Agenda Date: 07/16/2020
Subject:
Title
BOA Resolution 03-2020: Approving a sign variance for Shift Workspaces at 2679 W. Main St. - VAR20-0001
Body
Presented By:
Elizabeth Kay Marchetti, Senior Planner
PURPOSE:
Request to approve a sign variance requesting that the wall sign located near the top of the western wall of the building be internally illuminated at night.
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Elizabeth Kay Marchetti, Senior Planner
Additional Presenter(s): Matt Robertson, Applicant Representative/President of
Clutch Design Studio and Grant Barnhill, Founder of Shift
Workspaces
SUMMARY:
Shift Workspaces, the future tenant of the second and third floors of the building at 2679 W. Main Street, Littleton, CO 80120 requests a variance from the Downtown Littleton Design Standard number 4.5.7. The building is located within the Main Street Historic District and is non-contributing structure.
Shift Workspaces contends that the 200-foot distance of the western wall of the building to the closest northbound auto travel lanes of Santa Fe Drive is a hardship. They propose that their wall sign be allowed to be internally illuminated after dusk and until dawn so that passing motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians can see the sign while not injuring the neighborhood or creating sign clutter.
PRIOR ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS:
4/27/2020 Pre-application Meeting
4/28/2020 Sign Variance Application Submitted
ANALYSIS:
Staff Analysis
The applicant provided visual depictions of the distance of the building from Santa Fe Drive compared to all other neighboring commercial structures and their relative distances to Santa Fe Drive. The western wall of the building is significantly further away from Santa Fe Drive than any neighboring commercial business and the applicant has shown a physical hardship.
The proposed illumination of the sign on the western wall of the building is the minimum necessary to accomplish effective, appropriate commercial signage t...
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