08-25-1988 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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LA PTE PLANNING & ZONING COMM~SION :, ~; MINUTES OF AUGUST 25, 1988 Members Present: Janet Graves, Chairperson, Bobby Blackwell, Inge Browder, Charlie Boyle, Eugene Edrnonds, Lola Phillips Members Absent: Jack Gresham City Staff Present: Joel Albrecht, Director of Community Development, Ervin Griffith, Building Official, Nina Browning, Community Development/Engineering Secretary, John Joerns, Assistant City Manager, John Armstrong, Assistant City Attorney Others Present: J.P. Jackson, Eddie Gray, Janet Gray Warlich, Mike Cooper, Councilman; Mike "Shipp, Councilman; Pepper .Massingill, Representative for McDonald's; Carl Ferguson, President of the Fairmont Park Homeowners Assoication; other interested citizens. 1. Chairperson Janet Graves called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. 2. The Oath of Office was administed to Eugene Edmonds, Commissioner for District 3 by John Armstrong, Assistant City Attorney. 3. There was a motion by Inge Browder and a second by Lola Phillips • to approve the minutes of the June 23, 1988 meeting. The vote was unanimous. There was a motion by Inge Browder and a second by Bobby Blackwell that the minutes of the July 21, 1988 meeting be approved with the following correction. The ~~ote was unanimous. *CORRECTION: Inge Browder, District 2 Commissioner, was not sworn in as stated on the July 21, 1988 minutes. 4. - Public Hearin:g.,aaas called to order at 7: 10PM r . (A) Consider request by McDonald's Corporation to amend Section 10-1000. Commercial Use Table "B" of Ordinance 1501, to allow - a maximum height of seventy five feet (75') for freestanding on premise advertising signs. Those addressing the Board were as follows: 1. Pepper Massingill, Representative for t9eDonald's Corporation: The Corporation feels they need the 75' sign allowance for the. visibility of their sign. They will be located a block off the main highway and will need the height to bring in business from Highway 146.