HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-09-26 PACKET 09.2.2.CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE
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TO: Planning Commission Members
FROM: John McCool, Senior Planner
DATE: September 19, 2011
RE: Holiday Gas Station, 6921 Pine Arbor Drive — Dynamic Sign
At the August 22 Planning Commission meeting, staff was informed that the electronic
reader board at the Holiday Gas Station, 6921 Pine Arbor Drive, was displaying multiple
messages at intervals exceeding the one message per four -hour duration.
Staff contacted the management for Holiday Gas Store, and they were aware of this. They
explained that the message board was activated in the late afternoon of Friday, August 19.
Apparently the electronic message board vendor was responsible for programming the
display settings. Nobody knew if the program was incorrectly set or if there was a glitch in
the program, but Holiday Gas said that Monday, August 22, was the earliest the vendor
could to return to correct the problem.
The Holiday Store Managers are aware that all the images and messages displayed on
the electronic reader board must be static, and the display frequency is limited to one
message every four hours. To the best of our knowledge, the images /messages and
display frequency have since been in compliance with the Sign Ordinance regulations.