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ARDEN I-lILLS PLA!\TNING COMMISSION - JUNE 7, 2006 7 , and cooperative with working with the realtors on these issues. He stated signagc was . very important to marketing real estate and hc wantcd to work with City staff more on this issue. He stated if there was an issue with a realtor sign, the City could call him and he would contact the owner of the sign and have them remove it. He indicatcd if they would be required to register with the City Hall and obtain property owncr pennission, this would be a burden to realtors, but if they could register onc time on-line, this might be a possibility, He believed there were ways to work with the City on this issue. Angela Hames, Real Estate Agent and resident of Arden Hills, stated she has bccn a resident of Arden Hills for 13 years. She stated she would be happy to address any questions with rcspect to the business of real estate and the signage. She stated that limiting off-premise signs to no more than four was problematic for neighborhoods that had more than one access. She stated in some areas four signs were not sufficient to direct traffic to thc home for sale. She stated therc was not a problem with listing a sign owner's name and address on real estate signs and signs were written with permanent market on the inside of the sign with the owncr's name and address. She indicated thc signs were expensive and real estate agents did not want to lose their signs. She stated that some cities charge an impound fcc to retrieve a sign, which is a strong inccntive to pick up our si gns. She stated to include the name and address of thc home they were selling would be burdensomc and probably would not look good because that infonnation would need to be temporarily affixed to the sign. Shc stated it would be very burdensome to register real estate signs with City Hall. In Table I, she exprcssed concern that tcmporary signs were allowed in only District] and District 3. She believed . allowing tcmporary signs in all of the Districts would be very helpful. Commissioner McClung noted the problem they had with this was the City did not want to see a lot of temporary commercial/business signs. Ms. Hames stated the riders added to the real estate signs did add to the square footage, but the riders did communicate valuable information. She noted the brochure boxcs were a very marketing tool and she understood the brochure boxes were not part of the signage. She indicated without thc riders the signs were 2 feet by 3 feet and there might be up to two or three different riders on each sigu. She encouraged them to allow the Jiders. She noted they wcre seeing longer market timcs and signage and timing was critical. She stated real cstate agents were good about picking up their open housc signs because they usually nccded those signs for anothcr opcn house that day, She statcd to allow open houses only on weekends, did not allow networking of agents, which wcrc held on Tuesday when agents toured perspcctivc properties, She asked for a provision for these types of events. She indicated it would also be burdensome to only plaee signs within a half milc of the home being sold as there were instances whcre they needed to direct peoplc from a major route to the home, which was over a half mile away. Shc asked them to reconsider this requirement. Commissioner Zimmennan stated they also needcd to addrcss thc signs that directed people to homcs for sale off of a major thoroughfarc. Ms, Hamcs stated that most cities do not allow dircctional arrows and she understood this concern. Shc stated she did not . bclieve the City would gct a lot of complaints from realtors regarding not pelmitting thcse types of signs, She noted it was the temporary signs that wcre the "life blood" of their business and not the arrow signs. She indicated all of the temporary signs were for marketing to sell a home more quickly. She stated the City needed to be conscious that