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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, July 18, 2011 <br />Page 7 <br />and con. One of the big things that came out of it was a lot of people felt that we might be <br />hurting the very businesses that we want to keep in the Village if we become too restrictive. A <br />couple of people felt that there shouldn't be any signs, ever. It did go pro and con both ways. I <br />believe it was more, if you are going to restrict it, don't put it so tight that you are hurting the <br />business people. One of them was the sign at Fisher's Tavern for Happy Hour. I don't think <br />people were offended by that. Plus, if you have more than one sign then you have a problem. <br />They didn't feel that one sign would hurt anything. They pretty much felt it was not right to have <br />a restriction on signs that were only put during the holidays, like for Christmas specials. It was a <br />lengthy discussion and that's pretty much how the Committee felt about it. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, if that comes up again we can talk about it in a Caucus <br />session. <br />Mr. Marrelli added, just so you know, Ordinance Review is looking at the different options for <br />temporary signage. If you go by the deli across the street or the salon, you'll see that they have <br />these little white a-frame signs that now and again they will have a special on. Those are actually <br />not legal to be there, but we have asked them to keep them up by the door and take them in at <br />night. They have been good about that. I have never had a complaint from a resident or another <br />business that those things are being looked at or are disturbing anybody. I'm kind of leaning that <br />way to do that for more businesses that want to advertise. It's all going to depend on how big, <br />where it's put, some kind of uniformity on type and size. We are trying to hash that out in <br />Ordinance Review Committee because we do believe in letting businesses advertise. Some of <br />these businesses have no exposure to traffic whatsoever, so they are trying to bring interest to <br />their stores. I think we should try to help them stay in business. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, the only experience I had with them might have been at <br />Austin's a good yeax or two ago with a special they were ruruiing. I actually got double <br />complaints from residents who were accustomed to coming up there for the special and I think <br />they were discontinuing the special because they couldn't advertise. <br />Mr. Marrelli agreed. People actually wait to see the specials. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, this reminds me of the neon sign situation of a while back. <br />Mr. Marrelli stated, I think we have to be reasonable. I don't like being heavy-handed every <br />time a special goes on somewhere and having to tell them to take it down. It doesn't feel right. - <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, maybe they have to apply for something and say the time <br />period that it is going to be up and then everyone is at least knowledgeable about it. <br />Mr. Marrelli stated, we discussed that. , <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, good. All right. Keep us posted. Thank you. <br />Commission on Agin? - Mrs. Kalina stated that there was no meeting, there is no report.