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Mounds View Planning Commission January 17, 2001 Regular Meeting Page 8 Vice Chairperson Stevenson noted the document received from Staff on November 15, 2000 contained a table stating ground signs in R3, R4, and R5 were to be no taller than six feet from grade. Vice Chairperson Stevenson inquired as to whether the primary reason for that was to address apartments for rent. Community Development Director Ericson explained that statement was not actually in the code but was added by Staff for consideration. There currently isn’t any height allowance because signs are not currently allowed, yet if signage is allowed Staff feels there should be a height limitation. Vice Chairperson Stevenson noted Staff would need to note somewhere in the sign code that pedestal signs and freestanding signs are now referred to as ground signs for clarification. Community Development Director Ericson indicated pedestal and freestanding were terms Staff believed to be duplicative and unnecessary as ground sign covers them both. Vice Chairperson Stevenson asked if the November 15, 2000 draft document covered the majority of the sign code. Community Development Director Ericson indicated everything with the exception of the table was currently in the sign code. The table was Staff’s addition for consideration. Community Development Director Ericson stated it was Staff’s mistake not to be consistent with the rewrite by underlining what was new and crossing off anything Staff felt could be deleted. The document is not a true reflection of what is in the code but what could possibly be done to clean it up. Community Development Director Ericson inquired as to whether the Planning Commission was happy with the listed heights for signs and the areas the various height restrictions applied to. Commissioner Hegland inquired as to whether it was possible to put together a sign code that is progressively more restrictive based on zoning that would simplify this discussion. He then asked if Staff could put together a chart based on that information. Community Development Director Ericson indicated that is basically what Staff has done with the November 15, 2000 document referred to by Vice Chairperson Stevenson. The Planning Commission took a brief break to allow Community Development Director Ericson to make some copies of the November 15, 2000 document to be reviewed. Vice Chairperson Stevenson suggested a statement be added to the definitions indicating that the definition of freestanding and pedestal signs are now referred to as ground signs.