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-2- 1 In his memorandum to the Commission members, Mr. Chi.lds had indicated the request • 2 was similar to that approved by both the Commission and Council the previous 3 month and had listed the conditions and findings which he perceived would• be 4 applicable to this permit approval . -The Manager- i°ndicated staff had. received no 5 comments either for or against the. request from any of the neighbors. 6 7 Commissioner Bjorklund asked whether the Minneapolis residents living adjacent to 8 this project had been notified of the hearing and the Manager told him the City 9 policy had always been not to go beyond the City boundaries. .He said he perceives 10 that is also the policy followed by most of the adjoining municipalities, probably 11 because getting property owners ' •names and addresses in other cities in quite a 12 task. However, Mr. Childs . said he felt this could be done as a courtesy in the 13 future, if that is what the Commission desires. The question was raised whether 14 any of the homes adjacent to the Northgate would be within the 200:foot`'notification 15 range. The Commissioner said he had only mentioned it because he thought it mi-ght 16 have been done as a courtesy since so many of the Minneapolis residents had 17 shown such an interest in various developments in the St. Anthony Shopping Center. 18 The Manager said he would inquire at the next Manager's meeting what other 19 communities ' policies are. The Chair indicated she perceived it might be very 20 difficult to notify adjoining residents from other municipalities about every -21 new project. in the St. Anthony or Apache Plaza- shopping centers. 22 23 Present for the discussion of the permit application were Jerry Isaacs, the 24 office park developer, Craig Mathiev, and Jeff Roberts of P.E.J. , Inc. The latter 25 indicated he • perceived the Commission had been very astute to give careful 26 scrutiny to the type of business he runs because without planning board's • 27 vigilance,- the tanning business might not have evolved to the accepted enterprise 28 it had, because it—had been hard at first for these studios to gain credibility 29 because of people's fears of undesirable activities which might or might not have - 30 been present. in .some of the earliest operations. The petitioner mentioned his 31 other studios in the 'Har.-Mar and 'Signal Hills shopping centers and told the 32 Commi.ssioners that if his business fails in St. Anthony it would be because of 33 consumer rejection," not lack of- professionalism or integrity of the operation. 34 35 When Commissioner Hansen. asked Mr. Roberts whether he was familiar with the 36 restrictions the City placed on its signage, the tanni-ng' studio operation said he 37 was not, but any -sign he would be erecting, would -conform to the City's ordinances. 38 He _said whatever signage he proposed would be tastefully done, electrically lit, 39 and attached--to-the buildi.ng. • Commissioner Hansen urged him to become familiar 40 with the City's sign, ordinance when A t comes to the amount of square footage 41 permitted, etc. , and past experience has been that some merchants have made 42 arrangements to hang signs on their stores which they find after-the-fact-.are not 43 in conformance with the City's regulations. Mr. Roberts responded by saying it 44 was his intention to find out about the City ordinances as soon as he got approval 45 for his studio and whatever he is allowed •to -do legally, and within the City 46 sanctions signwise, he would do and- it would be his job to make up with other 47 forms of advertisi-ng what he coul.dn't do with signage. 48 49 Chair Franzese asked Mr. Isaacs whether he had considered any uniform signage for 50 the project', telling him the City had been trying to motivate uniform signage for 51 the adjoining shopping center. 52 • 53 Mr. Isaacs told the Commissioners he had.consulted three different sign companies 54 • regarding possi.b.le signage for the project. He said the existing billboard would 55 be used temporarily for rental • purposes and, then would be taken down. All of the