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J � <br /> -4- <br /> 1 indicated that the same square . footage .would be <br /> 2 retained for badly damaged signs .which.would. be . . <br /> 3 ..retrofitted - to look.-like the sign shown on the <br /> 4 -front of the brochure he had passed . ar.ound .to <br /> 5 the Commissioners; <br /> 6 <br /> 7. -reported the apartment managers perceived :a <br /> 8 need for Silver Lake Road identification;. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 -said the proposed sign would be installed about <br /> 11 eight feet away from the curb for visibility <br /> 12 past the new wall; <br /> 13 <br /> 14 -indicated the sign near the Hardees south entr- <br /> 15 ance would be about three feet from the curb; <br /> 16 <br /> 17 -told Commissioner Werenicz the new signage had <br /> 18 not been requested by apartment tenants but by <br /> 19 the owners . <br /> 20 <br /> 21 No one appeared to speak against the proposal and the : hearing was <br /> 22 closed at 8 : 05 P.M. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 During the discussion of the proposed signage, Commissioner <br /> 25 Werenicz questioned whether additional signage at that location on <br /> 26 Silver Lake Road might not give a cluttered appearance to the area. <br /> 27 Commissioner Hansen suggested the signage be converted to a ground <br /> 28 sign, which the sign representative perceived would not be a <br /> 29 problem and if bermed might .provide more visibility. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Commission Recommendation <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Motion by Hansen, seconded by Wingard to recommend the Council <br /> 34 grant the necessary variances to the Sign Ordinance to Equinox <br /> 35 Apartments, 2808 Silver Lane to allow them to replace the three <br /> 36 identification signs on their property with ground signs of <br /> 37 substantial construction which would be bermed or landscaped to fit <br /> 38 into the surrounding terrain and to bring them into conformance <br /> 39 with the Ordinance description of permitted ground signs. The <br /> 40 Commission recommends that the Silver Lane sign be allowed to be <br /> 41 relocated closer to the roadway for better .visibility as long as it <br /> 42 does not encroach into the City' s right-of-way or obstruct <br /> 43 visibility for traffic in or out of the driveway. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 The Planning Commission recommends that the fourth sign be allowed <br /> 46 for Silver Lake Road identification, as shown on the applicant' s <br /> 47 sketches . <br /> 48 <br /> 49 In 'recommending approval of -,this signage, the Planning Commission. <br /> 50 finds -that: <br /> 51 <br /> 52 • <br /> 53 <br /> 54 <br /> 55 <br />