Canterbury Park Holding Corporation is requesting that the Planning Commission approve their Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment for property located at 1100 Canterbury Road.

Canterbury Park Holding Corporation, applicant and owner, is requesting a new electronic Daktronics monument sign at the northwest corner of Canterbury Road & 12th Avenue, and a sign wrap of segments of the existing chain link fence along 12th Avenue and Canterbury Road.

The property is zoned Major Recreation, with a Planned Unit Development Overlay, and is guided Entertainment District.

The applicant has provided a detailed narrative and development plans to describe their proposed projects. The electronic monument sign would replace the existing freestanding sign at that corner, and would advertise Canterbury events and activities/promotions, and would provide messaging about existing and future real estate development projects within Canterbury Commons. It is expected that once further development in that corner of the project area occurs, this sign would be removed/relocated elsewhere on the property.

The sign wrap on the fence would be a single sided mesh banner and would be utilized to identify sales/leasing entities within the Canterbury Commons project area, along with advertising projects/teams of existing/upcoming projects, replacing those existing smaller sales/marketing signs currently found on site.

Sizes/locations/designs of both signs are included in the applicant’s submittal; the electronic monument sign would be approximately 16’-7” tall and 26’ wide (overall dimensions) and the sign wrap would be 6’ high & installed in two (2) areas, approximately 770’ and 520’ in length.

City departments, Scott County and other outside agencies were given the opportunity to review and provide comments regarding this application. City Engineering and Scott County have provided memos/comments that have been incorporated into the draft Resolution. Their main concerns were: 1) that the existing sign is partially located within a trail and permanent drainage and utility easement, so if approved, the new sign would need to be relocated outside of those easements; 2) that the brightness comply with City Code requirements; and 3) that the message not change any more often than every 20 seconds. Staff also recommends that if the sign wrap on the fencing is approved, that it be conditioned to the locations and length as shown on the submitted plans, and that the message pertain to existing construction/rental lease projects (and shall not remain longer than two years) and future construction projects (posted no more than 30 days before zoning application/building permit submittal).