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Mounds View Planning Commission November 6, 1996 <br /> 11111 Regular Meeting Page 12 <br /> firms that are in the field of sign design and <br /> when they are told the approximate location of <br /> the sign, they statistically figure the size of the <br /> sign and letters to attract the attention of <br /> passing traffic. He did note that the engineers <br /> have not yet been brought into this case and <br /> that the information that is applied in this <br /> particular case is based on past signage and is <br /> approximate. <br /> Discussion continued between the applicant <br /> and the Planning Commission regarding the <br /> similarities of the Mendota sign and the <br /> proposed sign for Mounds View Square. <br /> Commissioner Johnston expressed his concern <br /> with the possibility of other Mounds View <br /> Square tenants requesting separate signage <br /> for their businesses. He asked for more <br /> information on how a sign program would work. <br /> Director Sheldon explained that shopping <br /> centers of this size often need a <br /> comprehensive sign package which includes <br /> individual tenant signage, signage for the pad <br /> sites in the parking lot, entry signs and an <br /> overall center identification sign. Some cities <br /> allow the pad sites to have pole signs and . <br /> some monument signs. Some allow <br /> restaurants or other businesses on pad sites to <br /> have wall signs. A sign package or program <br /> allows some control over design, letter style <br /> and colors so you get an overall, coordinated <br /> appearance. A comment was made that a sign <br /> program is similar to a PUD for signs. <br /> Commissioner Brasaemle inquired about the <br /> signage for the other pad sites at Mounds View <br /> Square, specifically the proposed dinner house <br /> restaurants. The applicant responded by <br /> saying that tenants can be very demanding and <br /> usually request a pylon sign, but if the pad is <br />