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MINUTES OF PLANNING BOARD MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 Present: Tom Morris, Chairman, John Chase, Don McCormick, Kristina Costa, George Moran Absent: Lisa Firstenberg Others Present: Scott Leary Joseph Cervone Trustee Calabrese Eileen Sassmann Carlo Caldara Chris Morris Nicole Dohrenwend Phil Lewis Debbie Lewis Mary Morris Lou Snell Peter Ramputi Joseph Petinella Dan Koehler Jennifer Niznik Renato Pistolesi Jim Horan Jay Paggi Michele Greig John Fenton Jim Horan Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. Motion by Mr. Moran, seconded by Mr McCormick to accept the minutes as amended. Unanimously carried. SIGN IN MIA PARK First on the agenda was the proposal for two new signs in the MIA Park. Mr. Scott Leary representing The Great American Sign Company gave the presentation. The signs would be replacing the ones that are existing – they would be in the same location and be the same size. Colors would be black and white. The only thing they added was the top and bottom text – currently there is only bottom text which indicates that it is Major McDonald park – now it will also say this is the first MIA Park in the nation – it also conforms to the national MIA logo. It was also stated that one of the existing sign is double sided and one is single sided – both would now be double sided. Mr. McCormick made a motion to approve the two double sided signs as proposed, seconded by Mr. Chase. Unanimously carried. 2610 SOUTH AVENUE Next on the agenda was a discussion for a sign at 2610 South Avenue. Mr. Cervone the new owner of the building stated that the existing sign has been there for a very long time. What Mr. Cervone proposes to do is put a plate on each side with his name on it and a few areas of his specialties in practice and retaining Ms. Pagnones' sign. The sign Mr. Cervone proposed would be 7.25 sq. ft and according to the new sign ordinance – he is only allowed 5 sq. ft. in area per face with a maximum height of 4 ft. Mr. Cervone was informed that the address is not calculated in the total sq. footage for signage and the Board would need a more accurate calculation minus the address. Mr. Morris stated Mr. Cervone could raise the ground bed around the sign to “shave off” some of the height. It was stated that the Board had no objection to the applicant going to the top of the sign for the height conformance versus the posts. It was further stated that the colors of the sign are black and white. Mr. McCormick made a motion to approve the sign contingent upon the sign being 48” in height (minus the posts) and 5 sq. ft. in text – (from the width of the widest letter to the width of the widest letter – from the top of the letters to the bottom of the bottom letters) however he wishes to do it – this will be confirmed with the Code Enforcement Officer. Motion seconded by Mr. Chase. Unanimously carried.