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I- MapleArood s Community De- bers understood the council's Councilman Donald Wiegei-
sign Review Board may as well position. added that he thinks the counci
put its stamp of approval on all "The board said, 'We under- is "keeping an adequate contro.
signs proposed by developers,if stand, we're going to do our between your efforts and where
the city council reverses the best to work it out, and if you we have to kind of help alonf
board's recommendations every people decide to modify it, both sides."
time, a board member said last that's not going to hurt our "We're still waiting for a sigr
week. feelings,' "Bruton told Howard. ordinance, too," Bruton pointer
"APPARENTLY our ideas and "I THINK what you're telling out. "That will help to clarify
those of the council do not.coin- me now is that it is hurting feel- some things."
ride," Bill Howard told the ings." He invited the board to re•
council. The board, he said, is "doing quest a "shirt-sleeve session'
Howard was displeased with a what you think is best, and with the council if member:
. council decision to allow signs we're working off of that." want to discuss the situation.
identifying the type of shop on -a
the mansard roof of a shopping
center at Larpenteur and Mc-
Knight. The board had recom-
mended individual tenant s'
signs be confined to smaller
signs on the wall of the build-
ing.
"Many tenants want advertis-
ing, not identification," he said.
"We've been trying to confine
identification (for the shopping
center as a whole).at one loca-
tion, preferably a ground sign,
then identify individual tenants
1 with i wall sign that can be read
trtm the parking lot, but not a
la!tunIc up the Street.'' I
COUNCIL members, howev-
er. >.rRi that kind of signing
would l'r•appropriate for a yank
building. where tenants will
identity thrnt„.lves as being in
the Lank be:tiling. but not for
busine„e•, that rely on "drop-
in”tr.tde.
"A pers,:n r ding Arounci on
the .trert -a%, •! ,..tr.r h,n,' a j !
pack et ct}'•tn'tt: . , rhtw go to t
a 7-I1 store," ( . ,, .-.:;:nan Bur-
ton Murdock -,. t ''t think
you're talking al-cut two wpa-
rate items."
Mayor Robert tiro! ,,n ,a,.t Ise
went before the(_oinr,;tu:cry It:••
sign Review Board re,t.otty t.r
explain some of the totusi,ri %
variations from board rxant• s
menclations, and came away
i with the belief that board rrt�•tn- .