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02/01/01 Wilson to Kukulski/Signagelathead RegionalDevelopment f ice 723 5th Avenue East - Room 414 Kalispell, Montana 59901 Phone: (406) 758-5980 Fax: (406) 758-5781 MEMO TO: Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager P.J. Sorenson, Zoning Administrator FROM: Narda A. Wilson, Senior Planner DATE: February 1, 2001 SUBJECT Meeting with Alan Crosswell on the Signage for Mountain View Plaza PUD This is a follow-up from our meeting yesterday afternoon with Crosswell Development regarding the signage for the Mountain View Plaza PUD to generally recap our discussion and to document the calculations we were able to offer as a compromise to "strict compliance" with the zoning ordinance. As you know, the formula outlined in the sign regulations is based upon the lineal frontage of the building adjacent to the right of way. We used the formula that relates to shopping centers that allows increased square footage up from 3.0 square feet for the first 200 feet then 1.0 square feet in excess of 200 hundred lineal feet to 3.5 square feet for the first 200 feet and 1.5 after that with no limit on the total square footage. Rather than "strict" compliance with the square footage calculation, we strived to be in "substantial" compliance by considering the total lineal frontage instead. Basically we included all of the building frontages to come up with a total allowable square footage of 3,558 square feet rather than 2,597 square feet. We then attempted to find a reasonable allocation for _-4kmQ=4 the buildings as well as the two primary entrance signs, one along Highway 93 and one along West Reserve Drive, as well as the five smaller monument signs proposed by the developer along Highway 93. It may be noteworthy, that we contacted the Missoula City -County Planning Office to inquire about Home Depot signage on Reserve Drive because we considered that when it came to the sign of the two free standing signs on Highway 93 and West Reserve Drive. Home Depot was granted some special dispensation by Missoula on their freestanding sign that allowed them to increase the square footage by providing increased setbacks from the right-of-way. Their sign is at the maximum allowable sign size per face under the Missoula zoning regulations of 122 square feet per face, 22 feet tall and setback 25 feet from the right of way. This sign is shared between Home Depot and another tenant with Home Depot claiming approximately 80 square feet of the 122 square foot free standing sign. Providing Community Planning Assistance To: • Flathead County • City of Columbia Falls • City of Kalispell • City of Whitefish Crosswell Development, LLC PUD`' February 1, 2001 Page 2 The formula we used in calculating the total allowable square footage was based upon the total lineal building frontage as is as follows: Building 1 (Home Depot) Big Tenant 1 Big Tenant 2 South pad 1 South pad 2 South pad 3 North pad 4 North pad 5 Total lineal feet of building 480' building frontage 390' 450' 135' 220' S,5' 90' � 120' 220' 2,105 200' x 3.5 = 700 square feet 1905' x 1.5 = 2857.5 square feet Total square footage = 3,558 Based upon the application and information gathered at the meeting we proposed an allocation of the square footage as follows: Building_ signs: Building 1 (Home Depot) Big Tenant 1 Big Tenant 2 Pads 1 - 5 Total building signs Freestanding signs: 900 square feet 600 600 450 2,550 square feet Monument signs 8 feet in height at the property line @ 5 x 60 per face = 10 x 60 = 600 square feet Entry signs 24 feet in height 31 feet from the property line @ 2 x 122 per face = 4 x 122 = 488 square feet Total free standing signs 1,088 square feet Total combined square footage 3,638 minus allowable of 3,558 = 80 square feet over "substantial" compliance Please let me know if I can be of further assistance to you regarding this matter.