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Mounds View Planning Commission November 3, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 11 CRP of PF Districts along a State or Federal highways. He explained this language appears to . address the issue, more by district than by property ownership. He added that the City Attorney has not reviewed this language, at this point. Community Development Director Jopke requested the Commissioners discuss the specific ordinance, and determine if they are comfortable with the provisions therein. He explained the Commission should also consider whether or not there should be a public hearing process in this regard, and what that process should be. He noted there was previous discussion that there should be a specific ordinance for presentation to the public, and when the ordinance is suitable for public review, the Commission should direct staff regarding the public process and how to notice it. Commissioner Kaden inquired if the ordinance required rewording to reflect that the conditional use permit would not be limited to City owned properties. Community Development Director Jopke advised this could be indicated through specific districts, such as the PF or CRP districts, however, there are some PF districts amidst the single family residential, and this would not be an appropriate location for billboards. He advised that the City has control over these properties, however, it would be more appropriate to further limit the conditional use permits to State or Federal highways because these would be more appropriate locations for the billboards. • Commissioner Kaden inquired if this would open up Highway 35W to additional billboards. Community Development Director Jopke provided the Commission with a map indicating the CRP and PF zoned properties within the City. He advised there is a portion of land at the golf course, and a strip of CRP land on the south side of Highway 118, north of the Mobile Home Park. He added that there is some County land along Rice Creek on County 10 and Highway 35W that would be the other possibility. Chair Peterson inquired regarding news on the outcome of the case in the city of St. Paul regarding billboards. Community Development Director Jopke stated this was a referendum vote to ban billboards in the city of St. Paul, which was defeated during the election. He advised there would be no ban on billboards in St. Paul. He pointed out that the community should decide whether they desire billboards. He explained the Commission can recommend to the Council that billboards are inappropriate, or provide a recommendation on the specific ordinance that staff has drafted, and forward that to the City Council. Commissioner Hegland inquired if the funds generated from billboards placed upon golf course property would be directed to the golf course. Community Development Director Jopke stated this was correct. He explained that any revenues received from billboards on that property would be used to retire the debt at the golf course. He stated that a billboard on property other than the golf course • would not be subject to that same provision.