These colours of bright yellow, red and black are at complete odds with the desert tones called for in the bylaw. If council grants this exception they should accept that they are abandoning the architectural standards for the entire downtown core. In practical terms they will never have the moral position to enforce other businesses to continue with the colour scheme. Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. If high yellow is acceptable, so must be day-glow pink.
Standards are standards and if they go out the window for one, they go for all.
We can't have different rules for large corporations with weight to throw around. Council should keep this in mind.