HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2012-218CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 2012-218
A RESOLUTION APPROVING FINDINGS OF FACT FOR AMENDING THE
ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT RELATED TO SIGNAGE AT CORNERSTONE AUTO PUD,
3901 VINEWOOD LANE (2011037)
WHEREAS, Cornerstone Auto Resource has requested a PUD (Planned Unit
Development) amendment to allow installation of an electronic sign on their site near the
southwest corner of County Road 9 and Vinewood Lane; and
WHEREAS, the subject property is legally described as Lot 1, Block 1, Powells Addition,
Hennepin County, Minnesota and Lot 1, Block 1, Amoco Oil Company 2"a Addition, Hennepin
County, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Zoning Ordinance requires a text amendment for a PUD
amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said request at a duly called public
hearing and recommends approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance
text.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does support and
approve the request by Cornerstone Auto Resource for a PUD amendment and related zoning
ordinance text amendment, based on the following findings:
1. The amendment is consistent with the city's comprehensive plan, as well as with the goals and
intent of the PUD signage regulations. The proposed sign would be located along County
Road 9 (an arterial roadway), which is a higher order road.
2. Based on freeway speeds and the sign distance from the closest freeway travel lane (roughly
330 feet), an electronic sign abutting I-494 would be less effective than an electronic sign
abutting and facing County Road 9. Ineffective signage is not beneficial to either the traveling
public or the business owner.
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3. Relocating the monument -type sign northerly from the site entrance along Vinewood Lane to
the County Road 9/Vinewood Lane intersection would result in positioning the sign farther
away from the residential areas to the south. In addition, re -orienting the sign to face
east/west toward County Road 9 would help to make it less noticeable from the residential
areas to the south.
ADOPTED by the City Council on July 24, 2012.
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Plymouth City Council on July 24, 2012, with the original thereof on file in my office, and the
same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk