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Heidi Weller From: Dan Fish <radiocty@skypoint.com> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 5:23 PM To: Heidi Heller Subject: Re: Proposed City Code amendment for ground signs Heidi, With all due respects: The sign is a way for traffic at a distance to locate a business. Locals know where you are --no need for a sign for them unless they are new residents. The height of a sign less looking over the top of a car next to you; is the square root of 2 times the sign height.. a 30 foot sign is visible from 7 miles less the topography. Yes, the writing is not readable at that distance. If a sign ordnance keeps folks from locating you --There is no sense being in that City-- If the cost of building a sign is to expensive, that is another problem. I propose that the best sign then is one seen on a Web site --Every one in the world can see it, is cost nothing to maintain, you can be outside the tax structure of a city so rent goes down and taxes are less, you are outside the codes of a city, no fire codes and no contribution to the city. That is where this all is leading. Buy from Amazon in another state and city. Dan Fish On 11/18/2013 4:43 PM, Heidi Heller wrote: Dear Mounds View Business Community, One of the Mounds View City Council's priorities for 2013 is the County Road 10 corridor. They asked the Planning Commission to work on changes to the City Code to help promote development and improve the aesthetics of the Corridor. One of the changes that the Planning Commission came up with is to change the requirements for ground signs. Since this change would most affect the businesses, we wanted to let you know about what is being reviewed and give you a chance to offer comments. The trend for new grounds signs has been monument style signs that are lower to the ground. The Commission felt that ground signs are much easier to see when they are closer to the ground versus being elevated 30 feet in the air, and that the sign base should include some masonry and not just be a pole. There is currently an ordinance before the City Council that would change a few requirements for ground signs. The proposed changes would lower the allowed height limits of grounds signs to 16 feet, but they could be placed closer to County Road 10. Other changes would be to require the signs to include masonry materials (brick, stone, etc.). The allowed amount of square footage for signs would not change. This change to the City Code would NOT require that existing signs be replaced. Ground signs that currently exist may remain, and can be maintained and repaired, and the graphics panels can be replaced. IF the sign were damaged beyond 50% of its value, or if the sign was remodeled beyond just replacing sign panels, or if it was going to be moved, THEN it would need to comply with the updated City Code. I can send anyone a full copy of the ordinance (Ordinance 884). The City Council will hold a public hearing about this ordinance on Monday, November 25, 2013 at 7pm, and will take final action on Monday, December 9, 2013. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. 1 can pass your comments on to the City Council if you cannot attend a meeting.