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1 assured the Commissioner that there would be no more than three feet 2 from the bottom of the sign to the ground level. V4The building manager told Commissioner Werenicz he thought the norm of regular hours of operation for the tenants would probably be from 7:30 5 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. but from the standpoint of his firm marketing vacant 6 space, it would be more beneficial to have the sign lit until 9:00 or 7 10:00 P.M. He reiterated that the sign would be facing the highway and 8 its lighting directed away from the residences west of the building. 9 Mr. Childs said he thought having it only interior lighted would direct 10 less light towards the homes than having a spotlight shining on the 11 sign itself. 12 Commissioner Hansen conceded that the sign would probably direct less 13 light than a sunset would towards the homes but said he thought what the 14 residents who had called him were objecting to the most was having a 15 large sign staring at them when they are sitting out on their decks. 16 Commissioner Franzese asked whether the investment company had 17 researched whether it wouldn't be better to highlight the name of the 18 building as the St. Anthony Business Center rather than the names of 19 tenants who would probably change often. Mr. Youngquist admitted "no 20 exhaustive research" had been done on that point but the reason the 21 building name had been included in the copy had been because his firm 22 wanted to tie the building identification in with the community so 23 people would know it was no longer the Medtronics Building. 24 There was no one present to speak against the variance and the Chair 40 5 closed the hearing at 8:03 P.M. for Commission reaction to the proposal. 6 Chair Wagner indicated he would rather see the sign in its reduced size 27 than he would signs all over the building in different sizes, shapes 28 and colors as allowed by the City Sign Code. He said he thought the 29 proposed sign was a dignified way of identifying the tenants in the 30 building and with only limited lettering at the entrance, the building 31 would look very professional. 32 Mr. Childs told Commissioner Brownell that just as had happened at 33 Apache, once the City has granted a variance for the proposed signage 34 in lieu of permitted wall signage, the tenants would have no legal 35 grounds for seeking individual wall identification but could have window 36 signs the same as the Apache merchants do now. He said it would be up 37 to the building owner to inform the tenants about that through the 38 leases. The City Manager said he perceived the way the managers would 39 provide identification for the building tenants would be by listing the 40 larger ones on the sign and the smaller on the directory as Mr. 41 Youngquist had testified they do in other buildings they manage. He 42 pointed out that the signage the major tenant would be allowed on the 43 building was 150 square feet, which they would be allowed to retain 44 along with wall signs for other tenants depending on the space they 45 rented if the freestanding sign wasn't allowed. 4 0