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Variance 24-03 - A Request from Alaska Guide Company, Inc. request to allow construction of a sign advertising Alaska Guide Company's business within the required front yard setback and which exceeds the maximum sign area allowable in Title 17 at Tract C USS 439 (115 Glacier Haul Road) owned by the City of Valdez
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SUBMITTED BY: Nicole Chase, Planner
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Staff recommends that Variance 24-3 not be approved and that staff's recommended findings in the report be adopted
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Alaska Guide Company has applied for a variance to construct a sign advertising their business within the required front setback, and which exceeds the maximum sign area allowable in Title 17. The subject property is 115 Glacier Haul Road, Tract C USS 439. The applicant is Alaska Guide Company, Inc. and the property owner is the City of Valdez. Alaska Guide Company leases the property for a commercial recreation guiding business.
The proposed sign would encroach 12' within the required 20' front setback off the Richardson Highway. Additionally, the maximum allowable sign area for per VMC 17.96.040 (C) (1) is as follows:
For nonresidential or dwelling uses, the following type and size of signs are permitted:
If there is one business establishment in a building, that business may have three signs, with a maximum total area per sign of three-square feet for every lineal foot of primary building facade. Each business is allowed only one freestanding sign.
The primary structure that is currently permitted on the property is a 8' x 10' utility shed, which allows for a maximum sign area of 30 square feet per sign. The proposed two signs are approximately 16 square feet and 62 square feet in size.
The request from the applicant is for a 12' encroachment into the required 20' front setback for the proposed sign, and for a 32 square foot variance to th...
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