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March 10, 2020
Mr. Ben James
Blue Label Creative
2460 Galpin Court
#120
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Re: Variance for Sign on 306 W. 78th Street- Planning Case No. 2020-03
Dear Mr.James:
This letter is to formally notify you that on March 9, 2020, the Chanhassen City Council voted to
approve the following motion:
•'The Chanhassen City Council approves the variance request to allow a 6-foot high ground low profile
sign with 35.33 square feet of display area of which 16 square feet may be an electronic message center
(EMC), subject to the conditions of approval and adopts the attached Findings of Fact and Decision."
The conditions of approval are as follows:
1. The applicant must apply for and receive a sign permit from the city.
2. The Electronic Message Center(EMC) must comply with the city's Electronic Message
Center Standards, save that it may have an EMC Display percentage of 45.29 percent.
3. The ground low profile sign must meet the city's design standards.
4. The ground low profile sign shall be located in the same position as the existing
monument sign.
The variance is valid for one year from the approval date. A sign permit must be applied for prior to
March 9, 2021 through the City's planning department. If you have any questions, please contact me
at 952-227-1132 or by email at mwaltersvcci.chanhassen.mn.us.
Sincerely,
MacKenzie Young-Walters
Associate Planner
Enclosure
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
FINDINGS OF FACT
AND DECISION (APPROVED)
IN RE:
Application of Ben James on behalf of Chapel Hill Academy for sign variance to allow a 6-foot
high ground low profile sign with 35.33 square feet of sign display area, 16 square feet of which
will be an electronic message center(EMC).
On February 18, 2020, the Chanhassen Planning Commission met at its regularly scheduled
meeting to consider the application. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the
proposed sign variance preceded by published and mailed notice. The Planning Commission
makes the following:
FINDINGS OF FACT
1. The property is currently zoned Office Institutional Distract (OI).
2. The property is guided by the Land Use Plan for Public Semi Public.
3. The legal description of the property is provided in Exhibit A.
4. Sign Variance Findings:
a. The City Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, may grant a
variance from the requirement of this ordinance where it is shown that by reason of
topography or other conditions, strict compliance with the requirements of this ordinance
would cause a hardship;provided that a variance may be granted only if the variance does
not adversely affect the spirit or intent of this ordinance.
Finding: As a private school, Chapel Hill Academy is a unique use within the
community with a use profile similar to that of a public building. The frequent number of
after school events, meetings, and weekend uses creates a need for a larger EMC than
would ordinarily be permitted by City Code. Given this, requiring Chapel Hill Academy
to meet the sign standards intended for other private institutional uses within the district
would create a hardship.
The City Code makes provisions for larger signage within the Office Institutional District
for public uses, and Chapel Hill Academy's requested sign variance is significantly
below this threshold. Since larger signs are already permitted in the area and the proposed
sign will not pose a safety risk,the requested variance does not adversely affect the spirit
or intent of the ordinance.
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5. The planning report, Planning Case#20-03 dated February 18, 2020, prepared by MacKenzie
Young-Walters, is incorporated herein.
RECOMMENDATION
The Planning Commission recommends approval of the variance request to allow a 6-foot-high
ground low profile sign with 35.33 square feet of total display area of which 16 square feet may
be an electronic message center, and recommends the sign variance be subject to the following
conditions:
1. The applicant must apply for and receive a sign permit from the city.
2. The Electronic Message Center(EMC)must comply with the city's Electronic
Message Center Standards, save that it may have an EMC Display percentage of
45.29 percent.
3. The ground low profile sign must meet the city's design standards.
4. The ground low profile sign shall be located in the same position as the existing
monument sign.
ADOPTED by the Chanhassen Planning Commission this 18t day of February, 2020.
CITY OF CHA► HASSEN
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EXHIBIT"A„
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
The following described real property located in the County of Carver. and State of
Minnesota:
That part of the undesignated parcel as shown on the recorded plat of St.Hubertus and that
part of vacated Chan View formerly known as St.Clare Street as dedicated in said plat of
St.Hubertus in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 12.Township
116,Ranee 23.Carver County,Minnesota described as follows'
Beginning at the intersection of the north line of the South 33.00 feet of said Southwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the east line of the West 33.00 feet of said Southwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence easterly along said north line of the South 33.00
feet to the west right of way line of Frontier Trail,formerly known as St. Francis Street as
dedicated in said plat of St.Hubertus:thence northerly along said west right of way line to
the south right of way line of vacated Chan View, formerly known as St flare Street as
dedicated in said plat of St.Hubcrtus;thence westerly along said south right of way line a
distance of 100.00 feet;thence northerly along a line perpendicular to said south right of
way line a distance of 33.00 feet to the centerline of said vacated Chan View; thence
westerly along the centerline of said Chan View to the east]int of the West 33.00 feet of
said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter:thence southerly along said east line of
said West 33.00 feet to the point of beginning.
EXCEPT the parcel described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner of Block 1,St.l lubertus,a_,monumented by a 6 inch
by 6 :nth stone(marked Block Corner); thence westerly along the westerly extension of
the south iine of said Block 1,as monumented by 6 inch by 6 inch stones,to the point of
intersection with the west right of way line of Frontier Trail,formerly known as St.Francis
Street as dedicated in said plat of St. Hubertus,said intersection point being a point that is
28.28 feet north of the south line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quartet of
Section 12,as measured at a right angle to said south line from a point on said south lige
distant 482.57 feet east of the southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter of Section 12;thence northerly along said west right of way line a distance of 367
.00 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described;thence westerly along a line
perpendicular to said west right of way line a distance of 100.00 feet: thence northerly
parallel to said west right of way line a distance of 99.17 feet to the south right or'way line
of vacated Chan View formerly known as St. Clare Street as dedicated in said plat of Si.
Hubertus; thence easterly along said south right of slay line of Frontier Trail; thence
southerly alone said west right of way line to the point of beginning.