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MTNiJTES <br />City Council <br />March 21., 7.98/F <br />Signs (Cont.) Ms. Stel.l.iclc did not f:eel the City should legislate what a business <br />wi.shes to put on a temporary si.;n. <br />Mrs. Scal.ze felt that i.f. the C~ity allowecl temporary si.gns Lor a <br />ten-day peri.od, then someone would request twelve days. <br />Pahey felt that the Ci.ty should fi.x the number of days per year <br />£or temporary s~igns and then the b~siness could determ~i.ne how i.t <br />would use them. <br />The ]'].amter poi.nted out that most businesses ~aoul.d want the si.gn <br />for two weeicends, and thi.s would consist of ten days. 'Che Pla~mer <br />poi.nted out Chat the maxi.mum number oE days coul.d still remain <br />the same. <br />~Ir. Qui.rin pointed out that this woulc( a1.1o~a the busi.ness to be <br />flexi.ble. Also Qui.rin requested that the permit only be a one-time <br />permi.C with more than one member of. the staf:L ailowed to issue <br />the permit. Mr.. Quiri.n stated that once the permit is taken out, <br />the busi.ness could noti.fy the Ci.ty when the sign would Ue up, <br />Mrs. Scalze stated Chat her intent was t:o ~et rid of the clutter <br />and she was not opposed to all.o~vi.n~; businesses flexibility. <br />Mr. Holmes poi.nted out thlt he has a si.~;n on the si.de of. his truck <br />and asked how thi.s applied under the ordinance. The Planner. repl.:ied <br />that he coulcl supply a definition so thae this would not .f.ali under <br />the ordi.nance. <br />Mr. Pahey stated that he was agreeable to providin~ f.or temporary <br />signs f.or a business 30 days per year l:o be used by Che business <br />as it wished. <br />Mrs. Scalze stated that she was agreeable to ten days a Cime, three <br />times per year. <br />Mrs. Nar<tini stated that she was more agreeaUle to something Less <br />than 30 days. <br />The Pl.anner pointed out that under the present ordinance, a busi.ness <br />can t:ake out a temporary sign perm~it for seven days and at the end <br />of that time, reapply agai_n. <br />Nardi.ni stated tltat she a~;reed to let the businesses have the flexi.b:i.lity <br />to have the si.gns when they wanted, but was more agrecab7.e to 20 days <br />per year. <br />P4s. Stel.li.clc poi.nted out Chat this is more restricti.ve than cahat ttie <br />Ci.ty presently has. Nardini repli.ed that she would l:ike to see temporary <br />,i.gns done away cvith. <br />htr. Fahey staced that a ni.ce temporary s1.gn does no[ offend him. <br />Fahey stated thlt a lot of. smal.l busi.nesses depended on the temporary <br />s i.~;n, <br />Page -12- <br />