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• 1 nothing for the past ten years; had been a shame for the community 2 because of various illegal dealings conducted there; and had "hurt 3 rather than benefitted the community" . . The applicant said he 4 perceived the signage he was requesting would help remove the stigma 5 attached to that business. He indicated the signage he was proposing 6 would be tastefully done and would not "stick out" or be gaudy and had 7 been designed to consider the residential neighborhood adjacent to the 8 restaurant. Replacing the existing "ugly" sign on the roof with one 9 copy only on the side facing away from that neighborhood and planning 10 no signage on that side at all would achieve that purpose, Mr. Farrell 11 indicated. 12 The applicant said he considered signage one of the most important 13 parts of his business concluding that without signage the business 14 would continue to go down hill and would never change from what it had 15 been. He indicated he considered the signage would be a big factor in 16 letting the community know there is an entirely new operation going 17 into that location and that the interior is being completely renovated 18 for a family type restaurant. 19 In reference to the removal of the sign altogether, the restaurant 20 owner said he doubted that could be done without ruining the renova- 21 tions he had already made inside the building. Mr. Farrell 22 said he needed the exposure he would get from both the front and roof 23 sign being easily seen from the top of the St. Anthony Boulevard 24 bridge and Highway 88 and, although the reader board was intended to 65 benefit the business, the applicant said he also perceived it would let 6 the community know what was going on in his business. 27 The applicant concluded by indicating he considered his situation to be 28 "unique" in that his signage was intended to benefit rather than hurt 29 the community because it would be bringing the right kind of people 30 into the area rather than the type who had patronized the "Mr. Hobo" 31 restaurant. 32 When Mr. Farrell asked for Commission questions, Chair Franzese told 33 him she perceived a difference in values might be involved because she 34 found his objectives to have a nice, quiet, family type restaurant to 35 be in conflict with the amount of signage he was asking for the 36 business. the Chair said her own value judgement would be that a 37 "gaudy" roof sign wouldn' t fit in with or would do nothing to enhance 38 the renovation going on farther down on Kenzie Terrace where an attempt 39 is being made to upgrade the appearance of that whole area. 40 Mr. Farrell reiterated how important he perceived signage was and said 41 he would ask for more if he could afford to put up more because he did 42 not think the signage he was requesting would be out of proportion to 43 that utilized by other restaurants or diners he has seen. 44 However, he concluded that the drawing the Commissioners had been 45 provided made the front sign look a lot bigger than it actually would •46 be with the letters the size he was proposing. 5