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e That road currently does not meet City standards although it is paved and curbed, Development on Tax Lot 100 would require a minimum level of improvement, paid for by the developer of the vacant industrial property, prior to development. Those improvements would include an asphalt mat but not sidewalks or curbs and gutters. The City will not initiate improvements to be assessed to the residential property owners along the eastern portion of Henderson Avenue. Mayor Miller said he considered the request for highway-oriented designation reasonable, Ms. Miller added that there may be adequate room on the property for more than one sign and noted that billboards are limited to 1,300 square feet per half mile. Answering questions, City Attorney Tim Sercombe said that certain types of public signs are exempt from application of the Sign Code. The sign moratorium to be considered as agenda item VIII could be designed to be applicable to any application filed after the effective date of the ordinance or to any application that has been filed at the time of the ordinance. The council could proceed with annexation and postpone a decision on sign designation by redrafting the final order to omit the final paragraph. Another order would be drafted for consideration at the time the council wished to take action on the sign code change. Ms. Schue commented that the council's task should be to consider the number of billboards that are appropriate, not what their content should be. e Mr. Bennett referred to the minutes from the Planning Commission's October 3, 1989, meeting and asked for an explanation of the statement that II. . s ta ff has consistently applied the Industrial Sign District on other annexed properties in the area.1I Ms, Miller explained that the industrially zoned properties in this area to which the Industrial Sign District was applied were not adjacent to Interstate 5 and therefore were not eligible for the highway-oriented designation. She said that on June 24, the Planning Commission discussed extending the highway-oriented sign districts as part of the Sign Code revision but voted not to make that extension in the area in question. Mr. Boles asked for clarification on the request for early buffering. Ms. Czerniak said that the request came from a property owner who asked that prior to construction, buffering be required. The Planning Commission also heard testimony that claimed it would be difficult for a developer to place landscaping or fencing prior to completion of development. The commission responded by not requiring early buffering but asked that creation of a berm or anything that would buffer the residential property during development be considered during the site review process. Mr. Saul pointed out that under the revised Sign Code, the Highway-Oriented District is to be applied to more than two miles of West 11th Avenue, Beltline Road, parts of Garfield Street between 11th and 7th avenues, and the Pape property adjacent to the property being discussed, all of which are designated and zoned industrial. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 23, 1989 Page 4