PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing for Naperville Self Storage (PZC 18-1-065) located at 2708 Forgue Drive, to consider sign variances from Section 6-16-3 and 6-16-5 to permit an off premise sign and two wall signs.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Kasey Evans, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 18-1-065 was published in the Naperville Sun on August 19, 2018.
BACKGROUND:
The property is located near the southeast corner of Leverenz Road and Forgue Drive, with a common street address of 2708 Forgue Drive. The property is approximately 1.3 acres, and is improved with self storage building and associated surface parking. North of the property is the Arbor Terrace assisted living building.
DISCUSSION:
Off Premise Monument Sign
The subject property is tucked behind (east of) office buildings fronting along Forgue Drive and behind (south of) Arbor Terrace located at the southeast corner of Forgue Drive and Leverenz Road. The property does not have frontage along any road. Access to the property is provided via a shared driveway from Forgue Drive along the south side of the Arbor Terrace property. The petitioner, 5995 Naperville Self Storage LLC, proposes an off premise monument sign for CubeSmart to be located on the south side of the shared driveway on the Arbor Terrace property. Municipal Code Section 6-16-3 (Prohibited Signs) specifically prohibits off premise signs; therefore, the petitioner requests a variance to allow the proposed monument sign to be located on the Arbor Terrace property.
Staff has reviewed the requested variance and finds that the petitioner meets the standards for granting a variance to allow the monument sign to be located off premise from the building that it serves. Without the sign, it may not be readily apparent how to access the CubeSmart property. The proposed monument sign will a...
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