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Planning & Zoning Board <br />November 12, 2003 <br />Page 17 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr. Hyden asked if he would be agreeabl e to only one sign on th e building and nowhere <br />else. Mr. Wagner replied he would like to work this out with staff. He stated he did not <br />believe portable, rented signs would be economical for the businesses. <br />Mr. Tralle asked Mr. Wagner’s opinion as to how effective the ba nners actually were. <br />Mr. Wagner replied he believed the specials advertised were effective in bringing in <br />customers. <br />Mr. Hyden stated it was not the City’s intent to limit advertising and he realized all <br />businesses needed to advertise. <br />Mr. Tralle noted his concern was the banner s got curled, dirty, a nd eventually fell down. <br />He asked if the stakes for the banners should be permanently mounted. <br />Mr. Corson stated his concern was banners on the right-of-way. <br />Chair Schaps thanked Mr. Wagner for coming to this meeting, but noted they still did not <br />have more than one businesses opinion. Mr . Wagner agreed signs should not be placed <br />in the right away, and he did not believ e the business owners would object to a more <br />permanent structure on which to hang their banne rs. He asked if he could put banners on <br />his roof. <br />Chair Schaps replied the banners could be at tached to the building, but not on the roof. <br />Mr. Smyser stated it was the staff’s intent that the business owners could obtain a sign <br />permit for one month, only for a specific num ber of times during the year, and not a <br />different sign every month. <br />Chair Schaps stated he did not object to ha ving different signs put up every month and he <br />suggested a yearly permit and not make the business owners obtain a new permit every <br />month. <br />Mr. Corson stated free standing banners in th e right of way would not be allowed. Mr. <br />Hyden pointed out this was heading toward s businesses having signs and not temporary <br />banners. <br />Chair Schaps stated the purpose of this wa s for aesthetics and to have a “clean” looking <br />property. <br />Mr. Smyser stated it was more difficult to enfo rce a yearly permit than it was to enforce a <br />monthly permit. He noted with a monthl y permit it was easier to follow-up on it. <br />Mr. Hyden asked at what point would the banner become a permanent sign. He noted if <br />permanent posts were put in, then wouldn’t that make it a sign and not a temporary <br />banner.