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VN--97 -~ Sambos • Feb :. 33 P.-2 The IVew Brighton Zoning Code lmits'the size of advertisng'signs`n industrial districts to five square feet.. of surface for each lineal foot of lot frontage. Due'to the i°rregular shape of this parcel, the front lot line is-,only, 60.16 feet,, which limits the size of the sign to a 300 square .foot maximum. It is the .opinion of:-the petitioner that a surface area- of 348 square feet is necessary for. adequatevisablity of the sign. PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERATIONS. January 16 1,973 Mr. Al ,S larks appeared representing the .petitioner. Chairman Foretell read aloud the'`Planner''s comments. The Planner stated that it ;appears the Zoning Code contains no lmta- - tions an the height of signs in industrial districts. He also noted that the proposed sign is `an expensive one an,d that should it have.:to be amortized as a non-conforming sign because of a new sign ordinance, it would ake about 6 years for such amortization. He further stated that the total height of the proposed sign was 63"feet with the sign area beginning 30 feet-above the ground. He stated that. it seemed to him that the intention was to have, the "sign visible from I-35W but that this seems impractical because a motorist would be past the exit when he saw-the sign. Mr. Slacks stated that the reason for.. the exact dimensions which were proposed is that these are the standard dimensions for a Sambo's Restaurant sign. Mrs. Lenore Parham of the Street Graphics Subcommittee, Community ' Betterment Task Force appeared before the Commission. She. stated that according to the new standards proposed in-her committee's report the ' size of ground signs would be determined by width and speed limit of the road toward which the sign was oriented. She stated that a commercial building in this location would be allowed a ground sign with a maximum area of 230 square feet. and maximum height of 32 feet. She also .stated that there would be a limit. of 10 bits of information vuhich could be communicated by each establishment and that the proposed .sign seems to have more than I.O. She -suggested that since other companies .:have different size signs, Sambo•'a may-.have a smal~.er sign which they` could erect. Mr. Slacks stated that he did not know if Sambo's had other size signs: `He said his company had been contracted simply to ere ct the sign. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIQNS:- January lb, 1973 :Motion by Mann, seconded by Partyka to recommend denial ov VN-97 and to suggest that the Council refer the request to the Street Graphics Subcommittee for comment and to `further recommend that"a letter"be>sent to thee-petitioner stating the exact size `and design standards which