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Louisville City Council Meeting January 16, 2001 Page 3. the PUD process based upon architectural and site development context. Section 7.4 Sign Illumination requires that, when using an internally illuminated sign cabinet, only that portion of the sign face dedicated to the trademark or lettering may be translucent or back-lit. The balance of the sign face may not emit a light source. The CDDSG strongly encourages the use of individually cut, back-lit letter signs as a guideline, rather than internally illuminated sign cabinets. Section 7.4 Allowable Sign Types requires that a monument sign incorporate the sign face into the base of the sign with an architectural border. This provision is recommended to avoid having nothing more than a sign cabinet mounted on a masonry base. The architectural border would not be counted against the allowed sign area. Wood stated that the Planning Commission held public hearings on December 12, 2000 and January 9, 2001. Based on research provided by Staff pertaining to potential limitations on logo character heights, the Planning Commission recommended that the limitation on logo heights be the same as that for letter heights. The Planning Commission recommended that references to "letters" be modified to "characters" in Ordinance 1353 and the CDDSG and that "characters" be defined as follows: "A character includes an), graphic symbol used for sign text, including but not limited to letters, numbers and logos, provided that any character used for sign text must be part of the name, service mark. or trademark of the company or business." The Planning Commission recommends support of Ordinance No. 1353, Series 2001 with the amended language defining "characters". Davidson opened the public hearing and asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak for or against Ordinance No. 1353, Series 2000. Hearing none, Davidson closed the public hearing. COUNCIL COMMENTS Sisk asked Planning Director Wood for clarification of the language in Section 7.4. (C), which referenced the back-lit character. He asked for the reason the language stresses "strongly encourages" instead of "shall be used." Wood stated that the wording is currently used in the CDDSG. Sisk asked if a box sign has been allowed in the past. Wood stated that one has not been approved through a PUD process for a few years. He stated that the basis for the change is the Lowe's illuminated cabinet sign. 3