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• • • Planning & Zoning Meeting Minutes of 7-19-90 Page2of4 SPEAKERS: Jim I.ongnecker - He said he was supporting Mr. Dennis Dunham on his views of the sign ordinance relating to portable signs (on/off premise). Dennis Dunham - Mr. Dunham stated...as before he did not want to mislead anyone about this portable sign business...it's not only portable signs, the issue here is limiting a businessman in the City of La Porte from advertising his services or products off his premises...whether it be a stationary sign, portable sign, upside- down sign, what ever it is...if we can let national companies come into La Porte, Texas and advertise, who don't pay taxes, why can't our own business people advertise off-premises...you made no recommendations or no effort to have some kind of thing in there so a person could advertise off his property, but you let other people. We just ask that you give the La Porte business people consideration for off- premise advertising as you do other business. Mr. Dunham stated ...he felt there needed to be some clarification in this ordinance, because you allow a public service sign, but in the same spot when I put my name on it, according to the ordinance, it upsets the aesthetic value, when I don't put my name on it, the sign can remain there S and it's ok, if it meets the rest of the criteria of the ordinance. Mrs. Graves declared the floor open for discussion on. the sign issue and reminded the Commission to keep in mind that we are considering whether or not to recommend to Council that the review is needed. Mr. Charlie Boyle stated that he that would like for the Commission to review it and he felt that the off-premise signs could be allowed with limitations. Mr. Edmonds asked if the portable signs were the main issue and Mrs. Graves said this was the main item. Mrs. Browder said she thought that Mr. Dunham was referring to any type of off-premise signs, not just portable signs. Mrs. Graves stated that the ordinance does allow off-premise and portable signs in Light/Heavy Industrial and there are some of those areas that front major thoroughfares. These can be either portable or fixed signs. After further discussion a motion was made by Charlie Boyle to review portable and off-premise portable signs and have it for September when the review of Ordinance No. 1501 will start, Jack Gresham second the motion, Eugene Edmonds, Inge Browder in favor with Janet Graves against. Motion passed.