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Mounds View Planning Commission August 21, 2013 Regular Meeting Page 2 ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Planning Cases None. _____________________________________________________________________________ 6. Other Planning Activity A. County Road 10 Corridor Discussion – Sign Code Amendments Planning Associate Heller informed the Commission that the corridor is the City Council’s priority this year and the Planning Commission has been reviewing and discussing development design along County Road 10. The Commission started focusing on creating a PUD Corridor Overlay District and discussing general development ideas to make the corridor look better. One of those ideas was changing the style and height allowances of the signage that is along the corridor and reducing the 15-foot setback amount. Associate Heller explained the Commission discussed sign code changes at the July 24th meeting and feels that amending the sign code rather than only having specific requirements for the corridor overlay district, is a better option since they will be applicable for the entire city rather than limited to the Corridor. She requested the Commission discuss the specific sign code amendments further and direct Staff how to proceed. Chair Stevenson questioned if the monument sign requirements should be held just to the corridor. He indicated the new standards could adversely impact businesses throughout the community if it were approved universally throughout the entire City. Commissioner Cramblit was in favor of adjusting the sign code for only those businesses within the overlay district. He supported a zero setback for monument signs along the corridor. Chairperson Stevenson suggested the setback be reduced to five feet on the County Road 10 side of properties since there is so much right-of-way. He discussed the Walgreens monument sign size and style. The Commission supported this recommendation. Commissioner Love asked if the City would be purchasing the redevelopment books she suggested at a previous meeting. Associate Heller commented she would be purchasing four copies for the Commission and interested Council members to share. Associate Heller questioned if the Commission was in favor of requiring masonry, stucco, stone or brick on the monument signs. Commissioner Carvelli-Yu was in favor of having some of the monument signs be masonry, stucco, stone or brick. The Commission agreed with this recommendation.