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Item No: 7B Meeting Date: July 10, 2006 Type of Business: PH& CB Administrator Review: _____ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, Community Development Director Item Title/Subject: Public Hearing and Consideration of an Interim Use Permit and for a Billboard at 5201 Program Avenue Introduction: Consistent with the recently adopted Ordinance 769, Clear Channel Outdoor has submitted a request for an Interim Use Permit (IUP) to site a billboard at the southwest corner of Program Avenue and Woodale Drive (the “Building A” site) which gains visibility from Interstate 35W. This site has been identified by the City Council as a potential location for a relocated billboard. The property is owned by RREEF American REIT II (a division of Deutsche Bank Group) and is an international Real Estate Investment Trust with offices worldwide. Discussion: The City of Mounds View and Clear Channel entered into an agreement in 2005 in which Clear Channel agreed to relocate four of its billboards from the former golf course site on Highway 10 to make way for the Medtronic development. Clear Channel was provided two years in which to find suitable locations elsewhere in the City to site the billboards. The City’s role was to amend its codes and regulations to allow reasonable opportunity for the signs to be relocated in elsewhere in the community. On May 8th of this year, after multiple meetings held by the City Council, Ordinance 769 was adopted which expanded the locations for billboards to properly zoned parcels (B2, B3, I1, PUD and CRP) along Highway 10, Interstate 35W, Old Highway 8 and the south side of County Road 10 south of the Woodale Drive intersection. In addition to identifying locations, the ordinance also amended the spacing and height requirements for billboards. The 250 foot setback from residential land uses remained unchanged. The relocated billboards and the two billboards remaining at the former golf course site were provided 30 year lease rights. The following table identifies the various code requirements pertaining to billboards and whether the requirements are satisfied with this request. Required Proposed Satisfied? Minimum Spacing 500 Feet 850 Feet Yes Maximum Height 45 Feet 45 Feet Yes Setback from Residential 250 Feet 820 Feet Yes Property Line Setback 15 Feet 5 Feet * Yes Maximum Sign Area 700 Sq. Feet 700 Sq. Feet Yes Appropriate Location US 10, 35W, Old Hwy 8 or CR10 Program Ave Yes Appropriate Zoning B2, B3, I1, PUD, CRP PUD Yes * The Planning Commission approved a variance for the five foot setback on July 5, 2006.