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Mounds View City Council April 24, 2006 <br />Regular Meeting Page 17 <br /> <br />Mayor Marty stated in the first discussions about buying out or relocating billboards, he stated he 1 <br />would like to keep them out of town. He stated they will be in the main business corridor of 2 <br />Mounds View for 30 years. 3 <br /> 4 <br /> Ayes – 2 Nays – 3 (Flaherty, Marty, Stigney) 5 <br /> 6 <br />Amendment failed for lack of a majority. 7 <br /> 8 <br />Mayor Marty pointed out that the Ordinance states that billboards up to 45 feet in height are 9 <br />allowed anywhere. 10 <br /> 11 <br />AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: GUNN/THOMAS. To restrict the billboard height on 12 <br />County Road 10 to 35 feet, and restrict billboard height of all other sites to 45 feet. 13 <br /> 14 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Marty) Amendment motion carried. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Councilmember Gunn stated that the design elements need to be added to the Ordinance. 17 <br /> 18 <br />AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: GUNN/THOMAS. To add the design elements to the 19 <br />Ordinance. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Director Ericson indicated this would be added as Item I under Design Standards. 22 <br /> 23 <br />Councilmember Stigney stated that he would like to see a rendering, because the original concept 24 <br />that was proposed for the golf course was quite a bit different than what was brought forward. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Councilmember Thomas stated that by putting this language it, it will require plans to be brought 27 <br />to the Council when the billboard goes up. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Councilmember Stigney stated he does not know what the billboard looks like, so he cannot vote 30 <br />for it. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Mayor Marty stated that when discussions were first held with Clear Channel, the Council did 33 <br />not like having billboards. He commented that Clear Channel came to the City with cutting edge 34 <br />billboards, and the City looked at four or five renditions. He noted that what the City ended up 35 <br />with was not what the Council had previously authorized. He stated he would like to see the 36 <br />renderings as to what is getting approved before the Ordinance is passed. 37 <br /> 38 <br /> Ayes – 3 Nays – 2 (Marty, Stigney) Amendment motion carried. 39 <br /> 40 <br />Councilmember Stigney stated that he no longer supports the original motion. He stated he 41 <br />would like to get feedback from residents in regard to the location of the billboards. 42 <br /> 43 <br />MOTION/SECOND: STIGNEY/MARTY. To waive the reading and postpone indefinitely 44 <br />Ordinance 769, an Ordinance Amending Chapter 1008 of the Municipal Code relating to Signs 45