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45 modification would include both frontlit and backlit signs, but would not exclude signs that would be visible resulting from the surrounding lights, such as surrounding the football field. g. Signs may not be erected within 250 feet of a residential district. This section is to ensure that any such signs would be erected as far away from Residential Districts as possible so as to avoid any inconvenience or unsightliness to the homes and residences in the City. As discussed at the April 21, 2009 meeting, there were some concerns about the 250 -foot setback requirement as to how they impacted the baseball field and football field. The baseball field outfield fence is XXX feet away from the nearest residential district, so that meets this threshold without a problem. However, the football field fence is XX feet away at its nearest point (the Southeast corner) to a residential district; at the northernmost point, the fence is only XX feet away from the residential district. However, on the Western edge fence (the more desirable from a spectator visibility standpoint), the fence is significantly more than 250 feet away from the residential district, as the football facility is at least 250 feet wide. This limitation (as written) will likely prevent the use of signage on the tennis court and hockey rinks in the City as they are within that 250 foot restriction. Given these realities, we suggest a smaller setback requirement and allow the Conditional Use process to examine the viability of a particular use. "There may be some instances of acceptable signage on these facilities, yet any unacceptable signage could still be prevented. However, by keeping the 250 - foot setback, any future propose signage on those facilities would require an ordinance change similar to the current process. h. Individual signs cannot exceed 60 square feet in surface area... This section is to prevent signs from being too large and to exclude the possibility of "billboard" type signs from ever being proposed. There was concern at the April 21, 2009 meeting regarding a 60 -square foot sign as being too large of a space. A 60 -square foot sign is equivalent to a 5x12 or a 6x10 foot sign. Noting that the baseball field fence is 10 feet in height, and the football field fence is 8 feet in height, such a sign would not necessarily even cover the entire fence! Considering that one of the proposed uses may be for visibility at either the baseball field or a football field, the sign would be intended for viewing at a distance of 250-300 feet distant. According to the United States Sign Council, whose recommendations are used by numerous states' transportation departments, a sign letter's height should be in a ratio of 1 inch high per every 10 feet of optimal viewing. Thus, a sign intended to be viewed at a distance of 250-300 feet should have letters approximately 25-30 inches in height. Using a ratio of 4 inches of height to 3 inches of width (including space around the letters), and assuming a letter height of only 24 inches, each letter should take up 18 inches of width. That means the word "HUSKIES" would utilize (adding a space on the front and back) a total of 9 character spaces, with each