PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider a wall sign variance from Section 6-16-6:1 for the parking pavilion located at 415 S Brainard Street (NCC) - PZC 23-1-092
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Brad Iwicki, Assistant Planner
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
Approval of a variance to Section 6-16-6:1 (Special Areas of Control: Educational Campus) in order to install a wall sign that exceeds permissible square footage allowances on the new parking pavilion, addressed as 415 S Brainard Street, located within the North Central College campus.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 23-1-092 was published in the Naperville Sun on October 29, 2023.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is zoned CU (College/University District) and is located south of Chicago Avenue, east of Washington Street near the center of the North Central College (NCC) campus. The owner and petitioner, NCC, is constructing a new parking pavilion and wishes to install wall signage on the east circulation tower.
DISCUSSION:
Given the building is located within the NCC campus, the educational campus sign regulations as specified in Section 6-16-6:1 (Special Areas of Control: Educational Campus) of the Naperville Municipal Code are applicable to wall signs installed on the building. These regulations include a maximum permitted wall sign allowance of 32 square feet per frontage of the building. Specific to the new parking pavilion, the allowable wall signage is one, 32 square foot wall sign, placed on the parking garage's east fa?ade/east circulation tower facing Brainard Street and visible from Chicago Avenue.
The petitioner is requesting a variance in order to install a wall sign with a sign area of 90 square feet on the parking garage's east circulation tower to ensure visibility and provide adequate identification of building. The building is uniquely located ...
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