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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 28, 1998 Sundays. These signs wou]d go up by 6 P.M. on Friday evenings and be taken down by 6 P.M. Sunday evenings. Ma~;nuson would be putting up and takin~ down his open house si~ns daily on Mondays through Thursdays. Once Allen Avenue is put through to Centerville Road, the Eli Road signs wou(d be eliminated. Morelan asked the purpose of the signs. Magnuson replied that the signs are intended to help people find Pitrina Park Terrace. Advertisements for the development contain directions, however, the si~ns attract people who are driving through the area lookin~ for open houses. Morelan felt this took the signs out of the directional category and made them advertising signs. LaValle noted out the real estate signs put up in the City. Morelan pointed out that these signs are not allowed under the City's ordinance. Scalze commented that the City occasionally looks the other way when of~=premise real estate signs go up. This is because these signs are very temporary in nature. Masterpiece Homes is asking permission to utilize off=premise signs for 1-'/z years. Fahey noted that the ordinance allows off-premise signs by CUP. Morelan noted that the si~ns must be directional in nature, not advertising signs. Fahey stated that the signs are directional since Masterpiece Homes is trying to assist people in finding Pitrina Park Terrace. Morelan felt the signs were advertising since Masterpiece Homes is trying to attract drive- by traffic. Gordie Howe, Masterpiece Homes, reported that the Pitrina Park townhomes will be in the Spring Preview. Directional si~ns are needed for that purpose, therefore, it is very important that the CiJP be approved. Scalze felt that Masterpiece Homes was requesting too many locations, and that the si~ns were not really directional in some of the locations. Morelan asked if anyone else has applied for a CLTI' of this nature, and asked the purpose for having this process in the Code. The City Planner reported that he could not recall any other applications of this nature. The Planner stated that he was not sure this Code was written to specifically address real estate signs. A more common application might be to use off-premise signs to advertise an industrial park not directly adjacent to an interstate. Fahey asked if there was anyone from the general public wishin~ to comment on this matter.