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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND RECOMMENDATION
INRE:
Application of Jim Abrahamson of Sign Source and Ron Clark of North Coast Partners, LLP for
an amendment to the Arboretum Shopping Center Planned Unit Development Design Standards.
On September 2, 2008, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly
scheduled meeting to consider the application of Sign Source and North Coast Partners, LLP for
an amendment to the Arboretum Shopping Center Planned Unit Development Design Standards
to allow an electronic message center on an existing lO-foot tall, 48 square-foot monument sign
located on Lot 2, Block 1, Arboretum Shopping Center. The Planning Commission conducted a
public hearing on the proposed Planned Unit Development amendment preceded by published
and mailed notice. The Planning Commission heard testimony from all interested persons
wishing to speak and now makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The property is currently zoned Planned Unit Development - PUD.
2. The property is guided in the Land Use Plan for Commercial.
3. The legal description of the property is Lot 2, Block 1, Arboretum Shopping Center,
Carver County, Minnesota.
4. The Zoning Ordinance directs the Planning Commission to consider six (6) possible
adverse affects of the proposed amendment. The six (6) affects and our findings
regarding them are:
a. The proposed action has been considered in relation to the specific policies and
provisions of and has been found to be consistent with the official City
Comprehensive Plan.
Findin2: The electronic motion sign complies with City Zoning Code regarding
signage and is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
b. The proposed use is or will be compatible with the present and future land uses of the
area.
Findin2: The proposed use is compatible with the present and future land uses of the
area through the implementation of the design standards.
c. The proposed use conforms with all performance standards contained in the Zoning
Ordinance.
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Findin2: The proposed use will conform with all performance standards contained in
the Zoning Ordinance regarding signage.
d. The proposed use will not tend to or actually depreciate the area in which it is
proposed.
Findin2: The proposed use is intended to improve the visibility of the business on
Lot 1, Block 1 Arboretum Shopping Center, by upgrading their advertising with an
electronic message center on an existing monument sign located along Highway 5.
e. The proposed use can be accommodated with existing public services and will not
overburden the city's service capacity.
Findin2: The proposed use can be accommodated with existing public services and
will not overburden the city's service capacity.
f. Traffic generation by the proposed use is within capabilities of streets serving the
property.
Findin2: Based upon traffic studies conducted by the applicant's traffic engineer, at
the time of the original approval for Arboretum Shopping Center, traffic generation
by the proposed uses is within capabilities of streets serving the property.
5. The planning report #08-17 dated September 2, 2008, prepared by Angie Auseth, et aI, is
incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDA TION
The Planning Commission recommends the City Council approve the Planned Unit
Development amendment for Arboretum Shopping Center (PUD 03-06), Planning Case #08-17,
amending the design standards Section e. Signage Criteria, to allow an electronic message center
on an existing monument sign.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 2nd day of September, 2008.
CHANHASS N PLANNING COMMISSION
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