Agenda Date: April 20, 2017
Subject:
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Sign Variance to allow an additional sign for Angler's All at 5211 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton, CO
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Presented By:
Pam Hall, Planner I
APPLICATION SUMMARY:
Case Number: VAR17-0004
Application Type: Sign Variance
Location: 5211 S. Santa Fe Drive
Applicant: Chris Keeley
Owner: Fly Life Properties, LLC
Case Description: Additional Sign
Staff Recommendation: Motion to Approve
Attached is an application, filed by Chris Keeley, owner of Angler's All located at 5211 South Santa Fe Drive. The applicant is requesting an additional wall sign for his business. The amount of signage is determined by the linear street frontage. This parcel has only 85 feet of street frontage. Littleton sign code would allow for three signs but no more than 56 square feet of signage (calculated at 1 square foot of signage per every 1.5 linear foot of street frontage).
BACKGROUND: The subject parcel is zoned B-3 (General Business District). Several property owners on the west side of Santa Fe Drive came before the Board of Adjustment on May 22, 1998 requesting relief from the Littleton City Sign Code after the Colorado Department of Transportation elevated a section of Santa Fe Drive in front of their properties. The previous owner of Angler's All was one of these property owners and was granted a variance for increase in sign height of 35' and a total of 300 square foot of signage. The previous owner failed to build any additional signage within the required 24 month time line so the variance lapsed. The current owner purchased the property in February 2016 and installed a 56 square foot wall sign on his east elevation. He wishes to add an additional 54 square foot wall sign to his north elevation.
STAFF ANALYSIS: City code section 4-3-2-5(C) determines the maximum amount of signs allowed for a use by right. The table determines that any parcel with one hundred fifty one feet (151') or less be allowed three permanen...
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