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Dane County Board of Adjustment Minutes Page 7 of 16 September 25,2008 Motion carried: 4 —0 by a roll call vote. (Hamre had left the meeting.) 5. Appeal 3543. Appeal by Coyle Inc. (Ryan Coffey, JNB Signs, Inc., agent) for variances from maximum allowable height and minimum setback from right-of way for an on-premise pylon sign as provided by Sections 10.74(19) and 10.83(1), Dane County Code of Ordinances, to permit alteration to existing sign at 250 West Beltline Highway (US Highway 18-151) being part of Lot 3, Block 2, W.H. Jacobs and E.S. Barker's Subdivision in the SW 1/4 NW 1/4 Section 36, Town of Madison. COMMUNICATIONS: 09/24/2008 Town of Madison —The Town Board will consider the variance request at its next scheduled Town Board meeting on October 6, 2008." VARIANCES REQUESTED: Purpose: Allow new sign faces and electronic message display improvements to existing non-conforming on-premise pylon sign. Maximum sign height variance Maximum sign height permitted: 50 feet, measured from the elevation of the centerline of the adjacent road to the top of the sign where the speed limit on the adjacent highway is more than 45 miles per hour (using centerline of West Beltline Frontage Road/East Rusk Avenue). Proposed sign height: 52.2 feet (no change from height of existing sign). VARIANCE NEEDED: 2.2 feet Minimum setback from road right-of-way variance Minimum setback from right-of way: 5 feet Actual setback of existing sign: 0 feet from right-of-way of"West Beltline Frontage Road" to 'overhang' of existing sign VARIANCE NEEDED: 5 feet. IN FAVOR: Ryan Coffey, JNB Signs, Inc., Janesville, WI — agent Mike Coyle, Coyle Carpet, Madison, WI -- owner OPPOSED: None ZONING ADMINSTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: No recommendation from Zoning Administrator Roger Lane, as reported by Assistant Zoning Administrator Schutte. Motion: Studz/Reynolds to grant a variance of 2.2 feet from the maximum permitted 50 feet sign height, and a variance of 5 feet from the minimum required 5 feet setback from right-of way to allow new sign faces and electronic message display improvements to existing non-conforming on-premise pylon sign, as proposed. On a suggestion by Long, Studz and Reynolds accepted a friendly amendment to add a Condition of Town of Madison approval before a Zoning Permit may be issued. Finding of Fact: 1. An existing on-premise pylon sign on C-2 Commercial zoned property serves the Coyle Carpet One business. Although Zoning Division records include variances and permits for the building on this lot, there is no history showing permits or variances for this sign. 2. The owners wish to replace both faces of the existing Coyle Carpet One on-premise pylon sign and replace the "Electronic Message Center" with a new, energy-efficient LED message sign, with 40% reduction in power use, because the existing sign can no longer be repaired. The existing sign head will not be changed. The new electronic message center will be about 6 inches wider, according to the agent. There will be no other changes to the area, height or location of the existing sign. 3. Mr. Coyle stated the sign was built in 1971, and showed a photo of the sign from 1970s records of the Coyle Carpet business showing the sign. He said the sign was larger originally, and had three pylons, of which the center support remains; the head of the existing sign cannot be moved "back" (north) using the existing support. Coyle also presented an old map showing that the East Rusk Avenue pavement was originally located farther south. 4. A current survey shows the sign location and height are both non-conforming whether the sign is considered to serve the West Beltline at 55 MPH or the West Beltline Frontage Road (AKA East Rusk Avenue) immediately to the west at 25 MPH. According to the Zoning Administrator, the