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evo~rwwesr assoelarEe~ cor~su~ranavs tNC. nsoo oi;~„ nne~„o,~,i ru<~nw-y, s~rcE ',oz, comE, v u~y ~w ~a ;5nn l"elePho no: 783231 1565 fac Im'h: 763231.958, planni r.,(¢ny polar nL,y.com MEIVIORANDUIVI TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: January 8, 2010 RE: Little Canada - FILE NO: 758.09 - 10.01 The City staff has been in the process of reviewing its dynamic sign regulations in the wake of several recent dynamic sign installations, including Culvers and CVS Pharmacy. Two regulations in particular have been the subject of this review: 903.IIO.C3.d. No dynamic display slaald change more than one lime per ten (1O) minutes, except time and lemperatm e displays which may change once erery three (3) seconds. 903.110-C.?. a. No dynamrc sign shall have lettering smaller than ten (10) inches in height. The first of these items was adopted with the intention that the City would monitor its impact to determine the appropriateness of the timing. At the time of adoption, it was noted that Cities had a wide variety of timing ordinances. The second item relating to letter height was taken from the City of Minnetonka's recently adopted regulations, which created a graded letter height depending on the speed of the adjacent roadway. It was determined that this approach would resul4 in an overly complicated ordinance, and the City chose a single letter height in the middle of the range. City staff, in its analysis, has recommended that the ordinance create a distinction between signs that face local commercial streets versus those that face the freeways. The staff recommendation suggests that no change be made for the freeway-oriented signs, but that regulations affecting local street signage be relaxed, as shown in the following table: