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r . -3- The proposed restaurant parking revisions which had been tabled in August were then considered. Mr. Berg reiterated the inadequacies he saw in the existing ordinance regarding the parking requirements for sit down restaurants where only one stall is required for every 300 square feet. No parking requirements were set where no seating plan is submitted since it was agreed a seating plan should be speci- fically addressed in any site plan submitted for such a facility. Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Rymarchick to accept the recommendations of City staff and recommend Council approval of the proposed addition to the City Zoning Ordinance which will re- quire a minimum of one parking space for every two seats in a sit down restaurant with the related definition of a sit down restaurant added to the ordinance as proposed. Motion carried unanimously. Seven additional pages of material prepared by Mr. Berg to be included in the new sign ordinance were then considered. There were marked differences of opinion as to whether gasoline stations and shopping centers should be exempted from the prohibition of pole/pylon signs . The Chairman viewed such exemptions as discriminatory, but others contended it is doubtful whether such prohibitions could be legally upheld in the face of existing non-conformance with the sign ordi- nance throughout the City. Mr. Sopcinski saw some free standing signs at gas stations as posing traffic hazards. Mr. Bowerman felt trying to prohibit this type of signage in all circumstances was • an "exercise in futility" and suggested instead that "the intent and purpose of revising the sign ordinance should be to see signage is strategically and intelligently placed throughout the City and not used nor abused in the residential areas. " He wanted to "leave the ordinance alone" and respond to each sign application on its own merits. Mr. Fornell wanted the location of any proposed sign and its elevation required on the site plans for such signage. Motion by Mr. Bjorklund and seconded by Mr. Marks to delete from the sign ordinance subdivision addition on the prohibition of pole/pylon signs everything written after the words "are prohibited" . Voting on the motion: Aye: Marks Nay: Bjorklund, Rymarchick, Bowerman, Sopcinski and Enrooth. Motion not carried. Other changes were suggested regarding projecting roof and fascia signs which will be incorporated into the final draft to be prepared by Mr. Berg for Board consideration. —Consideration was then given to the proposal from Hobie Swan regarding • the remodeling of the existing beauty/barber shop at 2501 Kenzie Terrace, for an administration office to serve the Lowry Grove Trailer Park. The City Attorney had advised that the Public Hearing on the