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<br />Item No: 4 <br />Meeting Date: May 7, 2012 <br />Type of Business: Work Session <br />Administrator Review: ________ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Mounds View Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Discussion about Amending Chapter 1008 of the Mounds View <br />Municipal Code Pertaining to Dynamic Display Signs <br /> <br />Introduction: <br />The City amended its sign code on January 12, 2009 to include operational requirements and <br />conditions for the use of dynamic display signage with the adoption of Ordinance 816. The <br />code has since been amended to make additional changes after the dynamic sign code was <br />put into effect. Staff is proposing another amendment. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br />Prior to the adoption of the ordinance regulating dynamic signs in 2009, these types of signs <br />were not specifically addressed in the City Code, and were allowed just as other types of <br />signs. With the new technology that was allowing dynamic displays to become more <br />affordable and common for businesses, and the conversion of billboards to electronic signs, <br />the City Council felt they needed to put some regulations on these types of signs. The sign <br />code was amended to add a section specifically for dynamic signs. <br /> <br />A local business would like to install a dynamic sign on their building as a wall sign. City Staff <br />reviewed the sign code and it states that “dynamic display signs are allowed on on-site free <br />standing or ground signs.” The City Council discussed this issue at their April 9, 2012 meeting <br />and decided that when the new dynamic display language was added to the City Code, there <br />was no intention of specifically not allowing dynamic displays as wall signs. The City Council <br />asked that the Planning Commission discuss amending the Code to remove the language <br />stating what type of signs that dynamic displays can be located on. On April 18, 2012, the <br />Planning Commission discussed the proposed amendments and unanimously approved the <br />attached resolution. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br />The City Council should review and discuss the proposed amendments to City Code Chapter <br />1008 relating to dynamic signs. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate <br /> <br />Attachment: <br />1. Resolution 960-12