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IU <br />Mourns Vt�V <br />of Mounds View Staff <br />Item No: 7C <br />Meeting Date: November 12, 2013 <br />Type of Business: Council Bu ine s <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance 884, Amending <br />Chapter 1008, Regulating Signs <br />The corridor is the City Council's priority this year and the Planning Commission was <br />asked to review the Zoning Code in order to better promote and accommodate <br />development along County Road 10. The Planning Commission started by discussing <br />general development ideas to make the Corridor look better. One of those ideas was <br />changing the style and height allowances of the signage that is along the Corridor to only <br />allow monument style signs, and to reduce the setback amount. <br />The Commission discussed sign code changes and proposed a few changes, some that <br />would affect signs for the entire City, and others that are specific to properties along the <br />Corridor. The Commission recommends lowering the height limits in the Business, <br />Industrial and CRP (Conservancy, Recreation & Preservation) zoning districts from 20 <br />feet or 35 feet down to 16 feet, and requiring some type of masonry materials (brick, <br />stone, stucco) for all signs throughout the City. The other suggestions are reducing the <br />minimum setback and sight triangle amounts from properties that are adjacent to County <br />Road 10. Since there is a lot of excess right-of-way space between the street pavement <br />and the front property lines, the Commission felt it would not cause problems for signs to <br />move closer to County Road 10. The side setback requirements are not changing. <br />The City Council reviewed the proposed code amendments at the November 4, 2013 <br />Worksession. The Council agreed with the amendments and requested the addition of <br />language to the Nonconforming Signs section to clarify that "replacement" doesn't mean <br />the entire sign, only the graphics panels. <br />Recommendation <br />Review Ordinance 884 with the proposed City Code amendments for ground signs and <br />nonconforming signs. <br />Sincerely, <br />Heidi Heller; Plann�sociate <br />Attachment: <br />1. Ordinance 884 <br />