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9-A2 The ARC also felt that the applicant could easily conform to the Ordinance by installing "standard" signs. Background The Redwood City Sign Ordinance was adopted on June 28, 1999, after several public hearings and following a City mail out of notices and informational brochures to all City businesses in May, 2000. Enforcement of the new Sign Ordinance was initiated in July, 2000 and per recommendation of the City Council, the first phase of compliance notification to businesses was begun on EI Camino Real. EI Camino Real was chosen because it's the location of the highest percentage of sign code violations and it is a major city � gateway/corridor. Staff has completed a survey of EI Camino Real and has notified 25% of the nearly 500 businesses that have sign code violations. For signs that are nonconforming to the Ordinance, the emphasis has been on achieving compliance according to the Amortization Schedule. Signs are amortized as follows: TYPE OF NONCONFORMING SIGN DATE FOR COMPLIANCE Temporary Signs, Real Estate Signs, Portable Signs, Ninety (90) days Painted Signs and Window Signs Architectural Banners, Awning/Canopy Signs, Two (2) years Under Canopy Signs, Advertising Artwork and Blade Signs Other Building Signs (for reasons other than Four (4) years""' non-conforming sign area)" Freestanding Signs and All Other Signs Seven (7) years * A building farade where the combined area of signs exceeds the limitation set forth in Section 3.78a ("Sign Area") "`* The sign area in excess of the limitation set forth in Section 3.78a ("Sign Area") of this Article shall be reduced by 25% per year Individual businesses are notified of any Ordinance violations on their site as identified by the sign survey or by a recent field visit. The signs at each business are classified as compliant or non-compliant and the business owners have an option to bring their sign issues into compliance by doing the following: 1. Immediate correction of the violation. 2. Applying for an architectural/sign permit for new replacement signage and obtaining ARC approvaf. 3. Applying for, and obtaining from the ARC, an architectural/sign permit exception: to keep existing signs permanently (thus waving the amortization period in the case of Appeal 1); or to continue displaying signs which would not be permitted at all under the new Ordinance (in the case of Appeal 2). In order to grant architectural permit exceptions, the ARC must make findings that special circumstances exist regarding the subject signs. The ARC, for