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3 <br /> proposed that the sign be brown or bronze letters on an ivory <br /> background panel . <br /> Chair Madden restated Commissioner Franzese ' s <br /> question regarding the dimensions of the individual letters . <br /> Acting City Manager VanderHeyden responded that the size of <br /> the old and the new letters is twelve inches in height, and <br /> indicated that the increased height results from the <br /> background panel . Mr. Sterner explained that he had figured <br /> that square footage by measuring the amount of space the <br /> letters themselves would take up without the background <br /> panel , and suggested that cutting the background panel down <br /> to size would spoil the aesthetics of the sign. <br /> Commissioner Hansen suggested that the word <br /> "community" would in fact fit on the same line with the rest <br /> of the words in the sign. He questioned whether the intent <br /> of the Petitioner was not only to correctly identify the <br /> business but to obtain more visibility by means of the sign. <br /> Hansen noted that increased visibility was not stated in the <br /> request as a reson for requiring the proposed signage, <br /> although the Petitioner had just indicated in his hearing <br /> testimony that two colors would increase the visibility of <br /> the sign. Hansen stated that he agreed that the sign as it <br /> now exists is not very visible, but one of the reasons he <br /> voted for the original October 1986 variance was that the <br /> sign was not a gaudy, two-color, 144 square foot sign. <br /> Mr. Sterner reviewed the fact that the letters <br /> are twelve inches high and that the sign was 24 feet wide. <br /> Commissioner Hansen indicated that there was no dispute as to <br /> how the measurements were arrived at. He restated his <br /> question as to whether the Petitioner ' s intent was merely to <br /> update the sign or to gain more visibility. He stated that <br /> he would support the addition of the word "community" but <br /> that he would would oppose a two-color sign which was not <br /> listed in the request . <br /> Mr . Stieve replied that he had received <br /> comments about difficulty in reading the sign when it had <br /> first been erected, and that he felt now was the appropriate <br /> time to request a background panel as well as the addition of <br /> the word "community. " Commissioner Hansen reminded the <br /> Petitioner that the Commission had made the same suggestion <br /> to the Petitioner at the time of the October 1986 variance <br /> request. Mr. Stieve agreed, but commented that at the time <br /> he was working on obtaining a community charter . <br /> • Commissioner Brownell agreed that the word <br /> "community" would fit on one line with the rest of the words, <br />