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_ , . . , ;: , .: . Mounds View Planning Commission September 19, 2QOI Regular Meeting Page 4 Mr. McCarver indicated the sign base is five feet high from grade to the top of the cap. Mr. Cronin expressed appreciation for the opportunity to improve the sign and indicafed that the Company understood the conditions that staff has recommended and fully accepts those. He then respectfully requested that the Planning Commission move fo adopt the Resolution recommending approval to the City Council. �.}} � Commissioner Hegland expressed concern that allowing tHis„ex�ansion of the billboard would � set the City up to be required to allow an expansion at some:point;in the future. � � Mr. McCarver indicated that the sign structure is 55 feet wide but noted the copy is only 48 feet Iong. He further explainea that due to QSHA requirements`:there'needs to be a three-foot catwalk around the perimeter of the sign. He then suggested that tlie Resolution be amended to reflect that the Company is limited to a copy size of 48 feet for clari.fication. Mr. McCarver then indicated that the Company could not bui�d a°20 x 60 sign anymore because the state only allows 1000 square feet for billboards. - Commissioner Hegland indicated he would like the Resolutiori to indicate the maximum copy size of 48 feet. � Director Ericson indicated that the maximum.'square footage for billboards in the City is 700 square feet eluninating the possibaYlity for fizture expansion'of the sign. �;�: ;:; , �r, � _. ; Commissioner"Scotch asked�hat=v�!as be}und the trees. �` ', . : , `�- ,� ��-�`a �ef . Director Ericson mdicated that the�e �vas'a;trail that cuts along and adj acent to the new storm water pond and'.dir��tl�"behind the trees'are more trees and a wetland area. ; � ��. Commissioner MillerJ.asketl;�vhether a Rice Creek Watershed Permit was required. __, Director Ericson indicated he �y�as not sure whether a Rice Creek Watershed permit would be required and noted it wa`s' �the=�esponsibility of the applicant to find out. He then indicated that a 'Czty wetland alteration permit is required. Commissioner Zwim pointed to an open area on the drawing of the billboard and questioned how fhe apglieant intended to prevent people from congega�ing in the hidden area. Mr.�Cronin`indicated that the Company's landscaper suggested that gooseberry bushes be planted there because they are very thorny. MOTION/SECQND: Johnson/Miller. To Approve Resolution 673-01, a Resolution Recommending Approval to Council of the Development Review to Expand the Existing Billboard on City-owned Property North of County Highway 10. -.