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