PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the public hearing to consider variances to 6-16-3 (prohibited signs), 6-16-5:2.2.1 (ground signs: orientation) and 6-16-6:2.4.2 (development identification signage: area) of the Naperville Municipal Code to permit the replacement of an existing monument sign on the subject property located at 22 E. Chicago -PZC 20-1-004
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Scott Williams, AICP
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 20-1-004 was published in the Daily Herald on March 2, 2020. After cancellation of the PZC hearing, the case was republished in the Daily Herald on April 13, 2020.
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located on the south-east corner of Chicago Avenue and Washington Street. The property is zoned B4 (Downtown Core District) and is approximately 2.94 acres in size. The site is improved with a multi-tenant shopping center and associated parking lot commonly referred to "River Square."
The existing monument sign is located on the hard corner of Chicago Avenue and Washington Street and oriented at an angle with the sign facing the intersection (as depicted on the plat of survey). The landscaping bed is arrayed primarily around the front of the sign. While the existing monument sign was installed at a time when such signs were permitted in the Downtown, the sign regulations have since been amended to prohibit such signs in the Downtown.
On October 2, 2019, the owner went before the Planning and Zoning Commission seeking an appeal of the Downtown Design Guidelines in order to paint the existing masonry fa?ade to help improve the aesthetics of the shopping center. The appeal was later withdrawn in favor of staining the fa?ade which was administratively approved by staff.
DISCUSSION:
The petitioner, Mid-America Asset Management, LLC (petitioner), is seeking to replace the existing sign in the sa...
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