PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a variance from Section 6-16-5:2.2.3 to allow for the installation of an 80-square foot electronic message board at the subject property located at 955 W. 75th Street, Naperville, PZC 19-1-054
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-054 was published in the Daily Herald on September 30, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned R1A PUD (Low Density Single-Family Residence District - Planned Unit Development) and is approximately 385,070 square feet. Located on the east side of Rickert Drive, north of 75th Street, the subject property has a common address of 955 W. 75th Street. The property is currently improved with single-story commercial building and surface parking lot.
The petitioner, Nir Mor, with Garden Fresh Market, seeks to install an 80-square foot electronic message board (EMB) sign, requiring a variance the Municipal Code sign area regulations. The petitioner will be installing the EMB sign onto an existing monument sign which is located on the south side of the lot, near the 75th Street entrance.
DISCUSSION:
Existing Sign
The petitioner intends to remove the existing Garden Fresh Market sign and replace the sign with the proposed 80 square foot EMB and an approximately 26 square foot panel sign. The existing monument sign located on the subject property was reviewed by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) in 2005 and is considered to be an existing nonconforming sign. Under the nonconforming sign section of the Municipal Code (6-16-10:1), "Ordinary repairs and maintenance, including removing and replacing of the outer tenant panels shall be permitted." Per this regulation, the installation of the 26 square foot panel sign is permitted to be installed without the requirement of a variance.
Variance Re...
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