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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 22, 2018 INTRODUCTION Keis introduced the new incoming City Administrator, Chris Heineman, OF NEW CITY who was in the audience tonight, and reported that he will be starting on ADMINISTRATOR, September 10, 2018. He stated that the Council is very happy to have him CHRIS HEINEMAN here. Mr. Heineman stated that he is excited to work with everyone and thanked the Council for giving hien the opportunity. ORDINANCE 830, The Associate Planner reported that the City has recently received requests AMENDMENT TO from the Fire Department and a couple of schools to install additional ZONING CODE signage. She stated that in each instance, the property is already at the SECTION 903.110, maximum signage allowed under the Public District regulations with an PUBLIC DISTRICT existing sign. She explained that after these requests, it was decided that we SIGNAGE should review the amount of signage allowed in the City Code for the Public District. She reported that staff did a survey of surrounding communities to see what others were allowing for their public signage, and it fluctuates from no regulation for public signage, to similar to our requirements, to no limit on the amount allowed. The Associate Planner stated that she has provided two ordinance amendment options for the Council to consider. She explained that the ordinance option 1 signage amount is based on previous Council discussion, but is arbitrary and up for further discussion. She reported that the Planning Commission recommended allowing the public district to have the same amount of signage as commercial districts, so ordinance option 2 is provided if the Council chooses to go along with the Planning Commission's recommendation. Fischer clarified that the Public District was created separately from the commercial district since the public district is not necessarily advertising something like a commercial business would need. He asked if there is a real value in making it obvious that it is a fire station with signage. He is open to a larger sign size if there is a true public safety benefit. The Associate Planner noted that this change would also apply to schools and churches. Keis stated that he has heard that schools are needing to promote themselves more now. He noted that if the Planning Commission's recommendation simplifies the code, he is supportive of that. Torkelson stated that he is in favor of allowing the public district the same sign allowance as commercial properties. McGraw introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2018-8-173 —ADOPTING ORDINANCE 830, OPTION 2, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING CODE CHAPTER 903.110 E AS PRESENTED IN THE PLANNER'S REPORT