HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-06-20 TPC Ltr Re Materials Review TPC3601 Thurston Avenue N,Suite 100
Anoka,MN 55303
Phone:763.231.5840
Facsimile:763.427.0520
TPC@PlanningCo.com
June 20,2018
Joseph's Restaurant
4880 Normandale Avenue North
Stillwater, Minnesota 55082
RE: Oak Park Heights—Joseph's Restaurant— Request for a Sign Variance—
14608 60th Street North
FILE NO: 236.02—18.04
Dear Mr. Kohler:
The City is in receipt of your application materials submitted on June 11, 2018 for a
variance to allow a changeable copy sign that exceeds the allowable 35 percent of sign
area.With this letter,we are notifying you that the application is not complete. The City
will deem it complete with receipt of the following items by June 27,2018:
1. Please submit reasons why the variance would be justified and what practical
difficulties there are with not complying with the sign regulations.
2. The sign cannot contain identification or advertising for the sign manufacturer.
Please revise the proposed plans.
We would invite you and your representatives to a staff meeting on June 27, 2018 at
11:15 AM at City Hall to discuss these issues and address any questions you may have.
If all of the application materials are submitted as requested,the Planning Commission
would consider the application at a meeting scheduled for July 12, 2018 at 6:00 PM in
the City Hall Council chambers.
Staff has discussed the variance application and will not recommend approval. The 35
percent restriction has been put into place to restrict the amount of changeable copy
message that any one sign can include. Stillwater Motors was allowed a 100 percent
changeable copy sign in that it is in a special sign district created to assist businesses
with limited visibility. The location of your restaurant is in a highly visible area along
Highway 36.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 15.99, Sub. 3(f), the City of Oak Park Heights is
herewith extending the period of time for agency/city review of the application for an
additional 60-day period(for a total of 120 days from the date of a complete application)
inasmuch as the City has determined that additional research and study by the City staff
relative to the complexity of the project as proposed will be required.
Joseph Kohler
June 20,2018
Please contact me with any questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Scott D. Richards, City Planning Consultant to the City of Oak Park Heights
The Planning Company LLC
c: Scott Albers—Rose City Sign, Eric Johnson,Julie Hultman
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