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Mounds View City Council October 24, 2011 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br />City Administrator Ericson explained the language could be modified to read that billboards <br />facing residential properties could not be converted to dynamic display signs. The Council was <br />in favor of this recommendation. <br />Finance Director Beer recommended the nits within the Ordinance be corrected before <br />publication. <br />MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance 864, an <br />Ordinance Amending Chapter 1008 of the Mounds View Municipal Code regarding Dynamic <br />Display Signs with corrections being made on Page 4, Number 2 and Page 2, Number 6A. <br />Council Member Stigney recommended the Ordinance read, "the sign shall not flash, blink or <br />move" to ensure that billboards were not moving. He expressed concern with the maximum nits <br />of 7,500 for daytime hours. Other cities had used 5,000 nits for daytime use and recommended <br />the Council make this within the Ordinance amendment. <br />FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Stigney/Hull. To reduce the daytime nit value to 5,000 within <br />Ordinance 864. <br />Council Member Gunn questioned the difference between 5,000 and 7,500 nits for dynamic <br />display boards. <br />Council Member Stigney explained that other cities had a limit of 5,000 and did not feel the <br />7,500 was necessary. <br />City Administrator Ericson commented that several cities do have a 5,000 limit, while others <br />have no daytime limitation at all. <br />Council Member Hull asked what Clear Channel anticipated the daytime nits to be for the sign. <br />Mr. McCarver stated the sign would be running between 4,000-5,000 during the day but could <br />exceed that at times depending on the strength of the sunlight. He explained that it would benefit <br />Clear Channel to run at a lower nit level for power consumption reasons, which was the plan. <br />However, with the varying weather in Minnesota required the level to go upwards to 7,500 nits. <br />Council Member Stigney indicated that based on Mr. McCarver's comments the 5,000 nits was <br />acceptable. Mr. McCarver stated that 5,000 may work on other regions of'the country, but he <br />could not operate at that level every day of the year, given the varying weather in Minnesota. <br />Council Member Stigney disagreed with the 7,500 nit level within the Ordinance <br />AMENDMENT VOTE: <br />Ayes —1 Nays — 3 (Flaherty, Hull and Gunn) Motion failed. <br />j` Council Member Stigney expressed concern with the use of dynamic display signs in residential <br />