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Planning Commission Minutes Page 3 of 4 April 27, 2022 Chair Pace indicated support for the context provided by site plan, trees, site lines and parking Impacts including trees, site lines and parking. Ms. Clark suggested staff provide a brief project description to include in the signage. Chair Pace discussed the importance of uniformity including color scheme. Commissioner Allen agreed that staff should write the description. She stated the size of the City’s logo should be reduced to allow more space for project information. Commissioner Gaidos suggested only allowing color for the City logo. Ms. Clark stated the signs would be black and white, with the possible exception of color in the site plan. Commissioner Brown suggested the development description be key bullet points rather than a long paragraph. Commissioner Allen suggested one sign per frontage. She provided a scenario of the PUSD Administrative Site and need for signs on both sides of the streets. Ms. Clark discussed Hopyard Shell 7-11 as an example, and whether the Commission would want to see one sign per frontage in such a case. Commissioner Allen expressed that she would. Chair Pace discussed the possibility of more than one sign on long properties. He stated he was inclined to allow staff to make the determination on numbers of signs to ensure adequate public notice. Commissioner Morgan concurred with allowing staff to request more than one sign for large property or more than one frontage. Commissioner Brown suggested projects with frontage on two major streets should have signs on both sides and long properties might need more than one sign, which could be left up to staff. Chair Pace suggested the size of the signs be relative to size of the project. Ms. Clark discussed small, medium and large site sizes. She discussed the need for judgement based on context and location. Commissioner Allen agreed with the need for larger signs on larger lots and stated sign visibility was critical. Chair Pace stated he was in favor or simplicity. Ms. Clark suggested scale based on the size of the site. Chair Pace suggested requiring one sign and allowing staff to determine if more were necessary. He stressed the need for uniformity of data CONSENSUS By consensus, the Commission agreed to requiring one sign per frontage with staff’s determination to waive the requirement and/or adding additional signs for long frontages, with two sizes of signs – 3x5 for small and medium and 4x8 for large properties. MATTERS FOR COMMISSION'S REVIEW/ACTION/INFORMATION 5. Reports from Meetings Attended (e.g., Committee, Task Force, etc.)