2011-58 AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

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Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of September 1,2011: Cal.No. 11-35 Petition of ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL, to amend the PD Planned Development located at 1800 EAST LAKE SHORE DRIVE for signage. Ms. Stickle presented the recommendation of staff: The approximately 33 acre subject site currently contains St. Mary's Hospital, Medical Offices, and parking lots. In 2002, the subject site was rezoned from R-3 Single Family Residence District and 0-1 Office District to an 0-1 PUD Planned Unit Development District for a new office building and additional parking. It was then rezoned to a Planned Development (PD) in 2003 when the hospital acquired more property and requested to add more signage. The PD was then amended in 2007 to allow for emergency room directional signage on the property. An amendment occurred in September of 2008 to allow for additional acreage to be added to the west, a new sign and 245 new parking spaces. Another amendment in March of 2009 allowed for the expansion of the emergency department, admitting and lobby areas as well as additional parking spaces. The latest amendment occurred in February of 2010 to allow for temporary signage to promote the emergency room expansion until the construction project is completed. The temporary signage is to be removed when the construction project is complete or by June 30, 2012. The subject petition requests that the PD be amended to allow for four (4) new monument style freestanding signs with stone covering the structures on campus. There are currently four (4) freestanding signs on the campus. This amendment would only actually increase the total number to six (6) because two (2) signs are going to be replaced with the new signage. There will be a sign at each of the three (3) entrances to the hospital campus. These signs will be 11 feet in height with cabinet/sign area not to exceed 64 square feet. The signs are essentially large wayfinding signs which will help patients and visitors navigate the campus with ease. Two (2) of these signs will be setback five (5) feet from the property lines along South 16th Street and located south of their respective entrances. The third wayfinding sign will be setback 25 feet from the property line along East Lake Shore Drive and located south of the entrance. The fourth freestanding sign will be setback 10 feet from the south property line and 40 feet from the west property line at the corner of South 16th Street and East Lake Shore Drive. These setbacks from the property lines will allow the sign to be setback from the residential districts/uses 100 feet. This sign will be 20 feet in height and a cabinet of 110 square feet with 100 square feet in sign area, this includes a 32 square foot electronic message unit. Thero osed amendment to the PD is consistent with the character of the surrounding p p g neighborhood and general area. The PD amendment is consistent with the intent of the original PD and the Comprehensive Plan. Staff recommends approval of the amendment to the PD with the following conditions: a. The two (2) signs located at the west entrances shall be setback no less than five (5) feet from the property line along South 16th Street. They shall not exceed 11 feet in height and shall not exceed 64 square feet in cabinet/sign area.