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Sessic~ 1636, M/nutes Febzuary 27, 1995 Page4 SIGN (~DINANCE ~DIFICATIONS nants. since sign restrictions are part of the Zc~ng Code, Council action ~ust be prec~d~ by Plan C~,,i,,4.~ion review and a public hearing. Mr. Cottc~ said he was concerned about what -_coined like prohibitive restric- tic~ c~ signs that negatively affect potential businesses on Olive. He cit- ed Rally's, which found the sign ordinance too limiting to locate here, and the new McDonald's. He felt the current sign ordinance needs changing to make it more business-friendly. Mayor Majerus said this rottar will go to the Plan C~m~.~ssion for their com- ments and then Council will hold a public hearing. Mrs. Schuman ask_~d_ if current zoning Code ~visions will include updating the Sign C~de. Director of Plann/ng A1 Goldman said the consultant's charge was to deal with the entire Zoning Code but the Request for Proposal specifically stated that no changes in the sign ordinance were expected. The only change the consultant ba~ proposed d~_!s with qu4rks in state law relative to bill- boards, and he hopes th~ State Legislature will deal with that. Mr. Cotto~ said he would like to see the sign ordinances frc~ Olivette, ~ve Ooeur and Ladue because he wants to know b~ they corem%re to University City. He also wished to know how University City's current sign ord/nance affects business sign requests. Mr. Goldman said it would be easy to obtain copies of these ordinances and draw a c~0arison. LIOUOR LIC~qSE TRANSFER - 8159 OLIVE The City Manager said Council may approve transferring the existing beer and wine package licenses to the new 7-Eleven fra~ holder. ~ne Police De- partment review shows no liquor violations by the applicant at his other lo- cation, although he has violarc-d_ traffic and other laws on several oocasions. Mr. Schocmer moved denial and Mrs. Schuman secom4_ed the motion. In ~ to Mr. Cotton, Mr. Ollendorff said this type of transfer has been done at other locations. Mr. Schoomer said he could recall only one case in the last 12 years that a transfer was approved when the applicant had sc~e law violatic~s. The voice vote was unclear and a roll call vote showed Oouncilmembers Wagner, Schuman, Scho~mer, and Mayor Majerus voting Aye, and Oounci~ Cotton, ROTARY CLUB RF~3EST TO USE H~4AN PARK ~ C~'rER ~ ~ The city Manager said th~ University City Rotary Club has asked to use the C~ty Oen~mr at no charge for their luncheon meetings. He noted that present rules do not allc~ this, but the Club feels an exception should be