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• • • Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes of 6-21-90 Page 5 of 7 7. MR. DENNIS DUNHAM ADDRESSED THE COMMISSION REGARDING THE SIGN REGULATIONS OF ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 10-1000. NO COMMISSION ACTION IS REQUIRED REGARDING THIS ITEM. Mr. Dennis Dunham - 816 S. 1st, La Porte, Texas. Mr. Dunham stated that no one or the business people he talked to wanted to change the Sign Ordinance in its entirety, only that part that discriminates against a business person. Mr. Dunham said for an example, would be the real estate signs, which are definitely advertising. These signs say "for sale, financing available, other properties available" and list several phone numbers, in other words "all the advertising in the world". Why can't Dennis Dunham's say "Dunham Tax Service?" Mr. Dunham stated that he is asking the P & Z Commission to simply review the ordinance and see if they did not give any credit or think about hurting the small business person. Mr. Dunham stated that he had talked to Mrs. Lola Phillips and she advised me that the P & Z was going to review...time had come to review... the ordinance. If Mrs. Phillips was correct, that is all we ask that the Commission review the ordinance and look at that one section and see if you are not discriminating against the business person on that one issue. The Council gave the mandate to P & Z...which we know is true fact... and we shoul d have a s i gn ordinance, al l I am saying i s that smal 1 portion that discriminated against the businessman of advertising his product/service off of his property. I ask last time what "aesthetic value" was, but have yet to get an answer from anyone. I would still like to have an answer, as it quotes it in the ordinance. I ask other city Inspection Dept. what "aesthetic value" was and some of the answer were, "ugly", "not meeting with the standards of other signs" and that type thing. Mr. Dunham ask Mrs. Graves what the comparison was to real estate signs and Mrs. Graves said she did not see a comparison for a for sale sign in front of a piece of property....Mr. Dunham interrupted and stated.... He was not talking about a "for sale" sign, but listed the things that are on signs out there today...multiple listings, financing available, other lots available, real estate - 10 blocks away. If this is not advertising, I have not been in business for as long as I have. Isn't that advertising? Mr. Dunham stated that he did not have a quarrel with Mrs. Graves, but he had talked to Council :people, where that part of the ordinance needs to be addressed. There was 'not any room made for a temporary sign of any kind. "You can not even allow this City to advertise the four things that ® are in the paper every week, golf course, wave pool, historical downtown and Sylvan beach." I don't think the sign ordinance was meant to be that way, we need to advertise to get people to come to this town.