Roll call Members Bauer, Fischer, Ibe, Krieger, Sanghvi, Shroyer, and Wrobel

1. Please turn off pagers and cell phones during the meeting.
2. Applicant/Representative will be asked to come forth, state their name and address and be sworn in by the Secretary.
3. Applicants/Representatives will be allowed five (5) minutes to address the Board and present their case. An extension of time may be granted at the discretion of the Chairperson.
4. Anyone in the audience who wishes to address the Board regarding the current case will be asked by the Chairperson to raise their hands to be recognized.
5. Once recognized, audience members addressing the Board will be sworn in and given three (3) minutes to speak as an individual or ten (10) minutes to speak if representing a group.
6. Members of the audience will be allowed to address the Board once unless directly questioned by a Board member or the Chairperson.
7. The Secretary will read the number of public hearing notices mailed pertaining to the current case. Objection and approval responses will be entered into the record at this time.
8. The Chairperson will ask for input from the Community Development Department Liaison, the Ordinance Enforcement Officer, the Planning Department and the City Attorney.
9. The Chairperson will turn the case over to the Board for discussion, clarification and entertain a motion when appropriate.
10. Impromptu statements from the audience during discussion by the Board will be considered out-of-order.
11. A roll call vote will be taken to approve or deny the motion on the table and the next case will be called.

1. Case No. 07-094 filed by Jeffrey Wainwright for Paradise Park located at 45799 Grand River Avenue
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Jeffrey Wainwright of Paradise Park is requesting one (1) sign variance to allow the display of multiple event notices at a rate of 3 seconds per notice for the existing illuminated ground sign located at 45799 Grand River Avenue. The property is zoned I-1 and is located the south of Grand River Avenue and west of Taft Road.

CITY OF NOVI, CODE OF ORDINANCES, Section 28-10 (b) (4) Prohibited Signs states: "The following signs shall not be permitted, erected, or maintained in any district, anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding": (4) Animated signs as defined in Section 28-1 Animated sign "means a sign, other than a changeable copy sign, whereby the sign itself or the information conveyed incorporates or involves action, motion…scrolling messages…"

2. Case No. 07 -097 filed by Patrick Stieber of Allied Signs, Inc. for Men’s Wearhouse Tux located at 27500 Novi Road Space # D290
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Patrick Stieber of Allied Signs representing Men’s Wearhouse Tux is requesting one 41.70 square foot illuminated wall sign variance for the placement of an exterior elevation wall sign located at 27500 Novi Road Space # D290 at the Twelve Oaks Mall. Property is zoned R-C and located north of I-96 and east of Novi Road.

CITY OF NOVI, CODE OF ORDINANCES, Section 28-5 (3) f. Number of on-premises advertising signs permitted states " Where two (2) or more separately owned and operated businesses occupy a building on a single parcel of land, each having a separate exterior entrance. Each business is entitled to a single identification wall sign."

3. Case No. 08-001 filed by Daniel Dempsey of Chameleon Power located at 42400 Nine Mile Road
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Daniel Dempsey of Chameleon Power is requesting one 30 square foot ground sign variance for the continued use of a previously approved (ZBA97-095/A) 10 x 3 foot ground sign to be located at 42400 Nine Mile Road. The applicant has an approved wall sign for this building. Property is zoned I-1 and is located west of Venture Drive and north of Nine Mile Road.

CITY OF NOVI, CODE OF ORDINANCES, Section 28-5 (3) Number of on-premises advertising signs permitted states "No building or parcel of land shall be allowed more than one (1) sign permitted under this section."

4. Case No. 08-002 filed by Joseph Locricchio of Trillium Village of Novi located north of Nine Mile at Haggerty Road
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Joseph Locricchio of Trillium Village is requesting one 15.5 square foot area sign variance and one three (3) foot sign height variance for an 8 foot tall real estate marketing sign to be located at the entrance to Trillium Drive for Trillium Village of Novi. Property is zoned R-3 and is located west of Haggerty Road and north of Nine Mile Road.

CITY OF NOVI, CODE OF ORDINANCES, Section 28-6 (3) Temporary Signs states: "Sale, rental or lease sign which identifies the sale, rental, or lease of the residential property upon which the sign is located shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area or five (5) in height."

PROPOSED SQUARE FOOTAGE             21.5 SQUARE FEET
MAXIMUM ALLOWED                                 6 SQUARE FEET
VARIANCE REQUESTED                         15.5 SQUARE FEET

PROPOSED HEIGHT                                 8 FEET
MAXIMUM HEIGHT                                    5 FEET
VARIANCE REQUESTED                           3 FEET

5. Case No. 08-003 filed by Art Lancaster/Agent Waltersdorf Family Enterprises for Biggby Coffee located at 43346 Grand River Avenue
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Art Lancaster of Huron Sign Company representing Biggby Coffee is requesting one 33.69 square foot area sign variance for the north elevation of Outlot Building #2 located at 43346 Grand River Avenue in the Novi Town Center. This business has 25 feet of street frontage. The applicant is also requesting an additional wall sign for the south elevation of the building measuring 64.94 square feet. Property is zoned TC-1 and is located north of Grand River and east of Novi Road.

CITY OF NOVI, CODE OF ORDINANCES, Section 28-5 (2) b. 1. (a) (i) a. Area height and placement regulations states: "A business having a first floor pedestrian entrance shall be allowed one and one-fourth (1 ¼) square feet of signage per linear foot of contiguous public or private street frontage up to a maximum of sixty-five (65) square feet."

CITY OF NOVI, CODE OF ORDINANCES, Section 28-5 (3) f. Number of on-premises advertising signs permitted states: "Where two (2) or more separately owned and operated businesses occupy a building on a single parcel of land, each having a separate exterior entrance, each business is entitled to a single identification wall sign."

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