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-3- • 1 The store owner had stated that his new store had only been open since the first 2 of the month and that he had not been aware of the City' s Sign Ordinance until he 3 had gone-to the City Hall to get an operating permit and found out from the City 4 Manager that the signs he was planning to put up on hi-s store front would require 5 a variance. Commissioner Bowerman mentioned that the video center had been in the 6 City for the last few years and he asked the petitioner if he had not been aware 7 of -the restrictions the City put on signage to which the reply was "not precisely". 8 Commissioner Hansen then commented that he was surprised the store owners had 9 undertaken such an expensive remodeling job without first touching base with the 10 City to find out what its ordinances were. 11 12 Commissioner Jones -said he would like to see no further variances granted for signs 13 in that center until the center managers had come in with uniform plan for signage 14 for the whole center. Commissioner Madden indicated he did not believe it would 15 be fair- to place the burden of getting uniform signage on one tenant or to use 16 this request to pressure Eberhardt to come up with a sign plan. 17 18 Commissioner Hansen indicated he agreed with Commissioner Madden that the proposed 19 sign should not be used as a lever to force uniform signage. The applicable ordin- 2o ance was then read to Mr. Czaplewski who indicated he might be open to suggestions 21 for one sign which might more closely match the ordinance. 22 23 Commissioner Jones indicated he sympathized with the fact that the store had so 24 much depth as compared to the frontage on which the sign size is determined and said 25 he could see there might be a need for more than the 54 feet of signage allowed • 26 for that store, but did not believe the case had been made for two signs with 27 different styles which would be almost three times the size the ordinance allowed. ' 28 29 Commissioner Madden suggested action on the request be deferred until the next 30 meeting to permit the applicant to work with City staff on a new sign which might 31 be more acceptable. Commissioner Hansen concurred with that suggestion, as long 32 as the proposed signs are not put up in the interim. 33 34 The hearing closed at 8:05 P.M. when Mr. Czaplewski indicated he would be willing 35 to work with staff to develop a sign which might or might not meet the Commission 36 approval . 37 38 Motion by Commissioner Madden and seconded by Commissioner Jones to table action 39 on the request for signage for the 990 Video Center/Curtis Mathes store at 2908 40 Pentagon Drive until the next Commissioner meeting, May 21 , 1985, to give the 41 applicant time to work with staff on another sign proposal which would more closely 42 conform to the City Sign Ordinance. 43 44 Motion carried unanimously. 45 46 There was no objection to Mr.. Hamer's suggestion that the store owners be allowed 47 to put up the sign they are moving from their old location until the next Commission 48 meeting. 49 50 At 8:10 P.M. , Chair Franzese opened the hearing to consider the request for a sign 51 variance from the Town and Country Store at 2550 Highway 88. The Commission had been 52 provided agenda copies of the April 8th letter written by the City Manager to the 53 store managers informing them that they would have to pay a $25 application fee 54 before April 11th and would have to have representatives present for the Commission 55 hearing on their proposal or face the probability of having their request auto- 56 matically denied. Mr. Hamer confirmed that the fee had never been paid and there 57 was no one present from Town and Country to present the request. Mr. Hamer recom-