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• 1 City was getting to be a soft touch "giving into applicants who 2 ignore the ordinance; put up their non-conforming signage; and then, 3 come in for approval, which is never denied. " 4 Commissioner Werenicz perceived it had been the same thing with the 5 Dairy Queen, but he who had gone at tooth and nail with the applicant 6 at the July meeting finally was hesitant to be the one to say tear 7 your $5 ,000-$6 , 000 sign down. 8 Mr. Childs asked if they had noted the New York appeals case where in 9 spite of a New York Planning staff goof in the beginning, the builder 10 was ordered by an appeals court to tear the top twelve floors off his 11 building to the tune of over 20 million dollars because the court 12 held "reasonable diligence" by a "good faith inquirer" would have 13 uncovered the true zoning rules. In the case of Mickey D' s sign, Tim 14 Gow should have known better, did know better, and wasn' t truthful 15 about other municipalities measuring signage the way he did. 16 Commissioner Hansen indicated he believed the Council owed the 17 Commission some explanation about that decision. 18 Mr. Childs reported the latest developments on the temporary shelter 19 erected in front of Mickey D' s to keep the windows from falling in 20 where the contractor failed to prove bonding, ' and the shelter - is still 21 up. He concluded by saying staff puts forth' a real effort to work 22 with business people and to give them the benefit of a doubt and 99 023 out of 100 - times it works out fine - but every so often the City gets 24 taken advantage of, as discussed. 25 Legislative Changes Related to Planning Being Proposed 26 Chair Franzese sent around copies of potential changes in planning 27 which might impact on the Commission' s future decisions. 28 Franzese Commended for the Fine Service to the Commission 29 Motion by Hansen, seconded by Wagner to thank Rosemary Franzese for 30 the three years of fine service she had rendered the City on the 31 Planning Commission. 32 Motion carried unanimously. 33 ADJOURNMENT 34 Motion by Madden, seconded by London to adjourn the meeting at 9 : 50 35 P.M. 36 Motion carried unanimously. 37 Respectfully submitted, • 38 Helen Crowe, Secretary 19