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�`. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 16, 1993 3 PAGE 4 4 5 The City Manager discussed Goodyear's landscaping regarding the ground sign. It you 6 lowered the sign four inches it would be eight square feet more sign surface area. 7 GoodYear would still need to reduce the total size of the sign. They can have a total 8 of 40 square feet of sign surface area and Mr. Ewald is requesting 62 square feet. So 9 Goodyear would still need a variance. 10 11 Commissioner Franzese indicated the total square footage of the Hardee's sign was 12 64.44 feet and thought this was relevant because the other signs in the area have to 13 compete with the Hardee's sign. 14 15 David Ewald spoke on behalf of Goodyear in Ohio. He serves as Executive Director 16 of the Minnesota Sign Association and in that capacity he has been exposed to 17 ordinances ranging from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Effe and Big Fork so he sees a good 18 number of ordinances and has access to a number of materials from other organizations 19 in different states. Mr. Ewald indicated that Goodyear would like to make the hardship 20 argument because some of the other signage in the area is larger. The new manager of 21 the Goodyear store wants to re-landscape. The second issue for hardship is the 22 advance warning you need to enter the store. It is very inconvenient and you must make a u-turn. (Mr. Ewald distributed a letter visibility chart.) The letters Goodyear 1'4 is proposing in signage are actually smaller than smallest letters on chart and indicated 25 a well-defined one inch letter can be read from approximately 40 feet away. 26 Goodyear's proposed sign would have visibility of 360 feet which Mr. Ewald does not 27 feel excessive given the advance decisions that people need to make to get into that 28 store. 29 30 Goodyear has been at that location since 1974 and is a good corporate citizen and a 31 stable base of tax paying business. Mr. Ewald indicated Goodyear's main concern was 32 the ground sign. 33 34 Commissioner Franzese inquired about the corporate colors of Goodyear and Mr. 35 Ewald explained the colors are light blue and yellow with gray. 36 37 Commissioner Makowske asked what hours the sign would be illuminated and Mr. 38 Ewald responded he was not sure of the hours but would be the same as the current 39 sign. 40 41 Commissioner Thompson indicated he felt St. Anthony needed to keep healthy business 42 climate because of the recent loss of two oil stations. He felt they needed improvement 43 on the signs there. The public hearing was closed at 7:31 P.M..