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18-Focus N~Thurs. Dec. 23.1999 LEGALS:. -..: City of Moun S View ORDINANCE NO. 644 -, CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1008 (SIGNS AND BILL- BOARDS) OF THE MOUNDS VIEW MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO BILLBOARDS AS AN INTERIM USE; PLANNING CASE ~P-071-99 THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: SECTION 1: Section 1008.08 of .the Mounds View Municipal Code is hereby amended with the proposed additions underlined and italicized and deletions st'QIsk Bwt sf;ui :IaI:B~Bgt respectively, to read as follows: : Subd. 1. General Standards; Paragraph 1.(1): No groun~ sign (except temporary signs, portable signs or banners) Q[ sign- board sr sUlI/sliIRI shall approa~h at any point nearer than three feet (3') to any building unless such sign is placed paral- lel to the side of the building, nor shall any such .slgn be placed within six feet (6') of the side of any lot nor nearer than fifteen feet (15') to any street line where there Is no established or customary building line nor within twenty five feet (25') of any street.comer right-of-way. Whenever the established or custom!try uniform building line upon the street where such ground sign is to be .erected Is more than fifteen feet (15') from the street or property line then such. sign shall not approach neare~ to the street than the established or cus- tomary uniform building line. Subd. 5. Signs Along Freeways: Except a.s otherwise provided in this Chapter, signs located on property adjacent to any freeway within the Municipality (including Interst~te Highway 35W) shall be busi- ness signs advertising businesses being conducted on the premises on which the 'signs are located. No Atravellng@ or changing-message signs shall be located so as to face any freeway or be visible from the freeway. The provisions of this subdivision, however, shall not be con- strued to render illegal or nonconforming any signs that are legally located along any such freeway at the effective date herein. qRf B.:USBS''(/ f.els"r f.QSfl1eft Bf.f1R6 SA)' SH811 f"S91rar at tRB 9ffsBt:\~S Elsts RS~SBf ~.8r RS "eP.'S9stl, sbJiljsst If? eempl: S~S9 n"'t.Ji t~e B,t~9" /l~Sl':B.:SRB 91 t~:B C~.Ie", 9:tRsr :jq l~s s~ms (gsafsrq Sf at BRel~S" (gestfBjq a'SRB 'SRi' SMe~ f~SM'ai', fJo:.gt"S8~ IRat SilBR a#.ls"Rskl (Bsat:sR is (j.sf .p~Bl'eg BY IRS CBUf1B:t Subd. 10. Billboards: A permit shall not be issued for any new billboard fK SIiI'6- tiSiRg .SigR 'searss eff #:19 I1f81Jti88& u<l:ler9 t~s 8B'WFfSfJS p~sEIt:Jst 'B se'f/ if ShlS~ 11:11 SS8Ri1 9r Q:fA ,"'swlrl Be, n'jt~jR tf:1FSS Rb/F: . 1!/:t:grJ fest (3t}(}' efsRJ' gtf,gs" 9f/sf,g BJ"B8a:~ s\ sl!1F1 I/; s'f'ets/;Bs unless it complies WIth the following interim use requirlf1- ~ .a:.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: A.con- dltlonal use oermit (CUP) must be- obtainl?d In accordance the procedures found In Section 1125.01 Subdivision 3 of the ^:f~unds View MU/}ic{pal Code.- Any . __ in;;;';i!;l;;;;:;;~:::::':;/r:; leas-; agreement for the billboard expires wh;;;h;v~r d~tB is earlier. Such CUP shaY be -;;;"-~nd-~oid if the apolicant fails to ~btai~ any reouired oermit from the State ofrin~~. . TION'The billboard must be IQ';~ted 1110ng and notth of State Highway 1'0 f11Bl . Theaoo/icant must have an a~oroved lease agreement with the orOD- ;~ ~wn~r. ThB billboard shall be oriented to~;"ds State Hiphwav 10 (11BI and/or ISSW Billboards must be located at least 250 ieet irom residentiallv zoned Drooertv. BUI~ard~ mav be located adiacent to the , rlght-of--;av of a street or highwav. but no p~r;ihe~;~f shall extend over s~h. rialJt- of-:a'tA,NlMUM SPACING' Billboards must. b;'at least 1000 feet apart. Soacing b;';een signs shall be measured bv oro- j;~ti;;g thenearest ooints of the sipns to the DroDprty line of the right-of-wav from ;';;;:;i;h tiiey are intended to be read and measuI:;ng the distance in a stra.ight line b;;;;~n the projected ooints. Reouired ;p~'~ina shall aODly onlv to billboards on t';;'Sameside of the same roadwav. d MA)aMUM SIGN AREA: The maxi- m~m g;;;~s surface dlsolay area of the ~ig~ c~nriot exceed 700 souare feet Der ~i~~ ;;;;;;;i that any rectangular bill~oarck- (nay contain temDorarv extenSIons, f~~uf~~ O~~f~ ~:~ng which occup.y. a t a, i s of twenty-fivlf1 (25) p~;~;~t'"oi the area of the basic billboard ~nd i~rm an integral Dart of the l1esign the~e;;f No such tempora(y extension c~t ~-;;i. or t~;; lettering ma.y oroieet more than ;j; ;6).'i;;etf"~m.the top eighteen J181 in~h;; frOm either side or fifteen (151 inch- es ;rom the bottom of the basic reetangu- lar advertising message. The area of an --IlI'/' extension. cutout. or top letterfngshall be _ dttemed to be the area of the smallest ree- . _c . -'tangle into which such extension. cutout or top lettering will fit. , e. ORIENTATION OF SIGN FACES: Billboards mav have no more than two (2,1 ~ sign faces. Sign faces must be back-to- b4ck with sign faces parallel or angled. All . billboards with their faces back-to-back . and parallel shall have no greater distance than eight (B) feet between the faces. All billboards with faces at an angle shall have no greater angle than thirty-five (35) degrees . f. MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT: The'maxi- mum allowable height of billboards shall be thirtv-five (35) feet. The height shall be measured from the grade at the base of the sign or from the surface of the road- wav whichever is higher ." - g OBSTRUCTION: No billboard may be located in such a manner as to obscure or otherwise interfere with the effective- ~:~fc~f :,nog::~~~: ~~~~fe%i,~' ~:~,I d~~ ver's view of apDroaching merging. or intersecting traffic. . AnI( billboard legallv existing on the effectIVe date of this ordinance mav con- tinueto be maintained in its present form I and size but not expanded. This does not preclude the periodic change of the mes- sage or advertisement presented on the ~ Any billboard qestroyed by an act of God may be rebuilt within thirty .(30) days . if the construction of same would comply with this subdivision. SECTION 2: The title of Section 1008.11 of the Mounds View Municipal Code is hereby amended with the pro- posed additions underlined and italicized and deletions s1f!Jsf{ 9~t aRB its~i8i28fi respectively, to read as follows: ' 1008.11: i/~"f: o.,cp fi/"-UiiQAAQSI SIGN VARIANCES: . SECTION 3. This Ordinance goes into effect thirty (30) days after its publication in the official City newspaper. . Read by the City Council of the City of Mounds View on this 22nd day of November, 1999. Read and passed by the City Council of the City of Mounds View on this 13th day of December, 1999. ATTEST: Dan Coughlin, Mayor (SEAL) Charles S. Whiting, City Clerk/Administrator APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney (December 23., 1999) MOllnds View .1 New Brighton, St. Anthony Focus News '