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The 1987 Comprehensive Plan Neighborhood Business Policies also state that development should be of a size and scale which preserve and enhance the residential areas they are intended to serve and the size of structures should be limited to a size that assures a neighborhood market orientation rather than a community or regional market orientation. b. Conclusion: Granting the variance would allow signs that would be more appropriate for a B-2, Community Business zone which is meant to serve population areas of from 10,000 to 20,000 people. The Neighborhood Business is not intended to draw in customers that may not be residents of the surrounding neighborhood. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: The City of Edmonds Architectural Design Board recently reviewed the signs for an Arco AM/PM mini mart in the community business zone in Edmonds. The facility was located one block from the main (fountain) intersection in Edmonds. The signs approved were a three foot by ten foot sign on the building facade that says AM/PM, a three foot high monument sign showing Arco AM/PM and listing the regular and unleaded gasoline prices, and a j "Compare Our Price" sign by the pumps. The monument sign is two feet five Inches by eight feet seven inches long. The total signage permitted was 58.7 square feet. It would appear that if a mini mart can function in a more intensive ' community business zone with 58.7 square feet of eignage where there is nearby competition, it could surely function in a Neighborhood Business zone where there is no competition for a quarter of a mile with much less than the proposed 250 square feet of signs (118 square feet on the buildings plus a two-faced 66 square foot pede3tal sign). The Planning staff is recommending that the variance as requested by the Applicant BE DENIED. As an alternative, the Planning staff would recommend that a variance be granted to allow a three-foot high monument sign not to exceed 22 square feet: in area in lieu of 22 square feet of the 30 square feet of permitted wall signs, with the following conditions: 1. The base area of the monument sign shall be landscaped. The landscaping to extend three feet in all directions as measured from the extent, of the sign. 2. Obtain a sign permit. 5253F Prepared by '2,r4LW�1 Reviewed by/r� -4-