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bane County Board of Adjustment Minutes Page 8 of 16 / September 25,2008 sign setback must be measured from the north right-of-way line of East Rusk Avenue, and the sign height must be measured from the centerline of the adjacent roadway -- East Rusk Avenue -- not from the centerline of the contiguous West Beltline Highway right-of-way. Maximum sign height and area are both determined by the speed limit of the West Beltline, instead of the East Rusk Avenue speed limit. The existing and proposed signs do not exceed the maximum 300 square feet per side allowed, based on the 55 mile per hour Beltline speed. 5. Coffey explained that East Rusk Avenue rises in elevation toward the west, so if the sign height were measured from the elevation at the southwest corner of the lot, it would be in compliance. The Beltline elevation at the sign location is higher than the East Rusk Avenue elevation. 6. Coffey explained the new LED sign would be brighter, easier to read, and the changeable message would meet Zoning Ordinance restrictions. . Conclusions: 1. Unnecessary Hardship: It would be unnecessarily burdensome to require to moving or removing a permitted sign that may no longer be repaired. The need for a variance is not self-created or for economic gain. 2. Unique Limitations of the Property: The location of the East Rusk Avenue right-of-way appears to have changed since the sign was erected. 3. No Harm to Public Interests: Since the height and location of the existing sign will not be changed, there will be no net effect on light and air for adjacent properties, no added hazard to public safety or visibility, and no change causing injury to property values in the neighborhood. Energy efficiency will be improved. Motion carried, as amended: 4—0 by a roll call vote. (Hamre had left the meeting.) 6. Appeal 3544. Appeal by Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. (Bob Dougherty, SSE Manager, Kraft Global Inc., agent) for a variance from maximum allowable height of a structure within the Dane County Regional Airport Height Limitation Zone, as provided by Section 78.03, Dane County Code of Ordinances, to permit addition to existing exhaust stack at 910 Mayer Avenue, NE 1/4 SW 1/4, Section 31, Town 08 N Range 10 E, City of Madison. COMMUNICATIONS: City of Madison: None 07/28/2008: FAA Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation issued 09/25/2008: Letter from Rodney Knight, Airport Counsel, Dane County Regional Airport. Schutte read the letter, including conditions requested by the Airport, into the record. Conditions: (1) Applicant shall comply with all conditions and recommendations set forth in Federal Aviation Administration Aeronautical Study No. 2008-GL-4845-OE, issued on July 28, 2008. (2) The highest point of the exhaust stack structure shall not exceed 160 feet above grade at the site or 1013 feet above mean sea level. (3) There is an existing 208 foot tall boiler stack located approximately 790 feet from the exhaust stack that is the subject of this variance request. In the event that the existing boiler stack is removed or lowered below the height of the highest point of the subject exhaust stack, this variance shall be null and void and the exhaust stack structure shall be immediately brought into compliance with the HLZO. (4) The upper section of the exhaust stack structure shall be marked with orange and white striping similar to that on the above mentioned existing boiler stack and with red obstruction lights with a minimum intensity of 32.5 candela and visible from all directions. The obstruction lighting shall be operated from two hours before sunset until two hours after sunrise, and during periods of reduced visibility. VARIANCE REQUESTED: Purpose: Add to height of existing exhaust stack Maximum Height Variance: Maximum elevation Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL), as permitted in the Airport Height Limitation Zone (AHLZ): 956 feet AMSL*