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-10- • 1 Commissioner Bowerman resisted the Chair.-'s suggestion that the motion be amended 2 to inform the Council that the Commission was interpreting that sign to be the 3 one which the applicants would be allowed- under the ordinance because "to do so 4 would be precluding the Credit Union's right to return to request the variances 5 which had been tabled". The Commissioner said he perceived the motion had 6 granted the applicants the right to erect a free standing sign (a sign on 'a free 7 standing structure) which requires a variance under .the Sign Ordinance. 8 9 Commissioner Werenicz stated that he still believed all signage should be tabled. 10 Commissioner Jones indicated he might later be willing to look at a signage 11 request in a different light if it were for a communi"ty charter open to the public 12 which might require a new name- to designate more than Burlington Northern members 13 were being served by the credit union. Commissioner Bowerman. said he moved to 14 table the action on two of the signs with an eye to researching the matter which 15` could lead to reconsideration of two .of the signs at a later date. 16 17 The motion passed unanimously. 18 19 Mr. Childs said he perceived the applicants would have preferred to have the sign 20 on their office space if that was the only signage they would be allowed, which 21 he said he had assumed the Commission had also realized when they made the last 22 motion. He then requested direction regarding the possibility that the credit 23 union, as the "anchor of -the complex" might get an agreement from the condominium 24 association that they and the tanning facility would be the only two businesses 25 which would be allowed extra 'signage, thus eliminating the potential for pro- 26 liferation of signage the Commission- had indicated was feared. • 27 28 Commissioner Bowerman indicated he perceived the office center .was a "piece of 29 property for which a -uniform sign policy ought to be presented". - Commissioner 30 Jones said he perceived the City should;.-protect those condominium owners who have 31 already purchased their units. Commissioner Hansen told the other Commissioners 32 the concerns he had raised had been prompted by the fact that when he had driven 33 past the office center that evening he had noticed "two large signs which he 34 could not read sitting in two other offices spaces". Commissoner Werenicz said 35 he still perceived it- would be best to table action on all three signs until the 36 matter of sign restrictions had been resolved because he was concerned that the 37 last motion might have taken away the right of the applicants to locate their 38 signage where it would be most advantageous to their business. 39 40 Mr. Stieve suggested the Commission might have by its last motion actually allowed ' 41 them to have two signs, one which the ordinance permitted, and the other by 42 variance. He said his -firm would definitely prefer having all the signage 43 requests tabled to get the matter cleared up. 44 45 Commissioner Bowerman agreed that if there were no formal restrictions on signage 46 for the center, the credit union would be allowed one sign for office frontage 47 and he i.ndi.cated he. perceived considering a drive-in teller facility to constitute 48 a free standing sign "definitely fell into a gray area". 49 50 Motion by Commissioner Werenicz and seconded by Commissioner Bowerman to reconsider 51 the previous two motions. • 52 53 Motion carried unanimously. 54 55