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Mounds View City Council October 24, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 7 City Administrator Ericson explained the language could be modified to read that billboards 1 facing residential properties could not be converted to dynamic display signs. The Council was 2 in favor of this recommendation. 3 4 Finance Director Beer recommended the nits within the Ordinance be corrected before 5 publication. 6 7 MOTION/SECOND: Gunn/Hull. To Waive the Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance 864, an 8 Ordinance Amending Chapter 1008 of the Mounds View Municipal Code regarding Dynamic 9 Display Signs with corrections being made on Page 4, Number 2 and Page 2, Number 6A. 10 11 Council Member Stigney recommended the Ordinance read, “the sign shall not flash, blink or 12 move” to ensure that billboards were not moving. He expressed concern with the maximum nits 13 of 7,500 for daytime hours. Other cities had used 5,000 nits for daytime use and recommended 14 the Council make this within the Ordinance amendment. 15 16 FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Stigney/Hull. To reduce the daytime nit value to 5,000 within 17 Ordinance 864. 18 19 Council Member Gunn questioned the difference between 5,000 and 7,500 nits for dynamic 20 display boards. 21 22 Council Member Stigney explained that other cities had a limit of 5,000 and did not feel the 23 7,500 was necessary. 24 25 City Administrator Ericson commented that several cities do have a 5,000 limit, while others 26 have no daytime limitation at all. 27 28 Council Member Hull asked what Clear Channel anticipated the daytime nits to be for the sign. 29 Mr. McCarver stated the sign would be running between 4,000-5,000 during the day but could 30 exceed that at times depending on the strength of the sunlight. He explained that it would benefit 31 Clear Channel to run at a lower nit level for power consumption reasons, which was the plan. 32 However, with the varying weather in Minnesota required the level to go upwards to 7,500 nits. 33 34 Council Member Stigney indicated that based on Mr. McCarver’s comments the 5,000 nits was 35 acceptable. Mr. McCarver stated that 5,000 may work on other regions of the country, but he 36 could not operate at that level every day of the year, given the varying weather in Minnesota. 37 38 Council Member Stigney disagreed with the 7,500 nit level within the Ordinance. 39 40 AMENDMENT VOTE: 41 42 Ayes – 1 Nays – 3 (Flaherty, Hull and Gunn) Motion failed. 43 44 Council Member Stigney expressed concern with the use of dynamic display signs in residential 45