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1~ CEIV D <br />Town of Reading To ,d CLERK <br />16 Lowell Street r ADMG. MASS. <br />Reading, MA 01867-2683 2004 AUG I I A 10; 2 <br />Phone: 781-942-9012 <br />Fax: 781-942-9071 <br />Email: creilly@ci.reading.ma.us <br />COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION <br />CPDC MINUTES <br />Meeting Dated: July 12, 2004 <br />Members Present: Chair, Susan DeMatteo (SD), Jonathan Barnes (JB), Richard Howard <br />(RH), Neil Sullivan (NS), John Sasso (JS). <br />Also Present: Chris Reilly (CR), Town Planner <br />The Chair called the meeting to order at 7:40 PM. <br />Certificate of Appropriateness (continued): <br />Strong Insurance, 78 Haven Street <br />JB felt that CPDC should be looking at this as a new application. <br />RH agreed and expressed his belief that CPDC would not have approved the existing sign <br />had it come in before it was installed. <br />NS questioned why the building owner didn't advise the Applicant he needed a sign permit. <br />Mr. Strong claimed Mr. Hodson did not tell him about the signage requirements and he was <br />unaware of the regulations. <br />JS suggested reviewing ways the signage regulations could be better disseminated. <br />SD commented that there were no circumstances she was aware of where business owners <br />claimed they were completely unaware of the signage regulations; usually the sign company <br />is familiar with the requirements. <br />CR explained that new business signage occasionally goes up without a permit but this is <br />extremely rare with established businesses in Town, such as Strong Insurance. The Town <br />wants compliance, not enforcement; the Applicant's sign has been in violation for some time <br />and CR's attempts to get compliance have been difficult. <br />RH suggested polling the Commission to determine whether they would approve the existing <br />signage; there was a consensus to deny. <br />CR stated that the Applicant would have to come back anyway and suggested that they be <br />continued to 7.26 for modification of the existing signage to meet the CPDC standard, <br />including raised lettering, a border and removal of text, so that the Applicant may be spared <br />some of the expense of a completely new sign. <br />RH moved to continue to 7:45 PM on 7.26. <br />JB seconded. <br />Voted 5-0, all in favor. <br />Public Hearing: Site Plan Review <br />Attorney Mark Favaloro, Engineer Chris Sparages, Traffic Engineer Vinod Kalikiri and Paul <br />Caggianno represented George Danis. <br />