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8. 1' Commissioner Bowerman had no objections to two signs as long as they are 2 easy to 'read ' from both directions. He hated to seethe City put undue 3 restrictions on the signage which the Association might not be able. to 4 afford. 5 6 - Commissioner Jones said he' would make a motion to expedite. matters but 7 still believed. two signs were needed to define the' townhome location. 8 However, ' he -would be willing to put off a , final decision .until staff 9 has had an opportunity to work with the Association representatives on 10 signage which would meet the criteria set in the Sign Ordinance. . 12 .The 'Chair indicated. he would also like to see staff meet with the 13 applicants. to get a better sign and he liked the idea of having the 14 County sign. the road ..in front of the townhomes to alleviate some of the 15 problems the owners have said they have. 16 17 Commissioner .Bjorklund indicated. he wanted to protect the interests. of 18 the neighbors in that area who had toiled away so many years to .get a 19 suitable project for that property. 20 21 Commissioner Hansen said. he would prefer one sign which could be well - 22 designed so it could be' seen from both directions on Silver Lake Road. 23 He suggested that if only one sign were .developed, the money invested 24 in two signs could be applied to even better landscaping than proposed. 25 He wondered if a "V" shaped sign might be more effective and opposed 26 voting on a motion without assurance that the quality of the signage., • 27 would be improved. 28 29 Motion by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Franzese to 30 recommend the Council grant the St. Anthony Court Homeowners Association. 31 a variance to the Sign Ordinance which would allow them two signs to III 32 identify their property , which would be 10 square feet each, and to i 33 recommend the City staff work with the Association representatives . on 34 the final plans for the signs which should be ground hugging; well 35 landscaped, as proposed; and of substantial materials to conform to 36 the quality of. the construction of the townhomes . 37 38 Voting on the motion: 39 40 Aye: Jones and Bowerman. 41 42 Nay: Bjorklund, Zawislak, Franzese, Wagner, and Hansen. 43 _ 44 Motion not carried. 45 46 Motion by Commissioner Jones- and seconded by Commissioner Bjorklund to 47'-table -action on the variance request for 30 days to give staff sufficient 48 time to work with the townhouse representatives to develop adequate ,. 49 but quality signage to identify their property and (to recommend) the 50 homeowners be granted an additional 60 days to use the existing signs 51 while the new signage is-being developed. 52 53 Motion carried-unanimously. 54 55