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m7� 77��TTItem No: 5A <br />0imS VIEW Meeting Date: June 1. 2016 <br />Type of Business: Special Planning Case 201-16 <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Jon Sevald, Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: Consider Resolution 1052-16, a Resolution <br />recommending approval of an amendment of City <br />Code, Section 1008.10, Subd 9(c)(2)(b), relating to <br />colored lights in Dynamic Display Signs. <br />Date: June 1, 2016 <br />Introduction <br />During the May 18, 2016 Planning Commission, discussion was held regarding the <br />color of lights used in Dynamic Display Signs in residentially zoned areas. The <br />Commission directed Staff to prepare an Ordinance amendment removing the <br />requirement that lights be limited to the color "amber". This topic was discussed by the <br />City Council on May 23, 2016, whose consensus was to proceed with the amendment. <br />Discussion <br />Dynamic Display Signs (animated digital signs) are a permitted use in the B-2, B-3, B-4, <br />and Commercial PUD districts. Such signs may be used by schools, churches, places <br />of worship or other institutional uses in residentially zoned districts, through a <br />Conditional Use Permit (CUP). A restriction is that such signs in residentially zoned <br />districts utilize "amber" colored lights. When the City Code was amended in 2011, the <br />thought was that amber is a less obtrusive color, and that the use of multi -colored lights <br />may create a nuisance onto residences. Currently, there are no Dynamic Display Signs <br />located in residential districts in which to compare. <br />During the May 18, 2016 Planning Commission meeting, the Commission considered a <br />Variance application by Messiah Lutheran Church to use non -amber colored lights in a <br />Dynamic Display Sign. The Commission's discussion included that Dynamic Display <br />Signs have been in use for several years, and that people have gotten use to them. <br />Thus, if the City permits their use in residentially zoned districts (with a CUP), the color <br />of the lights is not an issue. <br />An amendment to a Zoning Ordinance requires a Public Hearing.' Because signs are <br />regulated under Title 1000 (Building and Development Regulations), and not Title 1100 <br />(Zoning) a Public Hearing is not required. However, a notice will be mailed to <br />residential property owners within 350' of applicable schools and churches, notifying <br />them of the June 13th City Council's consideration of this amendment. <br />' Minn. Statute §462.357, Subd 3 <br />