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1688 us to nut the sign back. into valuable.drivewa~r'property and you force us off the highway to the point where our identification sign is not visible soon enough to the on-coming traffic. V:re vrould recommend tha+ we be allowed to nut these signs inside the curb line, as they are everywhere. Dahlgren: Our intent here is that all signs be set back beyond the ~.Tard requirements - that is the 30'. This is one of the reasons vae are requesting that the pump island be put back 30' - realizing that this is the obvious place for you to put the sign. If all suns are set hack 30', all of them get better visibility. As you close the canyon of signs tighter and tip~hter you have less and less visibility, The signs must be set back 30' but may protrude 18" on the required yard. Vqe wi71 allow service stations to nut their identification sign within 6' of the right of way. Service stations are the only ones that get this break. The other suns we would prefer to have back ±,he 30'. x~icNulty: You are actually moving us back 10' or Il' with our pedestal. Dahlgren: 1'.'e held several conferences with the sign companies and the Petroleum industry and they feel that by holding all suns back 30', they are actually getting getter visibility, but everyone did feel that. service stations have a peculiar problem in the sense that they are catering to fast moving trade. Elie figured 6' for service station signs would be reasonable. Some communities are using 5' and. some 3'. The Ordinance specifies 61~ square feet. Six or seven o_f the oil comranies are settling for 100 square feet. Dahlgren: All vre are asking for, basically, is that we keep the signs back 30' except for filling stations and whether this exception should be 6', 5' or 3' is open to debate. The 6!~' dimension was agreed upon at a meeting vrit,h the petroleum industry about a voar a.go. 6!~' is the actual square surface area. 'acNulty: ~~e reoornmend that the pedestal be just inside the curb. You will have to decide what you can do for us. You specify 16' from grade level for pedestal suns. The standard in t~~e industry is about 1?_'. T know of no-one who has any 16' pedestals. ti,re would be forced to put in a concrete base that would be about !.t' high in order to use the pedestals which vre have. Dahlgren: That's from the grade of the nearest driveway or parking area. Z know that the usual considered clearance for a truck is 14'. This is v~rhat we were thinking of. perhaps it should be 1~.'. °:ZcNulty: The standard in the industry is 12'. Vtihere we have transport traffic, we move the si~*ns so they don't get hit because they -3 re quite expen- sive. I think that must be changed- or no-one can conform vrith it without some special poles. Dahlgren: This may be an error on our part. Thank you for bringing it out. ''cNulty: ~.~,"e would recommend that we be allowed an additional sign in the front ~rard. They are vital to our particular business. die do feel also