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Mounds View City Council May 8, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 14 noted Staff changed the language to cap the number of billboards in the City to ten. He stated he 1 feels that the billboards can be placed in other locations without putting them on Highway 10. 2 He stated billboards on Highway 10 will be there until 2037, and this will impact residents and 3 future residents. He stated he concern with such a long range agreement. He stated he does not 4 want to saddle the City and future councils with a poor decision. 5 6 Ayes – 3 Nays – 2 (Marty, Stigney) Amendment Motion carried. 7 8 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: GUNN/THOMAS. To restrict the billboard height on 9 County Road 10 to 35 feet, and restrict billboard height of all other sites to 45 feet. 10 11 Councilmember Stigney wondered about the sign by the mobile home park. 12 13 Director Ericson commented that the existing sign on I-35W by the mobile home park is nowhere 14 near 45 feet, but if there was a permit to replace it at a higher height, the City would disallow it 15 because it is not zoned consistently. He stated the City should not have to worry about Clear 16 Channel increasing the height to 45 feet. 17 18 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: STIGNEY/MARTY. To exclude the billboard by the 19 mobile home park from the height limitations. 20 21 Councilmember Thomas stated that there may be a legal issue with excluding this sign. 22 23 Director Ericson stated that there is not an interim use permit for that location, but if it was 24 chosen to be rebuilt to gain the extra height, an interim use permit would be required, and the 25 City would not approve it because it is not zoned consistently. 26 27 Councilmember Thomas stated the height limitations only apply to the areas where it is zoned. 28 She indicated the particular sign is not zoned. 29 30 Ayes – 4 Nays – 1 (Thomas) Amendment Motion carried. 31 32 (Amendment motion to restrict the billboard height on County Road 10 to 35 feet, and restrict 33 billboard height of all other sites to 45 feet.) 34 35 Ayes – 3 Nays – 2 (Marty, Stigney) Amendment Motion carried. 36 37 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: STIGNEY/MARTY. To allow only one billboard on 38 County Highway 10 between Woodale Drive and County Road H. 39 40 Ayes – 2 Nays – 3 (Flaherty, Gunn, Thomas) Amendment Motion failed. 41 42 AMENDMENT MOTION/SECOND: GUNN/THOMAS. To change the spacing requirement 43 between billboards must be 500 feet for all state-controlled roadways and 1,500 feet for all other 44 roadways. 45