HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-01-15 CR to Wise Guys PC Re Wall Sign Background City of Oak Park Heights
14168 Oak Park Blvd.N. Phone:651.439.4439
P.O. Box 2007 Fax:651.439.0574
Oak Park Heights,MN 55082
January 15, 2016
Mr.Jonathan Blomer
Wise Guys PC
14375 60th St. N., Ste. 3
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
Re: Wall Sign—Illuminated Background
Permit 2016-0001
Dear Mr. Blomer:
The wall sign installed for your business does not comply with City Zoning Ordinances and
needs to be re-addressed so that the white background is fully opaque,when illuminated, so
that no light shines through it and only the letters and logo may be illuminated.
Here is the language from 401.15.G.4.k:
k. Internal Lighting. Signs with internal lighting shall include illumination of only
the text and/or logo portion of the message. Back lighting on fabric awnings is
prohibited.
The City has attempted to not take a hard line interpretation of this in all respects. Some of the signs
that have been approved are dark in color and have a slight amount of light that shines through. To
accomplish this, the background needs to be a definite solid color (not white, nor close to
white) so that there is no appearance in the background of white or off-white when it is
illuminated.
Background illumination requirements were discussed with your sign contractor at the time
of permit application. It was made clear that we would see how the light tube covers worked
to create a background that complied and that if it was not found compliant,that it would
need to be re-addressed.
Currently the sign, when illuminated, is an orange-white background. The background is too
close to white to comply with a definite solid color background. Please contact your
contractor to review options to meet compliance and remit the proposed alteration to me,
for review. An accepted revision and installation is required to be completed no later than
February 16, 2016.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Jul A. Hultman
PI. ing& Code Enforcement Officer
C: Rose City Sign, Inc., 31208 County 71, Eagle Bend, MN 56446
Eric Johnson, City Administrator