Cond. Use Permit-Relocate Sign0 March 13, 1985
Case No: 85 -10
Applicant: Zion Lutheran Church
Location: 241 5th Avenue North
Request: Conditional Use Permit to relocate sign
STAFF FINDINGS & COMMENTS: Anderson
I. Applicant is requesting a Conditional Use Permit to locate a sign in a lesser
setback than required and also to exceed the maximum area of a single sign.
The subject site is located at 241 5th Avenue North and zoned R -1 -C.
2. Ordinance 427.42(A5) states that applications for other proposed sign permits
not prohibited by -Section No. 409 and involving a lesser setback than that
required by the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance may be granted only by and under a
Conditional Use Permit as defined in Section 427.04(26) and under the appli-
cable provisions and regulations of Conditional Use requirements set forth in
Section 427.26 of the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance which Conditional Use Permits
may require periodic reviews and maybe cancelled for cause.
• 3. The applicant is proposing to locate a new sign approximately 39 feet north of
the existing sign. The current and proposed signed will have the same setback
of approximately 12 feet. Ordinance 427.31 requires a front yard setback of
30 feet in an R -1 -C district.
4. The proposed sign will be 8 feet x 4 feet. Ordinance 427.42(17)(3) requires the
maximum area of a single sign to be 12 square feet per surface plus 2 square
foot per surface for each one foot of setback greater than 30 feet. The current
sign is approximately 4'x4'.
5. The proposed sign will be mounted on a stone base. The sign will have white
letters with a dark brown background. The reader board will have a black back-
ground with white letters. The sign will be internally lighted.
6. Ordinance 427.23 states that variances shall be approved only by circumstances
unique to the property under consideration would cause undue hardship to owner.
The applicant has stated that if the sign were to be placed as required it would
defeat the purpose of the sign and interfere with future building plans.
7. The applicant has contacted the surrounding neighbors.
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FOR VARIANCE APPLICATION ONLY
NOTE: The purpose of a variance is to provide relief to a property owner when
the strict enforecment of the Zoning Ordinance would cause an undue hard
ship to the property owner or deny reasonable use of the property.
Hardship to the applicant is the crucial test. Variances will be granted
on y in unusual situations which were not foreseen when the Zoning Ordin-
ance was adopted. Economic situations are seldom unique and are rarely
considered a valid hardship.
Hardship A.
Conditions B.
What are the special conditions (shape of lot, exceptional topographic
conditions, etc.) of this request that are unique to this property and
do not apply generally to other properties in the district?
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