2010-07 AMENDING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL

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Excerpts from Plan Commission Minutes of February 4,2010: Cal. No. 10-02 Petition of ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL to amend the PD Planned Development District located at 1800 EAST LAKE SHORE DRIVE for temporary signage. Ms. Suzy Stickle was sworn in by Mrs. Janet Poland. Ms. Stickle presented the recommendation of staff: The subject site is located at 901 North Main Street and is currently developed as Grace United Methodist Church on approximately 5.44 acres. 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. The latest amendment occurred in March of 2009 to allow for the expansion of the emergency department, admitting and lobby areas as well as additional parking spaces. The subject petition requests that the PD be amended to allow for temporary signage on the building, on a fence encompassing the construction site and at the two (2) entrances. The signage is being requested to promote the emergency room expansion project. The construction project is expected to last two (2) years and therefore beyond the Zoning Ordinances definition of a temporary sign. The signs on the building and fence will be constructed of outdoor vinyl mesh and the entrance signs will be constructed of Medium Density Overlay (MDO) board. There will be three (3) vertical banners with an area of 240 square feet for a total of 720 square feet of signage on the south side of the hospital. On the west side of the hospital, there will be a 2,000 square foot sign. The signage to encompass the construction site itself will be 800 (8'X100') square feet and attached to the fence, this will help to create a site barrier between the construction site and the motoring public. There will also be two (2) 60 square foot signs located at the entrances to the hospital, one (1) on the east located on the south side of the entrance and one(1) on the west. The proposed amendment will allow for the petitioner to locate temporary signage on premise until the expansion project is complete or by June 30, 2012. Due to the lack of quorum, the January Plan Commission was not held. The petitioner was permitted to put up the banners with the understanding that if the PD amendment was not approved the signage would have to be removed. The petitioner currently has some of the signage in place for the Ground Breaking Ceremony that was held on January 27, 2010. The rest will be put up at a later date.