2011-56 AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MEMORANDUM No. 11-49 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 3350 North MacArthur Road SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the PD Planned Development Amendment with the following conditions: a.) The height of the sign shall not exceed ten (10) feet; b.) The cabinet/sign area of the sign shall not exceed 50 square feet and no more than 20 square feet of the allowed 50 square feet shall be Electronic Message Unit; and c.) Sign permits will be required before any signage is installed. 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 August 7, 2008 the City Plan Commission voted 8-0 to approve the rezoning from R-1 and R-2 Single Family Residence District to PD Planned Development District. The petition was approved by City Council by a 7-0 vote on August 18, 2011. The petitioner proposed to rezone to PD to allow for additional parking as well as mixed use on the site. The mixed use consisted of a Place of Worship, a Coffee Shop located in the Church, and a residential structure/use on premise. The petitioner proposes to amend their PD in order to add a sign with an electronic message unit (EMU). The sign will be a monument style with stone covering the structure. The new sign will be 45.25 square feet in total area. The EMU will be two (2) feet five (5) inches in height and seven (7) feet three (3) inches in width (17.55 square feet). The sign will be nine (9) feet seven (7) inches in height. The petitioner requests that the new sign be located on the existing sign structure. The sign will then be 80 feet from the residential district to the west and only eight (8) feet from the west property line. The Zoning Ordinance requires a 100 foot setback from a residential district and a ten(10) foot setback from property lines. POTENTIAL OBJECTION: There were no known objectors at the Plan Commission Meeting.