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<br /> <br />Billboard Discussion <br />February 2, 2004 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Design B. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Of these two designs, staff prefers Design A so as to limit to every extent possible the <br />physical and psychological impact the billboards cause. <br /> <br />Spacing <br /> <br />One of the issues cited by MnDOT in their denial of the billboard applications was that one of <br />the billboards would be located in an undeveloped, natural area. To resolve this concern, <br />Clear Channel is proposing to pull the sixth billboard out of the undeveloped area and to <br />accommodate its placement on the developed golf course property, requests that the spacing <br />between one of the signs be reduced to 500 feet on one side and 600 feet on the other side. <br />(This would be consistent with MnDOT’s minimum spacing requirement of 500 feet.) Such a <br />reduction would however necessitate either a variance or Code amendment. It may be less <br />problematic to simply amend the City’s Code to be consistent with MnDOT’s spacing <br />allowances. However, one could argue that by reducing the spacing and pulling the sixth <br />billboard out of the undeveloped area, hundreds of trees along the roadway that would have <br />been cleared to create a viewing area and an access road for the billboard would be saved <br />Thus, the hardship would be tied to tree preservation and the preservation of the natural <br />environment of the undeveloped area.. <br /> <br />This example is <br />similar to Design A <br />by virtue of the single <br />pole and attempts to <br />replicate a lighthouse <br />feature as did the <br />original design. The <br />difference with this <br />design is that the <br />face of the billboard <br />is offset from the <br />column by five or six <br />feet, which means <br />the billboard would <br />project five or six feet <br />further into the field <br />of play.