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• Planning & Zoning Board October 13, 2004 Page 13 C. Update on Legacy at Wood Edge Staff updated the Board on the Legacy at Wood Edge project. He stated last night Council took final action on redevelopment and they were moving forward and they anticipated breaking ground in spring, 2005. He stated the YMCA was anticipating ground breaking in mid - summer, 2005. D. Resignation of P &Z Board Member Sharon Lane Staff stated P &Z Board Member Sharon Lane had resigned and noted they would have a new board member on the Board in January, 2005. Chair Rafferty thanked Ms. Lane for her work on the Board and wished her and her husband good luck in the future. A. Temporary Signage Update Staff presented the issues to address for temporary signage and the P &Z discussion to date. He noted the ultimate goal is to prepare amendments to the existing sign ordinance. He indicated they were not proposing a total revamp of the sign ordinance. Mr. Bengtson stated he had broken down signage into 10 categories for review by the Board including portable signs, miscellaneous signs, construction signs, real estate advertising signs, subdivision development sale signs, subdivision development directional signs, open house signs, special event signs, garage and yard sale signs, and incidental signs. He asked if his categories covered the signs the Board had seen and if they wanted to add any other types of signs, or take some types of signs off of the discussion. Chair Rafferty stated staff had done a good job, but he had not had time to review the definitions. Mr. Bengtson noted they could adjust the definitions to be more or less inclusive or restrictive as the Board saw fit. Mr. Root thanked staff for their work. He asked if there would be different standards for each different type of sign, or was the purpose to give them a scope of what temporary signage was. Mr. Bengtson replied it was his intention to give the Board a broad look at the different types of temporary signs there were and it would be up to the Board as to what type of standards they wanted to apply. He stated they could take one or two type of signs at the end of each meeting and look at them individually if the Board wanted. Mr. Laden stated he had been doing some research on sign regulations and free speech and some Cities had been sued on their sign ordinances, which had gone all of the way to the Supreme Court. He stated he understood cities could not restrict the content of the sign and if it was a temporary sign, they could restrict size, time, etc., but they could not restrict content. He suggested they look at all temporary signage as one and restrict them by size, time, etc. and not review each sign type individually. DRAFT MINUTES