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Planning staff recommends Club Fitness signage amendment; committee moves request to council
Summary
Club Fitness seeks two added “elite” signs totaling 70.86 square feet (35.43 sq ft each) on east and west elevations. Staff recommended amending the planned use with a conditioned total allowance that would remain within an earlier variance; committee voted to send the matter to full council.
Community Development staff presented a first-reading request from SOI Outdoor Sign Company on behalf of Club Fitness to amend an existing planned use and allow two new "elite" signs — one on the east elevation and one on the west — totaling 70.86 square feet (35.43 sq ft each). The property carries an existing sign variance from 2014 (for Gander Mountain) that allowed a larger west-elevation allowance; staff said the Club Fitness request would fall under that previously permitted total.
Staff recommended approval of the amended planned use with conditions: allow up to 430.94 sq ft on the west elevation (8.15% of wall area) and up to 332.2 sq ft on the east elevation (6.3% of wall area), and require removal of the additional "elite" signage if Club Fitness discontinues the elite program in the future. Committee members questioned whether repeated variances should prompt code changes; staff said a code update is planned for next year.
The committee took a roll-call vote and approved forwarding the item to the full council for final consideration.
What comes next: The request will be placed on the full council agenda for final action during the next council meeting.
