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Mounds View City Council March 13, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 12 Staff recommends leaving the language in there as it is, and indicated that it does not preclude 1 Clear Channel from considering or requesting an additional 10-15 years or modification of the 2 Code to allow for an additional 30 year period. He stated it holds firm to what the Council had 3 negotiated in terms of the relocation agreement being a 30 year period. 4 5 Councilmember Thomas stated the height restrictions should remain at 35 feet. She asked what 6 change is required to not allow signs in the section north of Silver Lake Road on County 10. 7 8 Director Ericson stated the section of text relating to the area north of Silver Lake Road could be 9 eliminated. He stated it is not a zoning issue. 10 11 Mayor Marty referenced the statement regarding the Sign Ordinance Review/First Amendment 12 from the City Attorney, which stated in order for the sign ordinance to be safe from legal 13 challenges, it must not contain provisions to give unbridled discretion to City officials and should 14 not be content based. Mayor Marty questioned the billboards that were approved at the former 15 golf course, and noted if they were in the City, they were not to have alcohol or tobacco 16 advertisements. He commented that nothing like this is in the ordinance, and asked if it has to be 17 stricken. Director Ericson stated the City could specific the requirements upon Clear Channel 18 because it was the land owner and had a contract with Clear Channel, but the City cannot ban all 19 alcohol advertisements in the City. 20 21 Mayor Marty referenced Section 1008.02, the definition of incidental signs, and asked if it should 22 be changed to read no sign with a message that is legible off of premises should be incidental. 23 He asked for an explanation. 24 25 Director Ericson stated this was a change in regard to elimination of the advertising context of 26 the commercial nature. He stated this relates to incidental signs that relate to the flow of traffic 27 on the property. He explained that originally there was some language that was meant to exclude 28 commercial advertising as a definition of an incidental sign. He stated the City Attorney 29 suggested eliminating the commercial or advertising aspect to the incidental sign definition. 30 31 Mayor Marty referenced the chart on Page 2, Section 6, and asked if the numbers indicate the 32 size of the sign. Director Ericson stated they did. 33 34 Mayor Marty referenced the top of Page 3, and asked what the small notations were. Director 35 Ericson explained these are footnotes that talk about the height of billboards increasing to 45 36 feet. He noted this could be stricken based on prior Council discussion tonight. He added this 37 would strike the entire section because it was the only change to the section. 38 39 Mayor Marty referenced Section 8, item F, and noted the line says: “…provided that one or more 40 of the following conditions are applicable.” He asked what the following conditions are. 41 Director Ericson commented that they do not relate to the change in that section. 42 43 Mayor Marty referenced Page 4, Item B, that stated billboards must be located at least 250 feet 44 from residentially zoned property. He noted it would probably meet the 250 feet, but stated he 45