2011-57 AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

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r DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 11-50 September 14, 2011 TO: Honorable Mayor Michael T. McElroy and City Council FROM: Ryan P. McCrady, City Manager Billy Tyus, Assistant City Manager Suzan M. Stickle, Senior Planner Joselyn A. Stewart, Transportation Planner SUBJECT: Amendment of a Planned Development District(PD) located at 901 North Main Street SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the PD Planned Development Amendment with the following conditions: a.) All signs shall be setback no less than ten (10) feet from all property lines as shown on the PD Site Plan; b.) Three (3) of the directional signs shall not exceed four(4) feet in height and 12 square feet in area; c.) Two (2) of the directional signs shall not exceed three (3) feet in height and seven(7) square feet in area; d.) Any wall signs shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the face of the wall where displayed; e.) Sign Permits will be required before any signage is installed; f.) The annex building spillover along King Street shall not exceed 1.0 f.c. and along Church Street the spillover shall not exceed 0.5 f.c.; g.) A landscape agreement for right-of-way along King Street and Main Street adjacent to the Church property shall be signed; and h.) Final site, landscaping and lighting plans shall be submitted to and approved by the Department of Planning and Building Services, Public Works Department and the Fire Department prior to building permits being released. The proposed amendment to the PD is consistent with the intent of the originally approved PD. The City Plan Commission voted 6-0 to recommend approval of this petition at the September 1, 2011 meeting; the minutes of the meeting are attached. BACKGROUND: On December 3, 2009 the City Plan Commission voted 9-0 to approve the rezoning from R-6 and 0-1 District to PD Planned Development District. The petition was approved by City Council by a 7-0 vote on December 21, 2009. The petitioner proposed to construct a lighted sign with an electronic message unit. The maximum height of the sign was to be 17 feet. The maximum area of the sign was to be 90 square feet with 30 square feet allowed for the Electronic Message Unit. The petitioner was required to provide ten (10) evergreen shrubs around the base of the sign. To date the sign has been erected. The church also planned to relocate the economy shop to the southwest corner of West King and North Main Streets from its current location on North Water Street. Other future plans the church had was a parking lot expansion to occur along the north side of the campus.