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DEPARTMENT REPORT
July 5, 2005
10. Docket No. 05060029 ADLS Amend: Meridian Mark I & II
The applicant seeks approval for a new sign package.
The site is located at 11611 & 11711 N Meridian and is zoned B-3 & B-6/Business within
the US 31 Overlay.
Filed by Steve Granner of Bose McKinney & Evans, LLP.
The applicant is requesting ADLS Amendment approval for a sign package to govern all future
signage for this site. This location is a multi-tenant building complex, and contains two multi
tenant buildings.
Center Identification Signage
Given that this site has frontage on 3 public streets it is permitted to have 3 center identification
ground signs. The applicant is proposing 2 (updates to 1 existing, and a new sign along Meridian
Street).
The existing sign as located is permitted to be 6' high, and 75 sq. feet. As shown, the sign
exceeds this height by 3 inches, and exceeds the allowable square feet by 1 ~ square feet. A
variance is being sought to allow the address numbers exceed the maximum number height as
specified by the ordinance (the ordinance permits numbers that are 100 feet or less from the right
of way to be a maximum of3.5 inches tall).
The proposed 2nd center identification sign as proposed complies with the ordinance.
Wall Signage
As proposed wall signs can be up to 105 square feet. This exceeds the allowable square footage
for most of the locations identified. Staff requests the petitioner indicate the allowable square
footage for each sign based upon the ordinance standards. The petitioner should identify each
potential sign location with its corresponding allowable square footage. Permitting signs to
exceed the allowable square footage will require a variance by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Staff would prefer the signs be limited in square feet to what is currently allowed by the zoning
ordinance.
Per the ordinance, the Meridian Mark Plaza II building (the north building) is permitted only 2
wall signs. Allowing a third requires approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals. As drafted, this
signage plan would allow two signs on one fa9ade. This is not permitted by the ordinance, and
the petitioner is requesting a variance by the Board of Zoning Appeals for this as well.
Awning
The petition proposes a black fabric awning over an entry at the Meridian Mark Plaza II building
(the north building).
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