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One community uses street frontage to determine sign area and <br />one regulates both area and height with this figure. Lot size <br />determines area in one City and height in another. Sign setbacks <br />are used to figure height in one community. Building size is not <br />used exclusively for either factor, although Vadnais Heights <br />includes it in its mix of criteria. Little Canada uses building <br />size to calculate sign area and combines it with setback to <br />regulate height. Zoning District is the most commonly applied <br />factor, determining height in one community and both areas and <br />height in three others. Street classification and speed are <br />used in one City to regulate area. As noted, Vadnais Heights <br />uses a mix of several criteria to determine both area and height. <br />Finally, a standard sign size is used in one community for <br />height, one for area, and two others for both area and height. <br />While Little Canada's system of regulating freestanding sign size <br />is unique, there is no single Metropolitan standard which is <br />utilized as a model ordinance. Sign Ordinances vary from City to <br />City as a reflection of the City's policies and perceived needs. <br />It is important to remember that, as an economic development <br />tool, a liberal Sign Ordinance is of minimal value. Prospective <br />businesses do not make existing decisions based upon a <br />community's sign regulation. Such decisions are based almost <br />exclusively upon land cost, location, and (in some cases) traffic <br />counts. <br />cc: Joe Chlebeck <br />John Palacio <br />Tom Sweeney <br />PAGE -1 1- <br />