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BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS NOVEMBER 12, 1986 PAGE 5 Violation of Ord. 62-33, Section 1221.06. Also request 84 sq. ft. variance for total sign area. Violation of Ord. 62-33, Section 1221.06-D. Chairman Remmel called all interested parties before the Board. The oath was administered to D. Salisb ury, attorney, and W. Eub ank of Kenney Kings, and Mrs. Mahoney, a neighbor. Mr. Salisbury explained that as stated in a letter dated November 25 which was sent to the members of the Board, the Kenney King Corporation had applied for signage as of March 25, 1986 with their application to construct their building and had received all approvals from the City and at no time had they asked for any variance from the ordinances. The only wall signage request is on the cupola and only on the side facing Lorain Road, directional signs will be installed in order to comply with-Planning Commission's request for one way drives. One face of the proposed double faced pole sign is 10'6" by 6'1" and with a drive through directional sign placed underneath it and doesf not conform with the ordinance limiting one face of a pole sign to 50 square feet. This would be a 20% increase in the allowed area. They believe that they have a visibility problem since building is set back further than the adjacent building. He also pointed out that in reference to the total si:gnage allowed under Section 1221.04 of the Zoning Codes would provide that the footage used to determine total signage on the property should be b ased on the lineal footage of the side of the b uilding where the main entrance is located, which in this case would be the west side of the building and is longer than the frontage on Lorain Road. On this b asis he maintains that they should be allowed 170 square feet of total sign area an.d they are asking for 196 square feet (26 square feet over what the ordinance allows). Since the signage was approved by the Architectural Board of Review and the other bodies and since this code section was specifically discussed and they were not made aware that the pole sign was oversized, they concluded that the size of the sign was approved. Law Director Gareau stated that it was the responsibility of their architect to know what the laws of the City are, and that the Architec- tural Board is not looking at the sign as.to conformance to the codes, only the design criteria. Mr. Eub anks stated that they were not aware that the sign was oversized and that when he ordered the sign, the sign contractor did not advise him that it would not conform. Mrs. Mahoney, a neighbor directly behind the restaurant, stated that she was concerned that the sign will be visible from her house since-this property is much higher than hers. Mr. Grace stated that where the sign.is located on the plans, he does not believe that sign woul.d be visible over.the building. It was determined that the total si,gn area was b ased on the.'Lorain Road frontage, not the side where the main entrance is located. Law Director Gareau and the Board studied Section 1221.04 and decided that the sign area should be calculated on the lineal frontage of.the west side where the main entrance is; under this standard they would need.a 24 square foot variance for total sign area and also a variance far an oversized pole sign. Board has problems with the oversize pole sign and would like it to conform. Mr. Eubank advised that they have a standard sign which is 5'1"by 8'9" (about 45 square feet), but that he is not sure what the size of the directional sign would be installed with this size sign (it would be in proportion) and estimates it to be 1' by 6'. This might be a few square feet over, but since the restaurant is due to open in December they could not wait fbr another.meeting in order to present the exact square footage. Board is mainly concerned about the pole sign, directional sign would not be a big problem. After some discussion it was decided that an 8 square foot variance would cover the additional sign area required. C. Remmel moved to grant an 8 square foot variance overall for this request from Renny