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Mounds View Planning Commission September 19, 2001 <br />Regular Meeting Page 4 <br />________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. McCarver indicated the sign base is five feet high from grade to the top of the cap. <br /> <br />Mr. Cronin expressed appreciation for the opportunity to improve the sign and indicated that the <br />Company understood the conditions that staff has recommended and fully accepts those. He <br />then respectfully requested that the Planning Commission move to adopt the Resolution <br />recommending approval to the City Council. <br /> <br />Commissioner Hegland expressed concern that allowing this expansion of the billboard would <br />set the City up to be required to allow an expansion at some point in the future. <br /> <br />Mr. McCarver indicated that the sign structure is 55 feet wide but noted the copy is only 48 feet <br />long. He further explained that due to OSHA requirements there needs to be a three-foot catwalk <br />around the perimeter of the sign. He then suggested that the Resolution be amended to reflect <br />that the Company is limited to a copy size of 48 feet for clarification. <br /> <br />Mr. McCarver then indicated that the Company could not build a 20 x 60 sign anymore because <br />the state only allows 1000 square feet for billboards. <br /> <br />Commissioner Hegland indicated he would like the Resolution to indicate the maximum copy <br />size of 48 feet. <br /> <br />Director Ericson indicated that the maximum square footage for billboards in the City is 700 <br />square feet eliminating the possibility for future expansion of the sign. <br /> <br />Commissioner Scotch asked what was behind the trees. <br /> <br />Director Ericson indicated that there was a trail that cuts along and adjacent to the new storm <br />water pond and directly behind the trees are more trees and a wetland area. <br /> <br />Commissioner Miller asked whether a Rice Creek Watershed Permit was required. <br /> <br />Director Ericson indicated he was not sure whether a Rice Creek Watershed permit would be <br />required and noted it was the responsibility of the applicant to find out. He then indicated that a <br />City wetland alteration permit is required. <br /> <br />Commissioner Zwirn pointed to an open area on the drawing of the billboard and questioned <br />how the applicant intended to prevent people from congregating in the hidden area. <br /> <br />Mr. Cronin indicated that the Company’s landscaper suggested that gooseberry bushes be <br />planted there because they are very thorny. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Johnson/Miller. To Approve Resolution 673-01, a Resolution <br />Recommending Approval to Council of the Development Review to Expand the Existing <br />Billboard on City-owned Property North of County Highway 10.