Planning Commission Minutes 2005 01 13

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APPROVED – FEBRUARY 10, 2005 Rich Boyer, a resident on Cypress Lane requested that the City replace the sign. Greg Dogood, 150 Cherrywood, stated that the sign should be replaced with one that is in compliance with the PUD. Staff Summary and Recommendation: No additional comments. Commission Questions of Staff and Applicant: Deborski requested clarification of the 42 SF sign requirement and the current 25 SF sign requirement. Wood explained the difference between the CDDSG sign requirements (one SF of sign per one foot of store frontage) and the PUD sign requirements (25 SF per sign). Loo directed questions to Mr. Kaufman wanting to know how he knew that the property value was affected by the sign. Kaufman replied that several home owners are appealing their taxes. Pritchard – None. Lipton – None. Kalish – None McDermott asked staff if the size of the sign would have an affect on the brilliance of the sign. Wood replied that size would increase the brilliance. Staff Summary and Recommendation: Staff had no additional comments. Pedersen requested that before any money is spent that a light meter should be used to check the amount of foot candles that are being produced and at what distance. Public Hearing Closed Commission Comments: Deborski stated this is a complex issue. He also stated that the sign should be in compliance. Loo agreed with Deborski and suggested that the City needs to compensate the business owner for the replacement of the sign. Pritchard agreed that the sign is non-compliant and the city needs to take some responsibility for the replacement of the sign. He recommended that before the Commission takes action they should know the cost of sign replacement. Lipton stated that the City made an honest mistake and should take responsibility for their error and recommends the replacement of the sign to meet the PUD requirements and that the City be the primary money source for that replacement. 6