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e M I NUT E S Eugene City Council McNutt Room--City Hall June 22, 1988 11:30 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Ruth Bascom, Rob Bennett, Debra Ehrman, Freeman Holmer, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten. The adjourned meeting of June 15, 1988, of the Eugene City Council was called to order by Mayor Brian B. Obie. Mayor Obie asked that the council consider Item III (the ordinance concerning an interim Sign Code) first and defer Items From the Council, Mayor, and City Manager to the end of the meeting. The council agreed. I. WORK SESSION: ORDINANCE CONCERNING AN INTERIM SIGN CODE Mayor Obie announced a conflict of interest wi~h the item and left the room. Councilor Holmer acted as chair for this item. e Terry Smith, Assistant Director of Public Works, said staff had met with representatives of the sign industry recently as directed by the council. He said the meeting was successful and staff reached an agreement with the representatives on how the Sign Code would address most of the issues in question. Representativ~s of the sign industry took the position that murals should be regulated as all wall signs are. The representatives recommended that a mural be limited to a maximum of 200 square feet. Mr. Smith said staff agreed with this position which did not represent a change to the interim code. With regard to small signs, Mr. Smith said representatives from the sign industry recommended that signs of an area less than 12 square feet be exempt from permit requirements unless they are illuminated, in which case an electrical permit would be required. Signs up to an area of 16 square feet also would not need a permit, but would be required to undergo structural and electrical review if they are illuminated or of sufficient height. Mr. Smith said staff also agreed with this position which did not represent a change from the current code. Mr. Smith felt many people had misunderstood the change being made in the interim Sign Code with regard to reader boards. He said the change in the interim code permitted up to five square feet of a primary sign to be reader board, and also allowed a reader board of up to 40 square feet, if setback 15 feet from the property line. Mr. Smith said many people thought reader boards would be limited to only five square feet. He said the sign industry - MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 22, 1988 Page 1