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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS MINUTES - APRIL 1, 1992 Chairman Gomersall called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Present: B. Grace, S. Ferencik, and R. Gomersall. Absent: J. Maloney and W. Purper. B. Grace moved to approve the minutes of March 4, 1992, seconded by R. Gomersall, and unanimously approved. Chairman Gomersall advised all applicants that there were only 3 members present and it takes 3 affirmative votes to approve any request, and anyone preferring to withdraw his request tmtil next month should do so at this time. Qnce a proposal is being heard, it will be too late to withdraw it. He further advised that each request will be judged on its own merits, no judgement rendered is to be considered a general policy affecting like situations elsewhere.. He announced that request number 4 was to be heard first, because the representative had a flight out. 4, Habitat Wall a er and Blinds 4687 Great Northern Blvd. (Heard at this point). Request for variance 1123.12 o Request variance to install fifth prohibited pole sign on property. (Pole sign wi.ll encroach into mini,m,m setback area allowed for free standing signs.) Request 155 square foot variance for wall sign over the 75 square foot maximiun area allowed for a business use. Request 5 foot variance for height of sign over the permitted 4 foot height for a wall sign. Request 185 square foot variance for total sign area over the maximum allowed for this tmit. Violations of Ords 90-125, Sections 1163.22(a), 1163.12(a), and 1163.11(c). (Note: If pole sign is approved, the existing Waterbed City pole sign must be removed.) Chairman Gomersall called all interested parties before the Board. The oath was admi.nistered to Mr. Solomon, representing Habitat, and J. Knific, sign contractor, who explained that the request has been changed to just replace the existing pole sign. Building Commissioner Conway advised that there would still be 5 signs. After it was explained that all pole signs must be removed by Janua.ry 1, 1998, Mr. Solomon agreed to eliminate the request for the pole sign. He explained that a proposal to improve the entire facade of the building and this signage will be compatible with the building renovations. Because the "H" is a ca.pital letter and the rest are lower case, a larger sign is necessary. It was pointed out that all the letters appeared to be about the same size, and the members agreed that the sign was too large. Mr. Solomon suggested that the letters be reduced to 48 inches. Mr. Conway advised that this would only reduce the sign by 24 square feet. Mr. Solomon stated that if the Habitat letters were reduced, the other letters would be reduced proportionately. With these reductions, it was determined that the the wall sign would be reduced by 67 square feet and with the removal of the pole sign, the total reduction would be 102 square feet. Mr. Conway cautioned that, even with these reductions, this sign would be over 100 feet in excess of what is permitted; and further clarified that this is also over the total 75 foot allowed for any wall sign. Mr. Gomersall stated that the 1 foot variance for height of letters would be eliminated. Mr. Solomon believed that' the sign will be compatible with the renovations of the unit, and presented a brochure showing one of their other stores. He hopes the other tenants or the landlord would make improvements to the other tmits. Mre Conway advised that the renovation must be presented to Planning Cormiission. Mr. Grace believed that this sign would be satisfactory with the proposed renovations. Mr. Conway suggested that if this is approved, it be approved with the qualification that the sign and the changes be approved by the Planning Commission and the Architectural Review Board. B. Grace moved to grant the request for an 88 square foot variance for the 1