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Planning Commission Page 9 1 The Chairman also noted the sign sketches which had been 2 submitted by the applicants, had not been drawn to scale. He 3 said the letters on the building itself appeared to be two feet 4 high which, as compared to the signage on the St . Anthony 5 Shopping Center, was too high. 6 7 The public hearing was opened at 9 : 09 p.m. 8 9 Bill Vogt, 1847 Johnson Street, and James L. Sarna who had 10 signed the Petition for Sign Variance, were present to speak to 11 that request . Mr. Vogt indicated they had followed the advice 12 given them at the August 20 meeting to scale down the size of 13 the signs for their proposal . He said he has two stores in 14 Northeast Minneapolis with signs considerably larger . The 15 applicant commented that "without getting up in a skyhook" it 16 was impossible to tell just what size the Amoco sign really 17 was . However, he said he thought the Commissioners would be 18 quite surprised at how much sign surface there really is with 19 all the additions which have been made to the sign, piece by 20 piece, including the price, identification, and food signs . 21 22 The applicant said his concern was not how all the signage came 23 about . However, he said he saw more justification for a little 24 strip mall which is hidden, which was built in 1989 and failed. 25 . As proof of the center ' s lack of visibility, Mr . Vogt said the 26 first time he had drivalup there he had passed by without even 27 seeing the center at all . The developer reported the 1930/1940 8 style driveways which presented a hazard had, with the consent 29 of the City, been enlarged. The next step is to get some help 30 from the Planning Commission to sign the property properly so 31 the mall can be seen more easily. The only reason for the 32 monument sign would be to let people know what is there. Mr . 33 Vogt indicated they had half the store space rented and were 34 only concerned the weather would close in on them before they 35 got in the footings for the signs . 36 37 When Mr . Vogt said he intended to use uniform lettering to 38 identify the tenants but the use of logos might depend on who 39 they were. Commissioner Brownell told him each store frontage 40 would be allocated two feet of signage per linear foot they 41 occupy in the center . He said whether they are backlighted and 42 the color should have been indicated on the sign plan. When he 43 asked whether Mr. Vogt intended to put up signage on the north 44 side of the building, the applicant said the signage would be 45 on the facia on the front of the building which would not be 46 continued around the sides . 47 48 Mr. Vogt told Commissioner Gondorchin his only timetable was 49 getting his footings into the ground before winter set in. 50 51 The public hearing was closed at 9 : 18 p.m, for discussion and 52 development of a Commission recommendation to the Council .