PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing regarding variances to allow for the installation of two ground signs and one development identification sign at 1504-1516 N. Naper Boulevard (Tower Crossing Shopping Center) - PZC 19-1-104
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Gabrielle Mattingly
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 19-1-104 was published in the Daily Herald on November 18, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located at 1504-1516 N. Naper Boulevard, at the northeast corner of Ogden Avenue and N. Naper Boulevard. The property is currently improved with a shopping center and surface parking lot. The subject property is comprised of five lots and can be accessed from N. Naper Boulevard and Ogden Avenue. It is zoned B3 (General Commercial District) and is approximately 8.1 acres in size.
The owner and petitioner, Napleton Investment Partnership L.P., proposes to install new signage and remove and alter the existing signage at the subject property. This entitlement request is being made in an effort to update the signage at the shopping center concurrently with building fa?ade improvements at the site. The following signage changes are proposed: install a development identification sign on the building's tower feature, alter the existing monument sign at the N. Naper Boulevard entrance, remove the existing monument sign located at the Ogden Avenue entrance, and install a new monument sign at the southeast corner of the site along Ogden Avenue. In order to do so, variances from the Municipal Code are required for orientation, size, height, location, and setback for the proposed signage.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner requests multiple variances for each ground sign located near the Ogden Avenue entrance and at N. Naper Boulevard entrance and a variance to the development identification signage requirements in order to inst...
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