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Three restaurants in the Maplewood st uction of the signs on the outside
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Mall will be able to post signs advertising Mall complex would be "substantially way. It'sunot incumbent businessest on Maplewood e
their businesses, the Maplewood council detrimental to the architecture and ap- helpounprofitable become
decided by a 3-2 vote at its last regular pearance of the shopping center." profitable."
meeting. "There was no request for an overall And Howard warned, "We're opening
The approval came despite objections signing program for individual mall shops rup e a can'of worms (if ra approveallthe
from councilmen Burton Murdock and as building design doesn't lend itself to the the cityforeyears will c crawling all over
John Greavu. The signs for Farrell's, accommodation of up to 125 separate A coy ia m to come."
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Forum Cafeteria and York Steak House identifications," Miller said. The signs An official from Homart Co.,council, "We
were approved by the votes of Mayor were requested because the restaurants ofo the Mall,s assured the "We
Robert Bruton and councilmen Donald have different hours of operation than don't treat signs t lightly."
Wiegert and Norman Anderson. most other Mall establishments. Another Homart official added, "We
Manager Mike Miller, in his city staff The majority of the Community Design have a very competitive situation and we
report, argued that allowing the con- Review Board, the city's advisory on ant equaltput them (the three reel there
is
committee which makes actor- on an footing.We don't feel there is
committee
on signcrequests,maeapproved a need for outside signing beyond these."
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the signs. But member Bill Howard, in a v r, the course of the discusoop n,
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minority report,urged the council to turn oethe Homart officials come left ben
thumbs down on the signs. the possibility that they may back
"The Mall is a beautiful buildin for a sign request if it is successful in
Howard said,"and we want to keep it that drawing another junior department store
to the Mall.