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Mounds View City Council September 13, 1999 <br />Regular Meeting Page 16 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Thomason/Marty. To Approve the Second Reading and Adopt Ordinance <br />630, an Ordinance to Enact a New Chapter of the Mounds View Code of Ordinances to <br />Administer and Regulate the Location, Relocation, Installation, and Reinstallation of Facilities in <br />the Public Right-of--Way in the Public Interest. <br />1. Roll Call: Coughlin, Marty, Stigney, and Thomason. <br />Not Present: Quick <br />2. Vote <br />Ayes - 4 Nays - 0 Motion Carried. <br />B. Public Hearing and First Reading of Ordinance No. 637, an Ordinance <br />Amending Section 1008 of the Mounds View Municipal Code to Set Signage <br />Standards in the PF (Public Facilities) and CRP (Conservancy, Recreational <br />and Preservation) Zoning Districts. <br />Mayor Coughlin opened the Public Hearing at 8:21 p.m. <br />Community Development Director Jopke stated the City Council had requested the Planning <br />Commission and City staff to review whether or not the City might want to allow billboards <br />• within the community, specifically in the golf course area, as a potential source of revenue. He <br />explained that as the research of this matter progressed, they discovered additional issues, which <br />required further investigation. He stated one of these issues is that the current Sign Code does <br />not specifically allow any Signage within the PF (Public Facilities) or CRP (Conservancy, <br />Recreational and Preservation) Zoning Districts, which includes the City Hall, parks and the golf <br />course. He stated the Planning Commission felt there were some legal issues relating to the <br />overall billboard discussion, and that they should move forward with this item, to clarify the <br />existing problem within the Code. <br />Community Development Director Jokpe stated City Attorney Long is presently reviewing the <br />matter, and has indicated that the separation of these two considerations might result in some <br />complications. He stated Ordinance 637, the ordinance presently before the Council, would <br />amend the Code to allow Signage within the PF and CRP Zoning District, utilizing the same <br />basic standards that are allowed in Neighborhood Business Districts. He stated this would allow <br />both building Signage of 100 square feet, and pedestal freestanding signs, with the provision that <br />if the sign is within 100 feet of a residence, it can not exceed 40 square feet in area. <br />Community Development Director Jopke stated the existing Signage at the parks and the City <br />Hall will fit into the standards that are being proposed. He stated the Planning Commission has <br />unanimously recommended approval of this ordinance. <br />City Attorney Long stated Ordinance 637 is acceptable as it stands, however, between this and <br />the Second Reading of this ordinance they may learn more about what the Planning Commission <br />would like to accomplish with the question relating to billboards near the golf course. He noted <br />language in the ordinance, in both clauses m and n, which indicates "such signs shall identify or <br />relate to the activities that are intended to occur on that site," and explained that this would limit <br />