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Department and the Planning Commission both stated that a monument sign should have the name like Olde Towne Antiques Plaza or Center. However, none of these businesses are retail sales related. He is the only one. There is a carpenter shop, strictly wholesale distribution center for discontinued products, a towing service, and two auto repair shops. In short, none of them really blend with his type of business and to put up a monument sign with all of the names on it would not do the area justice. Calling it some type of anlique plaza would not work very well. He believes a single monument sign allowed for just his business would be appropriate. There arc examples of this in the area of single monument signs, two of which, Big O and Rynick Tires, both have other tenants in their building and they have single monument signs. M3. Cox discussed his proposal for signage. First he pointed out the architectural features of his section of the building. He noted that he has a lot of glass frontage and also has a wall at the bottom and up on the sides along with different places which have stone inlaid into the facade of the building. They have architectural features at the top and have a lower ceiling than the rest of the complex, which ends raising it to the full height of the rest of the complex. There are several different comers, nooks and crannies, there is an alcove which is a front entrance way, etc. It is quite a bit different than the rest of the complex. The complex is void of any architectural design. It is basically a windowless box as well as being completely surrounded by other buildings that afibrd little or not visibility to California and less to Stanley. What he is trying to say is that we have two separate and distinct sections to this building. The first section being ours, certainly shows itself as being some type of retail store, center, or whatever, and has been used that way in the past, ever since it was designed. The remainder of the complex houses service orientated businesses mostly. There is a carpentry shop in the back, but again, there are two totally distinct parts of this building. This shows that our section of the complex is a retail section and deserves a greater percentage of the signage. The owners of the complex are present tonight mid are in agreement with the percentage of the sigtmge we have requested for the section that we occupy. Mr. Cox pointed out that signs 6, 7, 9 and 10 on his exhibit are all basicaily the same and they carry the words "Antiques". They are outlined with numbers on the map and wbere they would be placed on the building. They would also carry the words "Olde Tome" in a banner ribbon, which is his trademark design. Number 8, which would go over the entranceway, is a sign that would carry the flail name of the business, along with the business logo trademark and some general information about the business. Infbrmation on it would be considerably smaller. It would be designed to be seen primarily by the customers entering the store from the parking area. It is being put up within the alcove section of the front of the store, making it readable primarily by only the store patrons and has a small amount of visibility to the fi'ont of Stanley, but it really is for customers coming in to give them more information about the store. As such, tiffs sign might be considered exempt, because it is intended tbr reading or viewing from just the inside boundaries of the site. If need be, we could move it to a lower point on the building or whatever, to help accommodate this particular usage. Pleasanton City Council 23 06/20/00 Minutes