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M77�T j Item No: 56 <br />OUNDS ` EW Meeting Date: June 1, 2016 <br />Type of Business: Planning Case MU2016-001 <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Jon Sevald, Planner <br />Item Title/Subject: PUBLIC HEARING (continued) Consider Resolution <br />1050-16, a Resolution approving/denying a Variance for <br />use of non -amber colors on a Ground Sign with a <br />Dynamic Display, to be located at 2848 Co Rd H2; <br />Planning Case MU2016-001 (VR2016-003). <br />Date: June 1, 2016 <br />Introduction <br />Messiah Lutheran Church would like to replace their existing 8'X 4' ground sign at the <br />corner of Co Rd H2 and Knollwood Dr. with an 8'X 5' ground sign, to include a multi- <br />colored Dynamic Display on the lower half of the sign. The new sign would be at the <br />same location. <br />The applicant has applied for three permits; (1) a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a <br />Dynamic Display Sign for use by a school, church, place of worship or other institutional <br />land use in a residentially zoned district; (2) a Variance to allow the sign to encroach <br />into the 30' sight triangle from two intersecting streets, and to encroach into the 15' <br />setback from Knollwood Dr.; and (3) a Variance to allow non -amber colored lights on a <br />Dynamic Display Sign in a residentially zoned district, <br />The City Council approved the CUP on May 23, 2016. The Planning Commission <br />approved the Variance to setbacks on May 18, 2016, and tabled the Variance for sign <br />color until June 1, 2016, directing Staff to prepare a City Code Amendment allowing . <br />multi -colored lights, and to seek input from the City Council. The Council discussed this <br />topic on May 23`d, and was agreeable with the Commission to pursue an amendment to <br />the City Code. <br />Discussion <br />The City Code was amended in 2011, allowing only amber colored lights on Dynamic <br />Display Signs in residential zones. The intent was that amber is a less obtrusive color. <br />There are no Dynamic Display Signs in residential districts within Mounds View for <br />comparison. <br />During the May 18th Planning Commission meeting, discussion included that if Dynamic <br />Display Signs are allowed in residentially zoned districts, the color of the lights should <br />