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• Date: 3/22/93 Agenda item: S ITEM: Proposed clarifications to the sign ordinance to address temporary commercial signs and .displays not constituting signs SUBMITTED BY: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator EXPLANATION/DESCRIPTION: From time to time the city gets requests for temporary commercial signs and 'displays not constituting signs', usually inflated balloons. The city's sign code does not clearly identify when anal how these should be permitted. In the past the city staff approved temporary commercial signs for a period of up to three weeks and had the council approve inflated devices. However, the policy is unclear and has led to problems, especially during the State Fair. Two years ago, an inflated balloon above a store in Bullseye collapsed due to a power brown- • out. The balloon collapsed onto electrical wires and started a fire. During the Fair the Snelling/Larpenteur intersection already has alot of distractions and traffic accidents, the addition of inflated balloons may add to that hazard, even if there are no brown-outs. It is unclear that these types of businesses benefit from the traffic on the way to the Fair. Staff recommends that Falcon Heights adopt the same restrictions that the neighboring communities of Shoreview and Roseville have regarding temporary commercial signs and 'displays not constituting signs'. It also recommends that aerial search lights be deleted as a temporary use due to the close proximity of residential and commercial land uses in the city. Recommendation: Existina• 9-13.03 [11] Displays not constituting signs. Animal displays, pieces of sculpture, fountains, aerial search lights or other displays or features which direct attention to an object product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business yet not defined herein as such or commonly considered a sign, shall comply requirements of Section 9-13.03.