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-. <br />• ~~ <br />s <br />1 e ~~.~ VILLAGE COUNCIL <br />•iV~ MAYOR <br />v WILDS A: WpRKENTIEN <br />COUNCILMEN <br />WILLIAM, H. BLACK <br />NORMAN W, ECKLUND <br />1644 WE$T tARPENTEUR AVENUE CHARLES P, STONE <br />FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA 55113 LUELLA STACKER <br />PHONE: 644-5050 <br />CLERK -ADMINISTRATOR <br />DEWAN B. BARNES <br />August 15, 197' <br />T0: I•;ayor tvarl~entien and <br />Village Council members <br />1~: Proposed up-dating of sign restrictions in <br />Ordinance No. 6!~ <br />The Planning Commission met at the Village Hall on Thursday, <br />August 1G, 1972,'to consider. two ap-~~lications for variances <br />in the structures of signs. The Commission noted an inconsis- <br />tency in the Ordinance. ,Section 1~-.1 <br />X3.3) states-undersign <br />regulationsfor B districts "No sign shall project more than <br />18 inches across a. required front or required side yard.~t <br />However, under l~..l (t~)~ sign regulations in the B-2 district, <br />no mention is made about front projections. <br />Tn January, 1969, the Planning'Gommission also lead difficulty <br />intex~retng the provisions in the:Ordinance for signs. .fit <br />that -time, the Commission agreed that the present restrictions <br />are very limiting and,they recommended to the. Council that <br />1• Mr. Dahlgren or someone else at Midwest Planning be <br />contacted for advice on what is currently accept- <br />able practice in other municipalities with regard <br />to signs, and <br />2• A survey of existing signs in the Village be made.. <br />as aguide to give; direction in .drawing up of-new. <br />.specifications fora signs. <br />The Planning Cossion would again like to recommend to the <br />Council that a revie~r of the provisions of the Ordinance re- <br />galuing signs be made'and thatsuch provisions be up-dated. <br />Sincerely yours, <br />;•,' <br />Gerorge . nt , <br />