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Approved • City Council adopted Resolution 07-044 on May 8, 2007, which established a Comprehensive Sign Plan for all signage within the Brighton Village Development. Schiferl inquired if there should be language to prevent abuse of this proposal. Gundlach replied that she reviews all sign proposals and would strictly enforce the amendment to prevent abuse. O'Brien asked if the raceway is necessary to avoid the gas lines. Katie Viere, Property Manager, replied that the raceway would allow the sign to avoid the gas lines and a roof scupper. Zisla stated that the development group from Kraus Anderson helped design the sign guidelines for the property and the Commission is frustrated that they failed to follow their own guidelines. Schiferl asked what would happen if the proposal is not approved. Gundlach replied a raceway sign would not be allowed. Howard asked if any other tenants would be able to use raceways. Gundlach replied the proposal limits raceways to areas of the building that cannot sustain individual letters. Danger stated that he would like to have Kraus Anderson see if it is feasible to move the gas lines into the building, which would eliminate the need for this proposal. Viere stated that has been discussed and added there is no agreement with the tenant to place signs on both sides of the building and that if the proposal wasn't approved the back sign would not be put up. Danger also asked if there are smaller letters that could be placed in front of the gas lines. Viere stated that due to the roof scupper the sign needs to be away from the building. • O'Brien asked why the scupper is there when it is normally at the low part of the roof. Viere replied that is an overflow scupper and comes thru the wall. He asked how far out the sign will project. Viere was not sure how far out it would extend. Motion by Baker, second by O'Brien to CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 7 ayes, 0 nays. MOTION APPROVED. Schiferl stated this is not a City problem since the applicant wrote their sign code. Howard asked if the Commission could ask them to look at moving the gas lines inside. There were some discussions regarding the size and dimensions of the sign and how far the raceway would project from the building's fagade. Motion by O'Keefe, second by Danger to ADOPT THE RESOLUTION PROVIDED APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BRIGHTON VILLAGE COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN, DOCUMENTED PER SP2007-002, WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITION: 1. The sign must hide the bracket. 3 ayes, 4 nays. MOTION FAILS. The Commissioners discussed in some length the need to have a motion to deny or to reopen the Public Hearing. Motion by Baker, second by Zisla, to REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUE THE HEARING UNTIL THE JULY MEETING AND RECOMMEND TO THE APPLICANT TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR SPECIAL SIGNAGE. 6 ayes, 1 nay. MOTION APPROVED.