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Item No: _7E_ Meeting Date: _May 23, 2016 Type of Business: _Council Business Administrator Review : ____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Jon Sevald, Planner Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing to Consider Resolution 8582, a Resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit for a Dynamic Display Sign for Messiah Lutheran Church Located at 2848 Co Rd H2. Introduction: Messiah Lutheran Church proposes to replace their existing 8’ X 4’ ground sign at the corner of Co Rd H2 and Knollwood Dr. with an 8’ X 5’ multi-colored Dynamic Display sign at the same location. The sign will face East and West bound traffic on Co Rd H2. Dynamic Display signs are a permitted use in the B-2, B-3, B-4, and Commercial PUD districts.1 Such signs for schools, churches, places of worship or other institutional uses require a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) in other districts.2 Discussion: A Dynamic Display sign features an animated message area using an internal lighting source (e.g. LED, LCD, CRT, Plasma). Within Mounds View, Dynamic Display signs (excluding billboards) may be found at: CVS Holiday Station City Hall McDonald’s The Mermaid Walgreens Super America Cenex Abby Carpet Sysco A Dynamic Display may be incorporated into a ground, pylon, or wall sign, or billboard. Dynamic Display signs are regulated extensively under Section 1008.10, Subd 9 of the City Code, and are included as an attachment. The following are applicable restrictions for a ground sign with a dynamic display in the R-1 district for a school, church, place of worship or other institutional use: Maximum sign size: 100 sq ft3 Proposed sign size: 8’ X 5’–2” 41.3 sq ft 1 City Code, Section 1008.10, Subd 9(c)(1). 2 City Code, Section 1008.10, Subd 9(c)(2). 3 City Code, Section 1008.11, Subd 1(b)