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I PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 1993 W PAGE 3 4 5 square feet. Proof of hardship must be met to allow an additional front wall sign. 6 Goodyear also wants to replace the existing ground sign. The plans for the ground 7 sign under the current ordinance require a variance to height and to actual sign 8 surface area. The store would need a 32 foot 4 inch total sign surface area variance 9 because he wants a 62 square foot sign which is double what they can have by our 10 ordinance. The ordinance allows a sign totalling 32 square feet total sign surface 11 area. The sign is proposed to be a six feet four inches and only five feet is allowed 12 in that area. Mr. Ewald did not submit any landscaping plans with this request so no 13 bonuses were applied. Looking at commercial sites it is difficult to say that Goodyear 14 meets hardship. 15 16 Commissioner Madden asked if.Goodyear was aware of bonuses for landscaping and 17 Mr. Ewald indicated the company in Ohio wanted him to submit'the request as is. 18 Commissioner Madden measured the existing landscaping area and indicated it was 19 about 130 square feet. The City Manager indicated Goodyear would have to dress up 20 the landscaping and submit a landscape plan to qualify for a bonus. 21 22 The City Manager responded to inquiry from Commissioner Makowske regarding the 23 position of the current ground sign. The new ground sign wasn't marked on the map tbut would be taking the same location as the existing one. 5 26 Commissioner Thompson indicated he believed there was a little degree of hardship 27 . because when travelling down the road from the north if you make the light you don't 28 see Goodyear because of the fence and water tower unless you get up parallel to it 29 and being that it is set way back in the backwall I think there is a degree of hardship 30 coming from that direction. He indicated he believed the Hardee's sign to be 31 intimidating because it is much larger. 32 33 The City Manager noted that is one of the reasons he would like to go through and 34 review the ground sign ordinance because many signs have never been measured. 35 Commissioner Makowske inquired to the way the agenda was set up regarding 36 granting a variance that under our review of the ground sign ordinance if we were to 37 make any changes there then Goodyear might actually conform. The City Manager 38 indicated if you denied Goodyear's request and then recommended change to the 39 ordinance it would take three readings of the ordinance before it became law. The 40 City Manager believed Goodyear just wanted to get a sign. 41 42 Chair Faust indicated that this application has caused the Planning Commission to 43. look at the ordinance to see if change would be recommended. 44