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e feels the IS-foot setback requirement creates sign clutter because reader boards must be setback, whereas other signs can be placed at the property line. This means many businesses erect two signs. The sign industry wanted to eliminate the IS-foot setback requirement in the interim code. Mr. Smith said staff agrees that this is a significant issue, but feels it should be considered during the full revision of the Sign Code. Ms. Wooten and Ms. Schue agreed that this change would have a significant impact and should be deferred until the full revision. Mr. Smith said the section of the Sign Code which deals with billboards was reinterpretted by the City Council in 1975 to prohibit billboards on limited access sites. Mr. Smith said the desire behind this ruling was to limit billboards as much as possible. It causes a problem for staff which feels it is inconsistent to permit billboards on surface arterials in the City, while banning them from all limited access facilities outside the City. He added that the Sign Code zoning map was never revised in accordance with the ruling and this has been a source of mistakes in the granting of permits. In response to a question from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Smith said an additional six to nine billboards could be permitted if the regulation were changed to eliminate the prohibition against putting billboard on limited access sites. Ms. Wooten said she is supportive of the change which would allow additional billboards on limited access highways. Ms. Ehrman said she would support the change also. Mr. Rutan said there are already explicit Federal and State laws governing billboards. He said he was supportive of this change which would eliminate the inconsistency in the regulation of billboards. e With regard to midget billboards, Mr. Smith said staff had suggested allowing wall signs of a maximum of 200 square feet. He said currently the Sign Code is so generous that the allowable area for wall signs is not generally used. This technically means that a person could lease another person1s excess wall signage and erect a billboard. Mr. Smith said the sign industry felt if this allowance were taken advantage of, it would generate negative public relations and recommended that wall signs be restricted to 200 square feet in area and that signage be limited to 1.S square feet per lineal foot of building space. Mr. Smith said staff was in agreement with this suggestion. Council members agreed that it was a good idea. II. WORK SESSION: ORDINANCE CONCERNING NUCLEAR FREE ZONE Ms. Schue said there was a petition circulating which would establish a nuclear free zone and an elected board that would be written into the charter so that it could not be changed by the City Council. She felt this would not be good for Eugene and that it would be the most radical version of the ordinance that has been proposed here. Ms. Schue said with t~is in mind, ordinance Option A is a compromise and felt it would be the most acceptable to the community. Mr. Holmer said the council needs to be consistent with the vote in the primary on May 17, 1988, and with its prior actions. He said it is clear e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 22, 1988 Page 2