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City Council Minutes Page 5 <br />May 18, 2009 <br />Council provided direction to staff on the following items: <br />1. Remove language stating a sign permit is required whenever there is change of <br />copy. <br />Mayor I{linzing stated this would be cumbersome to applicants every time they wanted <br />to make a sign change. <br />Councilmetnber Morin concurred but understood staff's intent to catch non-compliant <br />businesses and questioned if alternative ideas be developed far non-compliance issues. <br />2. More examples of rural based business signs. <br />The Council stated they had no issue with leaving the rural based business signs in the <br />ordinance but would like to see some examples. <br />3. The monument sign language as presented by staff is okay. <br />4. The housekeeping recommendations are okay. <br />5. Review of the commercial construction and commercial real estate signage <br />requirements from 64 square feet to 32 square feet. <br />Councilmember Gumphrey is opposed to reducing the square footage requirements. <br />Council requested more data from staff as they are unsure of how the size of the sign <br />would affect a commercial property, They suggested that one b4' sign may not be as <br />much of an issue as multiple signs. <br />6. Keep directional signs separate from the sign ordinance <br />it was noted that these types of signs help identify to traffic the correct direction to <br />follow and should not count against maximum signage. <br />7. Create alternative language to deal with signage fox large lots such as car <br />dealerships. <br />Couaalm.ember Morin suggested one sign per a specific amount of continuous lineal <br />footage yet to be determined for the Highway Commercial designations. <br />8. Section 30-861; Who is the "any person" that must apply for a permit and can <br />penalties be enforced for temporary sign violations. <br />Councilmelnbea: Morin questioned if the person must be the property owner, <br />landowner, tenant, or sign company and who gets penalized for installing signage <br />incorrectly. <br />Mr. Barnhart stated the property owner, tenant, and sign company are notified of <br />violations but that usually the permit expires prior to the violations being fixed. <br />Mr. Beck stated if the sign company pulls the permit and violates the sign ordinance <br />they could be liable for penalties. He stated the citlr would have more leverage to <br />