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• 1 -11- 2 3 -added that the matter had been checked with two people from 4 the City before ordering the $9,00 signs; 5 -said he recognized there could have been some misunderstand- 6 ing about the signs, but there was certainly none in his 7 mind when he ordered those signs because experience with 8 other stores had taught him to be sure he had City approval; 9 -said he never understood thee was a misunderstanding until he 10 got the City' s letter about the signs; 11 -said he had consulted a lawyer after the letter arrived and 12 had been told to "cooperate with them. " 13 Wagner -assured Mr. Plaisted that was what the Commission was also 14 trying to do; 15 -was told the rotating sign is now 6 X 8. 16 Childs -indicated that if the City gives Mr. Plaisted a variance for 17 the second sign because the store fronts on two streets, he 18 could have 144 square feet total signage under the Ordin- 19 ance and has about 150 square feet now (based on a rough •20 estimate) . 21 Plaisted -complained that he had to remove his new window .signs even 22 though the City' s liquor warehouse windows are "plastered 23 100% all over with signs" ; . 24 -indicated he had concluded "it' s OK for you to operate that 25 way but not for me. " 26 27 Werenicz -told Mr. Plaisted that if he had seen the sketch provided 28 that night at the Commission hearing, he would clearly have 29 voted against the extra sign and he still perceived the 30 request had been somehow misrepresented at the hearing; 31 -added however, that the question before the Commission was 32 what do we do now? 33 Wagner -pointed out to Mr. Plaisted that the Commissioners perceived 34 the building had been altered more than 75% which had been 35 quoted as the point past which the rotating sign would not 36 have to be allowed; 37 -told the store owner the City had used this same formula for 38 not allowing the two florist companies to rebuild after the 39 tornado. 00 Werenicz -assured Mr. Plaisted that this was not the first time where 41 the City had written letters to businesses about non-conform- 42 ing signage.