MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 881-07
<br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
<br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY
<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT TO
<br />CHAPTER 1008 OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY CODE REGARDING
<br />REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Ordinance 784 on February 12, 2007 which
<br />authorized a one-year moratorium on the installation, creation, construction, replacement,
<br />modification or improvement of static or changing electronic, digital, video, display signs or
<br />billboards and flashing motion, animated, changeable copy and illuminated signs in all
<br />zoning districts; and,
<br />WHEREAS, Ordinance 784 indicates that the City will undertake a study regarding
<br />electronic, digital, and video display signs, billboards, billboard networks, flashing, motion,
<br />animated, changeable copy and illuminated signs and that the scope of the study should
<br />include review of regional and national studies, local research, ordinances in other
<br />jurisdictions, review of relevant studies and a legal analysis of applicable case law, sign
<br />display operational literature, existing electronic signs and other factual and quantifiable
<br />information; and,
<br />WHEREAS, upon completion of the study, the matter is to be considered by the
<br />Planning Commission for its review and recommendation to the City Council.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the study regarding electronic, digital,
<br />and video display signs, billboards, billboard networks, flashing, motion, animated,
<br />changeable copy and illuminated signs is complete and the Mounds View Planning
<br />Commission has reviewed the following materials comprising the study:
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<br />SRF Study regarding Dynamic Signage — June 2007
<br />City of Minnetonka Staff Report — May 2007
<br />Regulating Dynamic Signage, LMC Memo — 2007
<br />Minnetonka & Clear Channel Reach Tentative Agreement — May 15, 2007
<br />Clear Channel Sues Arden Hills — Oct 25, 2007
<br />Opinions Harden in Billboard Debate — Nov 20, 2007
<br />Electronic Billboards Raise Risks — Nov 30, 2007
<br />Biilboard Deal Up In The Air — Dec 6, 2007
<br />Billboard Deal Pleases No One — Dec 13, 2007
<br />FHWA Report on Electronic Billboards — Sept 11, 2001
<br />FHWA Memo on Changeable Message Signs — Sept 2007
<br />Outdoor Advertising Assn of America - Regulating Digital Billboards (undated)
<br />Ordinance 801
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