED lamping, 1 pc polycarb face with vinyl graphics applied. Sample of proposed sign plan amendment allows individual tenant graphics and colors,non-generic. Attachment 2 Page 2 of 3 Scope of Work Applicant proposes changes to 2003 Comprehensive Sign Plan to include the following: 1.Retrofit existing wall sign cabinets,pylon sign,and monument sign from fluorescent to LED tamping. 2.Allow individual tenants to use full color art rather than generic blue/white graphics. All signs will have Gerber 230-61 Slate Grey translucent background. 3.Mount wall cabinets to demolished/remodeled doorways(demolition by others...not applicant). 4.City to issue omnibus sign permit for each campus individually,exact dimensions for all signs included in applications. 5.Future tenants to apply for signage permits individually...outside omnibus permit. 6.Temporary banners for tenants inconvenienced by doorway demolitions to be included with omnibus permit. 7.Doorway demolition building permits by others...not included in this document. 8. Electrical hook-up to house circuits by others require separate state electrical license/job. West Location-225 Roselawn Ave.E. • Retrofit(27)wall sign cabinets and (1) monument sign • wall signs average 63.5"h x 202"w or 89 sf each • monument sign approx 40 sf • total sign area remodeled 2401 sf East Location-1983 Sloan Place • Retrofit(18)wall sign cabinets • wall signs average 71"h x 231.5"w or 115 sf each • total sign area remodeled 2070 sf NOTE:Owner plans on all remodelling done spring/summer of 2019 Attachment 2 Before After Page 3 of 3 1 fl MATERIAL IiANDLING SOI l)'I'IONS Before After All samples this page from East side campus East and West campuses to be finished the same way...translucent grey backgrounds,full color tenant graphics and logos, retrofit to LED lamping,repaint,reinstall on existing or remodeled doorways. 1 I g' 4 u recta) Before After 71n AssociATE' 'D NEPHROLOGY CONSULTANTS i 1 f - SPECIFICATIONS '. SCUFF/REPAINT EXISTING CABINET P-1 2. RETROFIT CABINET WITH NEW WHITE LEDs 3. FORNISHANDINSTALL NEW WHITE LEXANFACES W1VINYL GRAPHICS V-1 DP-I 4.ADD HANGER BAR TO CABINET COLORSIFINISHES P-1 MPBLACK Prepared by Chauncey Peterson ® V-1 GERBER 230-61 SLATE GREY c/o SignMinds,Inc. V-2 3M3630-22BLACK _ OP-1 C-BIM-971Y-10NK-1 3/12/2019 Attachment 3 r Co LU �F. 1 1 � Ijll r �p ` 'u Attachment 3 r� r co W (D (D Q c ca U) O ir N L c N � NI N 0) O T >� X W C O U U) U) a� c U Co Cu d U) t Attachment 4 MINUTES. OF THE MAPLEWOOD COMMUNITY DESIGN REVIEW BOARD 1380 FROST AVENUE, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1985, 7 P.M. • r I. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Moe called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. II. ROLL CALL Donald Moe Present Tom Deans Present George Rossbach Absent Bob Peterson Present Fran Juker Absent (arrived at 7:06 p.m. ) III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES No action taken IV, APPROVAL OF AGENDA Secretary Ekstrand said item 6 C "Suburban Auto Body" has withdrew their application. Board Member Peterson moved approval of the agenda as amended. Board Member Deans seconded Ayes--all V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. St Paul Business Center East--SiRn Plan t Don Bachmeier, 235 E. Roselawn Avenue, was present at the meeting. He said he had no objection to the staff recommendations. 1 Board Member Juker arrived at the meeting at 7:06 p.m. Board Member Juker asked if the signs would be lit. Mr. Bachmeier said they intend to "goose neck" with a nonfluorescent fixture. They can be adjusted to prevent any glaring. They try to do the work so the c5z, building looks good. Some tenants elect to have the lighting, others do not. They w would agree to the glare from the lighting of the signs being kept in control at all times. He indicated they would like to install site signs along the north and south property lines along the front and and then one r where the property curves along Sloan Place.. similar in style to the sign located west of Highway 35E. Chairman Moe said he felt the staff could review the design of the free— standing signs. Attachment 4 Secretary Ekstrand said the code permits two signs, the board can approve more as long as a comprehensive sign plan is being reviewed at this time. Mr. Bachmeier indicated he would accept three signs as 'a limitation, one would be for identification of a major tenant. He would not ask for additional signs for other tenants. Board Member Peterson moved the board approve the following sign criteria for wall-mounted signs at the St Paul Business Center East: 1. All signs shall be positioned six inches from the outside edge of the sign canopies and centered horizontally. 2. Signs shall not exceed five by eight feet for single-unit signs and five by eighteen feet for double-unit signs. 3. All corners shall have a one-foot diameter radius. 4. Upon removal of signs, holes must be patched unless a new tenant sign will be going up immediately. 5. Undue glare to be kept in control on all overhead sign lighting. 