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48i~ It I 8 A REPORT Of THE-MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND'THE PLANNING COMMiSsioN HELD ON MAY 31, 1957 RE: SIGN REGULATIONS IN C~I LIMITED COMMERCIAL AREAS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, EDMUND~, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; MR. UREV, PRESIDENT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION; MESSRS.BuRRIS~ FO~TEi, BA~K~ AND HAMLIN, MEMBERS Of THE PL~NNING COMMISSION; CITY MANAGER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. It ~R.BufORD EXPLAINED THAT THE PURPOSE Of THIS MEETING WAS TO AIR OUT THE IDEAS Of THE T~O REPRESENTED GROUPS ON THE GENERAL QUESTION Of SIGN REGULATIONS AND PAR- TICULARLY SI'GNS LOCATED IN C-I ZONES ALONG 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES. THE REASON fOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PROPOSED INCREASE Of MAXIMUM SIGN SIZE IN C-I AREAS TO'40 SQUARE fEET'WAS DISCUS~ED. ~lT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE SlciNS UP TO 60 AND 62 SQUARE fE~T IN TH~S AREA AT ~RESENT. MR. UREY STATED THAT THE PROBLEM Of SIGN REGULATIONS WAS A CITY-WIDE PROBLEM AND NOT JUST RESTRICTED TO C-K ZONED AREAS. THE STANDARDIZATION Of SIGN SIZE BY MANY Of THE LARGER CORPORATIONS WAS POINTED OUT TO BE A ~AJOR PROBLEM IN LIMITING THE SIZE Of SIGNS, ,SINCE SUCH STANDARD~ZATION HAS' RESULTED IN SIGNS LARGER T~AN ALLOWED UNDER PRESENT CODE RESTRICTIONS. I IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THOSE SIGNS WHICH ARE PART Of A GIVEN BUILDING MIGHT BE ALLOWED TO BE LARGER THAN THOSE WHICH ARE NOT. COUNCILMAN SHEARER' EXPRESSED A DESIRE THAT A CITY POLICY SHOULD BE DEVELOPED ON SIGN SIZES SO T~ATTHE BUILDING DEPARTMENT MIGHT INfORM PEOPLE SEEKI~G PERMiTS WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT FROM THE CITY IN THE WAY Of REGULATIONS. IT'WAS SUGGESTED THAT EACH BUILDING PLAN APPROVED fOR A BUILDING PERMIT MIGHT BE STAMPED TO INDICATE APPROVAL AND THAT SUCH A STAMP SHOULD COVER ONLY THE BUILDING AND NOT SIGNS ON THE PLAN. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE PRACTICE OF GRANTING VARIANCES BE ELIMINATED AND THAT EVERY THREE YEARS A COMPLETE RESTUDY BE MADE. THE SIGN ORDINANCE OF SANTA BARBARA WAS POINTED OUT TO BE A MODEL IN THIS fiELD OF REGULATION AND WAS SUGGESTED AS A SOURCE Of INfORMATION AND STUDY fOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE AMORTIZATION OF SIGNS WAS POINTED OUT, AS A POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM AND THAT MANY COURTS HAVE UPHELD THIS ACTION. THE MEETING WAS ENDED'WITH THE SUGGESTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RESTUDY THE PRciBLEM ~ND, REPORi BA~K TO TH~ COUNCIL WHE~ IT DEVELOPS AN ~NSWER TO THE PROBLEM." I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR; HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT OF THE COUNCrL-PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. , , e A REPORT Of T~E COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON JUNE 7, 1957 ~ RE: COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - DIS- CUSSION REGARDING THE PAVING or JACKSON STREET FROM 26TH TO 28TH AVENUE; DISCUSSI.ON REGARDING BIDS ON IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS 9PENED ON JUNE 6, 1957; RECOMMENDATION FOR REDUCTION or SPEED 'ZONE ON HIL- YARD STREET FROM 19TH TO'29TH AVENUE; REQUEST FOR PASS~NGER LOADING ZONES MAD~ BY MOOSE LODGE fOR EACH ENTRANCE TO'THE NEW LODGE BUILDING LOCATED AT 13TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET; DISCUSSION RE- GARDING TAXI ZONE LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER Of' 10TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET; DISCUSSION RE- GARDING TURNING LANES AT 13TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET AND E~TENSION or THE'ONE~WAY GRID SYSTEM ON OAK STREET rROM 13TH TO '14TH AVENUE; DISCUSSION REGARDING TURN LANis AT 6T~ AND 7TH AVENUES AND JEffERSON STREET; DESIGNATION or HIGH STREET AS THROUGH STREET fROM 6TH AVENUE TO CHESHIRE STREET; DISCUSSION REGARDING MOVING OF LOADING ZONE LOCATED ON OLIVE STREET BETWEEN 8TH AVENUE AND BROAD- WAY; DISCUSSION REGARDINGPOSSIBltlTY Of CHANGES IN THE CLOSING OUT SALES~ORDINANCE;WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: 9 "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; CHIEr OF POLICE; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I C OMM I. TTEE OF THE WHOLE . I. DISCUSSION 'REGARDING THE PAVING or JACKSON STREET FROM 26TH TO 28TH AVENUE ~ A ~ETI- TION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF 71.42% Of THE PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA AND NOTED THAT IT i's A GRAVELED STREET. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STREET BE PAVE6 AND THAi THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJtCT BE PASSED. e 2. DlscussrON REGARDING BIDS ON IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS OPENED ON JUNE 6, 1957 - fMPRO~EMENT PROJECTS INVOLVING TWO STREET PAVING, TWO ALLEY PAVING AND THREE SANITARY SEWER PRO- JECTS WERE BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE. THE CITY ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THAT ONE OF THE ALLEY PROJECTS, BEING THE PAVING Of THE ALLEY BETWEEN 19TH ~ND 20TH ~VENU~S FROM WILLA- METTE TO OLIVE STREET, BE HELD UP UNTIL PROPERTY HOLDERS BORDERfNG T~EALLEY COULD BE ~ONTACTED TO DETERMINE IF THE PRICE Of $4.91 PER FRONT fOOT WAS CONSIDERED AS EXCES- SIVE BY SUCH: PROPERTY HOL6ERS. IT WAS THE CITY ENGINEER'S OPINION THAT THrS'B~D WAS HIGH ALTHOUGH THE ALLEY IS 'LOCATED ON A RATHER STEEP HILLSIDE WHICH ,~DDS'TO THE DIFFI- CULTIES OF PAVING. .....