The store has

applied for an additional wall sign on the rear of the building facing

Ga. Highway 314. The building has customer entrances there and on the

side facing Ga. Highway 85.

The sign in

question, which would measure approximately 33 square feet, was denied

permits a business in a planned center to have a single wall sign.

According to

city staff, the store's existing sign exceeds the current allowable size

for signage, which is 5 percent of the total wall footage. The city's

sign ordinance was recently revised after several months of discussion

and study.

The additional

sign would exceed the limits of both the previous and existing sign ordinances,

staff reported.

A corporate

representative of Original Mattress Factory was present at Monday night's

council meeting and said that the store needs the additional signage on

the Hwy. 314 side, and that management is willing to make concessions

and even reduce the size of the existing sign if necessary to get approval

for the new one.

Council agreed

that postponing the issue until the next meeting could give both parties

enough time to come to a resolution.

Monroe Roark