6. Site signs shall not exceed three signs and are subject to staff approval. Board Member Juker seconded Ayes--all. VI. DESIGN REVIEW A. Schwartz Double Dwelling--Beam Avenue William Schwartz was present at the meeting and presented some covenants he is placing on the property. He said he will have to fill somewhat to prevent ponding on the lot. He indicated he will be saving as many of the trees as he can. Board Member Juker asked if the filling of the lot will be inspected by the city. Secretary Ekstrand said it will be monitored by the engineering department. Chairman Moe asked if there was anyone present who wished to comment. Ray Rossbach, lives to the east of the site, said he has no concern with the building going in, is concerned with the water situation on the east cornerof the property, this is a problem that the city created by cutting off the natural drainage when the tennis courts were installed. He requested that something be put on paper solving the drainage problem created by the city, the city should take care of this drainage problem. 2 5-14-85 - Attachment 5 Together We Can March 5,2002 Direct Dial Telephone No.: (651)770-4563 Mr.Donald Bachmeier Bachmeier Corporation Commercial Real Estate Metro 94 Business Center St.Paul,MN 55106 Ms. Keri Oertel Lawrence Sign Company 945 Pierce Butler Route St.Paul,MN 55104 Re: St.Paul Business Center East Signage 1983 Sloan Place Dear Mr.Bachmeier and Ms. Oertel: The city's sign ordinance states that all multi-tenant buildings with five or more tenants must have an approved comprehensive sign plan. A comprehensive sign plan was approved for the St.Paul Business Center East in 1985 (enclosed). Mr.Bachmeier,owner of the St.Paul Business Center,has proposed a complete wall sign changeover for the St.Paul Business Center. He has stated that all wall signs would be v internally illuminated cabinets and recessed.in the existing sign canopies. — The city's community design review board must approve amendments to.comprehensive c sign plans. In this instance,however,the proposed sign dimensions and number of.signs f are staying the same. The only minor change is convening from direct sign lighting to Therefore,city staff can approve the minor change. . internally illuminated cabinets. Th E One concern city staff has with internally illuminated cabinet signs is light glare eliminating from the signs to the surrounding residential properties. To address this lr� concern,city staff initially considered adding a condition to the comprehensive sign plan that required all sign lights be extinguished by 10 p.m.,After inspection of the site and �} recognizing that the residential properties are a distance from the St.Paul Business 3 Center, staff is amenable to seeing how the sign lights affect neighbors before requiring the 10 p.m.turn-off time. Staff will evaluate the need for a 10 p.m.'turn-off time if C complaints are received. / 1 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 651-770-4560 CITY OF MAPLEWOOD 1 830 EAST COUNTY ROAD 8 MAPLEWOOD,,MN 55109 Attachment 5 Mr. Donald Bachmeier Ms. Keri Oertel Page 2 March 5,2002 Based on information submitted by Ms. Oertel of Lawrence Sign(enclosed) and city staff conditions,following is a revised comprehensive sign plan for the St. Paul Business Center East: 1. All wall signs shall have cabinets that fit closely within the recessed canopy openings located above tenant entry doors. lq'�'/z "' o,dV. b 5L &t I� ,I?C- � 2. Cabinet wall signs shall not exceed�'r6? :jx:.:. y et, :.�. 1; for single-unit tenants and 8 feet wide by 5 feet, 6 inches high for double-unit tenants. �. 3. All cabinet wall signs shall have blue copy with a white background, with an exception to"special"tenants as specified by the St. Paul Business Center East OI NIf-zhe owner. 4. All cabinet wall signs shall be internally illuminated and must comply with the / city's lighting ordinance. The ordinance requires that no outdoor light produce �'�rn�E undue glare onto adjacent properties or public right-of-ways. If complaints or S. , concerns are received by the city regarding the internally illuminated cabinet wall �. signs, city staff may require that the signs be extinguished by 10 p.m. rl MIA(` 5. The changeover from the old style of wall sign to the internally illuminated cabinet wall sign requires a sign permit. 6. Upon removal of signs,holes must be patched unless a new tenant sign will be . installed immediately. The original comprehensive sign plan also indicated that the site could not exceed three freestanding signs. Since that time,three freestanding signs have been installed. These signs can remain as is or be refaced without the need for a permit. However, once major alternations are made to a sign,the freestanding sign must comply with the city's sign ordinance. If you disagree with the revised comprehensive sign plan,you may appeal to the community design review board for their decision. Please feel free to contact me at the above-referenced direct dial telephone number with questions, concerns, or to appeal the comprehensive sign plan. Sincerely, Shann Finwall Associate Planner Enclosures