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Mounds View City Council March 27, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 3 1 Highway 10, Old Highway 8, north of the intersection of County Road 10 and Silver Lake Road 2 and south of the intersection of County Road 10 and Wooddale. He stated there was some 3 discussion at the last meeting about eliminating the locations of north of the intersection of 4 County Road 10 and Silver Lake Road, and that has been amended for the Second Reading, and 5 those locations are not part of the Ordinance. 6 7 Director Ericson stated there are issues associated with the locations on the south side of County 8 Road 10, specifically one area where the City is planning to put up a gateway sign as one enters 9 the community from the southeast. He stated there is some concern if there is a billboard sitting 10 on top of this sign or adjacent to it, there might be too much clutter or take away from the effect 11 of the gateway sign. He stated that Staff recommends further revising the Ordinance to eliminate 12 any spots on the north side County Road 10 south of Woodale. He commented there would be 13 three or four parcels that would be affected. He stated this change is not reflected in the 14 Ordinance yet. 15 16 Director Ericson explained the other change that is recommended is to restrict the height of the 17 proposed billboards to 45 feet, but only on Highway 10, I-35W and Old Highway 8. He 18 explained this would be conditioned on proper zoning. He stated the height restriction would be 19 35 feet on County Road 10. He explained this is not reflected in the Ordinance, so an 20 amendment will be needed for this. He stated if there are height issues, the City will look at 21 those issues on a case by case basis if there is a need for a variance. 22 23 Director Ericson stated a representative from Clear Channel Outdoors is present. 24 25 MOTION/SECOND: STIGNEY/GUNN. To waive the reading and adopt Ordinance 769, an 26 Ordinance Amending Chapter 1008 of the Municipal Code Relating to Signs and Billboards, 27 including adoption of the proposed changes made by Staff. 28 29 Councilmember Thomas indicated that there are several changes that are not reflected in the 30 Ordinance that need to be discussed. She asked for explanation of the language changes. 31 32 Councilmember Stigney asked for clarification on Item f. Director Ericson stated there are two 33 areas that would be changed. He referenced Page 3, Section 7, addresses height limitations by 34 district, where footnote 3 indicates the maximum billboard height is 45 feet. He proposed to 35 change the language to reflect that in the locations along Highway 10, Old Highway 8, and I- 36 35W that the height limitation can be increased to 45 feet so the underlying height limitation 37 remains at 35 feet. He stated it would eliminate the County Road 10 locations as being 38 appropriate for 45 feet, so those areas would remain at 35 feet. 39 40 Director Ericson commented that with regard to the locations that the billboards can be sited, he 41 referenced Page 4, Paragraph b, where "the south side of County Road 10" would be added to 42 explicitly state that it is the south side only at that location. He stated the map would also be 43 amended that illustrates the same change. 44 45 Councilmember Thomas stated the Council has not discussed the locations other than I-35W that