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1 of Mounds View Staff Item No: 7B Meeting Date: December 9, 2013 Type of Business: Council Business Administrator Review: To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Adoption of Ordinance 884, Amending Chapter 1008, Regulating Signs (ROLL CALL VOTE) The corridor is the City Council's priority this year and the Planning Commission was asked to review the Zoning Code in order to better promote and accommodate development along County Road 10. The Planning Commission started by discussing general development ideas to make the Corridor look better. One of those ideas was changing the style and height allowances of the signage that is along the Corridor to only allow monument style signs, and to reduce the setback amount. The Commission discussed sign code changes and proposed a few changes, some that would affect signs for the entire City, and others that are specific to properties along the Corridor. The Commission recommends lowering the height limits in the Business, Industrial and CRP (Conservancy, Recreation & Preservation) zoning districts from 20 feet or 35 feet down to 16 feet, and requiring some type of masonry materials (brick, stone, stucco) for all signs throughout the City. The other suggestions are reducing the minimum setback and sight triangle amounts from properties that are adjacent to County Road 10. Since there is a lot of excess right-of-way space between the street pavement and the front property lines, the Commission felt it would not cause problems for signs to move closer to County Road 10. Recommendation Staff recommends the Council adopt Ordinance 884. Staff also recommends the Council consent to the publication of a summary of the ordinance as authorized by City Charter section 3.07. Sincerely, Heidi Heller; Plan�sociate Attachments: 1. Ordinance 884