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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d Mar c h 9 , 200 5 Page 9 APPROVED MINUTES banners away would hurt the small businesses significantly. He felt the banners they put up were professional banners and each banner cost a couple hundred dollars and he did not believe they were an eyesore to the co mmunity. He noted with a 30 day limit, the banners would not get torn or dirty. Chair Rafferty asked if he had received anyt hing from a building official regarding an existing sign ordinance. Mr. Wagner replied he had. Jason Anderson, 6872 Sunrise, US Bank - 7984 La ke Drive, stated they had a unique situation with their branch in that the back part of their building faced Lake Drive. He stated there was a brick wall that he had in stalled hooks on where th ey advertised their special promotions. He noted they had trie d newspaper advertising and they received very little response to that and the only advertising that worked was their temporary signage and banners on their building. He stated he had put one of those signs out and he had received a letter indica ting they had to purchase a pe rmit for the sign and when he went in to get the permit, he was informed he could not get one because he was not having a special event and the permits were fo r special events only and he was asked to remove the sign. He stated he tried to be in compliance but was told he could not get a permit and this was frustrating for him. He asked the Board to take his concerns into consideration. Bill Mayhe, 6810 Lake Drive, Trappers Grill, stated they previously had banners up which they took down when they received a le tter from the City. He noted when they took down their banners, he noticed a decrease in phone calls regardi ng his specials. He indicated they also had a marquee, but it wa s important that they were allowed to use banners in addition to the marquee. Katie Allen, 3890 88 th Court NE, stated she opened up a new business in Spirit Hills Mall 8 months ago. She indicated she worked 13 hours a day and did not draw a salary. She noted temporary signage was very important for a small business. She indicated when she had banners up, her business increased, bu t when she did not have the signs up, her business paid the price for it and she could not af ford this. She stated she would be out of business soon if she was not allowed to put up temporary signage. She noted signage was important to keep the business in the eyes of the citizens. She stated her business was Allure Salon. She noted th e temporary signs made a huge difference to her business. She stated she had not received any letters from the City with respect to her signage. She noted Spirit Hills was a new mall and they ha d the same problem with being backward onto Birch Street. She stated they had no wa y to let people know who was in that mall without being able to be allowed temporary signage. She indicated she had previously put out signage, but the signs disappeared. She was not sure who took the signs. She stated if all of the big busi nesses, builders, and realtors were allowed to have signs up, but the small businesses were not, she was not in favor of this. She asked why the City was not supporting the smaller business owne r. She noted one sign permit for $25.00 for 17 days was not sufficient. She indicated when a new business came into a community, people did not know the business was there without signage. She indicated a small business could not survive in Lino Lakes wit hout signage. She asked the Board to help the small business owner. Chair Rafferty not ed these ordinances would be coming up also.