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which he believes the developer should address/defend. A number of square footage variances are required due to rear/north signage. The front/south side of the building has 100 square foot more than allowed by code which the applicants should address as there are no unique circumstances to the buildings location warranting the variance. There was verbiage he requested be removed from the sign criteria which indicated signs could not exceed 75% of the frontage of smaller units which caused conflict within their own criteria. The building department will rely on the applicants elevation keys in identifying specific signs and locations on the building. The proposed criteria will become the sign code for the building. Furthermore no tenant can now or in the future apply for variances without the owner having to readdress the entire center again with the city. Mr. Kalina with Adams Signs and Mr. Kliouri with Carnegie Management were present to address the proposal. Mr. Kalina reviewed all signs will consist of individual letters and are sized to identify the maximum square footage allowed for each individual tenant space. Mr. Rerko agreed with the idea of standardizing the size of the signs to make them work for the building. However some signs appear to be too tight for the space in areas near columns, banding and rooflines. Retail D-5 looks to go past the building relief and other signs don't fit their frontage such as D-1, D-6, D-7, D-8, D-10, D-11 and D-13. The color rendering shows the canopy mounting elements going through some of the proposed signs. Mr. Kalina advised that the proposed square footage is the maximum allowed per space and not all tenants would consume the maximum space allowed. Mr. Khouri advised that the color rendering was inaccurate in that no mounting elements would interfere with signage. Commissioners agreed that the proposed north signs were acceptable as proposed due to the traffic and parking layout for the building. However the signs along the other elevations are disproportioned and should be reduced in size. Mr. Rerko questioned how a tenant which occupied multiple spaces would be addressed comparing signage and frontage square footage. Mr. Conway clarified no tenant would be allowed to deviate from the criteria. Mr. O'Malley requested the clerk provide the applicants a copy of the list of variances required for building D as they relate to the current site plan. Although the Commission is aesthetically reviewing the applicant's request the Board of Zoning Appeals will be looking at the variances being requested in a different manner. Mr. Conway reviewed that the majority of variances required deal with the number of signs on the building. The south elevation is allowed 429 square feet of signage and the applicants shows 577 square footage for the south elevation alone. The Carnegie logos and second floor tenant signs account for about 100 square feet of the south total square footage. The total proposed square footage of signage on building D is 1009.5 square feet which requires a 580.5 square foot variance. Ms. Wenger asked for clarification of Directional Signage of the sign criteria. Mr. Kalina said they would not be using directional signs they would only have stop signs, do not enter and right turn only signs. Mr. Conway said certain directional signs must be counted as signage. Ms. Wenger recommended removing the section from the criteria. Mr. Kalina said paragraph D would be removed from the sign criteria. A brief discussion was had concerning landscaping and other site improvements which are to be completed by May 15, 2007. Mr. Khouri said that a Mr. Taft and Ms. Feather were currently working on making sure the items are completed by the date. 2