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Show The National Enterprise, August 31, 1977 Page two Billboard recommendations draw fire PRESTO! We can turn old office furniture into new Let us turn that run down office furniture into new again. We strip off old paint and varnish and refinish to the texture and gloss you want. For several years we've been stripping desks, chairs and tables for your home. Removing stains and finishes fast and inexpensively. Now we will do the same for your office furniture plus refinish it. This benefits you in two ways. First it means you can recycle scratched, stained furniture you have now. Second, it means you can pick up beautiful older furniture and have it refinished more inexpensively than buying new. Cali today for an estimate. S33iiITnHI5 275 East 200 West 533-806-5 The Salt Lake planning commission last week voted unanimously to criticize recommendations contained in a preliminary report of a committee assigned to study bill- board regulation. The billboard committee was formed last month by the city commission in the wake of controversy over proposed stringent regulation of size, height, and placement of signs inside the city limits. Members of the committee included two billboard industry representatives, two city commissioners, and planning director Vernon Jorgensen. In a letter to be sent to the committee, the planning commission singled out three areas for disagreement: Exclusion of state historic sites from a 330 feet distance The original requirement. proposal called for signs to be banned 330 feet from any historical district or site on the state or national registers. The committee called for that distance only from nationally registered areas. Possible exclusion of C-l and C-- 2 zones from a B-- Hotel Utah. One of Americas great hotels. And right in the midst of all that stately tradition, quietly accenting the classic lines of marble pillars and high ceilings are Palms and Boston Ferns from The Tree House. Hotel Utah management knows the value of living plants, however small or large they may be. Plants are a must for a successful hotel environment. The Tree House filled their needs with a plant lease program. Give us a call and bring in green. Hie Tree House (801) Fashion Place 262-926- 9 261-46- 41 Valley Fair 298-903- 9 3, ban on signs. The original proposal called for a ban in and CommerBusiness C-- 2 C-zones. The cial l and committee split on this issue. All members supported conditional use in C-- 2 zones while three called for conditional allowance of billboards in 3 and C-- l areas. Two supported the original proposal on those The planning comzones. mission favored the entire original proposal because the zones? abut residential zones. A distance requirement from buildings used as residences or offices having windows that would be obstructed. The original proposal called for 100 feet. The committee called for 30 feet in C-- 3 zones and 50 feet from residential zones. The commission backed the original proposals. The billboard committee made a series of other change proposals on the controversial recommendations that had been promulgated by the B-- 3, B-- planning department last month. They included: changing the 400 foot spacing requirement to 500 feet for 300 highways and feet for signs up to 300 sq. ft. in size, and 400 feet for larger signs; changing the maximum height from 43 feet to 45 feet; and changing a requirement that sign backs be finished to requiring the provision only if visible from a residence or office window within 50 feet on adjacent properties or from the street. The committee also suggested if signs are allowed in 3 and C-- l zones, they be subject to the following conditions: a setback at least in line with existing buildings; that they dont block views of off-ramp- s, B-- adjoining residences; that they be at least 50 feet from residences; 400 feet spacing; the size and shape be in harmony with the area and be subject to approval by the board of adjustment, although in no case could they exceed 300 sq. ft.; that landscaping and lighting be subject to board approval; and that the board could impose conditions on its use or refuse to allow a sign. |