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ORDINANCE NO. 644
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1008 (SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS) OF THE
MOUNDS VIEW MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO BILLBOARDS AS AN
INTERIM USE; PLANNING CASE SP-071-99
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: Section 1008.08 of the Mounds View Municipal Code is hereby amended
with the proposed additions underlined and italicized and deletions struck out and italicized,
respectively, to read as follows:
Subd. 1. General Standards; Paragraph I (1): No ground sign (except temporary signs,
portable signs or banners), or signboard or billboard shall approach at any point nearer
than three feet (3') to any building unless such sign is placed parallel to the side of the
building, nor shall any such sign be placed within six feet (6') of the side of any lot nor
nearer than fifteen feet (IS') to any street line where there is no established or customary
building line nor within twenty five feet (25') of any street corner right-of-way. Whenever
the established or customary uniform building line upon the street where such ground
sign is to be erected is more than fifteen feet (15') from the street or property line, then
such sign shall not approach nearer to the street than the established or customary
uniform building line.
Subd. 5. Signs Along Freeways: Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, signs
located on property adjacent to any freeway within the Municipality (including Interstate
Highway 35W) shall be business signs advertising businesses being conducted on the
premises on which the signs are located. No "traveling" or changing-message signs shall
be located so as to face any freeway or be visible from the freeway. The provisions of this
subdivision, however, shall not be construed to render illegal or nonconforming any
signs that are legally located along any such freeway at the effective date herein.--A-nyz
billboard legally located along any such freeway at the effectbe date hereof may be
replaced, subject to compliance with the other pro",'isions of this Chapter, either in the
saIne location or at another location along any such freeway,' prO'r'ided, that such
alternate location is first apprO'r'ed by the Council.
Subd. 10. Billboards: A permit shall not be issued for any new billboard or advertising
sign located off the premises l'.'here the ad",'ertised product is sold Vsuch billboard or
sigI1l1'0uld be within three hundI"edfcet (300') of any othct such billboa,""d or sign in
existence. unless it complies with the followin~ interim use requirements:
a. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: A conditional use permit (CUP) must be
obtained in accordance the procedures found in Section 1125.01 Subdivision 3 of the
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Mounds View Municipal Code. Any conditional use permit issued for an interim use
billboard shall automatically expire no later than January 1, 2015 or when the lease
aweement for the billboard expires whichever date is earlier. Such CUP shall be null-
and- void if the applicant fails to obtain any required permit from the State of Minnesota.
b. LOCATION: The billboard must be located alon~ and north of State Hi~hway
10 (118) . The applicant must have an approved lease a~reement with the property
owner. The billboard shall be oriented towards State Hi~hway 10 (118) and/or 135W
Billboards must be located at least 250 feet from residentially zoned property. Billboards
may be located adjacent to the ri~ht-of-way of a street or hi~hway, but no part thereof
shall extend over such ri~ht-of-way.
c. MINIMUM SPACING: Billboards must be at least 1000 feet apart. Spacin~
between si~ns shall be measured by projectin~ the nearest points of the si~ns to
the property line of the ri~ht-of-way from which they are intended to be read and
measurin~ the distance in a strai~ht line between the projected points. Required
spacin~ shall apply only to billboards on the same side of the same roadway.
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d MAXIMUM SIGN AREA: The maximum woss surface display area of the si~n
cannot exceed 700 square teet per side except that any rectan~ular billboard may
contain temporary extensions, cutouts, or top letterin~ which occupy a total area
not in excess of twenty-five (25) percent of the area of the basic billboard and
form an intewal part of the desi~n thereof No such temporary extension, cut out,
or top letterin~ may project more than six (6) feet from the top, ei~hteen (18)
inches from either side or fifteen (15) inches from the bottom of the basic
rectan~ular advertisin~ messa~e. The area of an extension, cutout, or top
letterin~ shall be deemed to be the area of the smallest rectan~le into which such
extension, cutout, or top letterin~ will fit.
e. ORIENTATION OF SIGN FACES: Billboards may have no more than two (2)
si~n faces. Si~n faces must be back-to-back with si~n faces parallel or an~led All
billboards with their faces back-to-back and parallel shall have no weater
distance than ei~ht (8) feet between the faces. All billboards with faces at an
an~le shall have no weater an~le than thirty-five (35) dewees.
f MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT: The maximum allowable hei~ht of billboards shall
be thirty-five (35) feet. The hei~ht shall be measured from the ~rade at the base of
the si~n or from the surface of the roadway whichever is hi~her.
g OBSTRUCTION: No billboard may be located in such a manner as to obscure
or otherwise interfere with the effectiveness of an official traffic si~n, si~nal, or
device, or obstruct or interfere with a driver:S view of approachin~, mer~in~, or
intersectin~ traffic.
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Any billboard le~ally existin~ on the effective date of this ordinance may continue to be
maintained in its present form and size but not expanded This does not preclude the
periodic chan~e of the messa~e or advertisement presented on the billboard
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Any billboard destroyed by an act of God may be rebuilt within thirty (30) days if the
construction of same would comply with this subdivision.
SECTION 2: The title of Section 1008.11 of the Mounds View Municipal Code is hereby
amended with the proposed additions underlined and italicized and deletions struck out and
italicized, respectively, to read as follows:
1008.11 :
SIGNS A,VD BILLBOARDS: SIGN VARIANCES:
SECTION 3. This Ordinance goes into effect thirty (30) days after its publication in the
official City newspaper.
Read by the City Council of the City of Mounds View on this 22nd day of November,
1999.
Read and passed by the City Council of the City of Mounds View on this 13th day of
December, 1999.
ATTEST:
(SEAL)
erk/ Administrator
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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AFFIDAVIT OPt'UI3L1CATION
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
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COUNTY OF RAMSEY)
Richard Roberts, being duly sworn on an oath states or affirms that he is the
publisher or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspaper
known_as FdCus News, and has full knowledge of the facts which are stated
below.
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualifi-
cation as a qualified newspaper, as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02,
331 A.O? and other applicable laws, as amended.
(B) The printed (Official Publication) City of Mounds View
Ordinance No. 644
which is attached, was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was
printed and published once each week, for --1- successive weeks; it was first
published on Thursday the 23 day of December, 1999, and was thereafter
printed and published on every Thursday to and including the _ day of
December, 1999; and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from
A to Z, both inclusive, which is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind
.Of type used in the composition and publication of the notice:
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Title: Publisher
Subscribed and sworn to or affirmed before me
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RATE INFORMATION
.~ Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users $ 2,55 oer line
for comparable space
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(2) Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter $ 6.20 per line
(3) Rate actually charged for the above matter $ .45~ per line
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LEGALS:.
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City of Moun S View
ORDINANCE NO. 644
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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 1008 (SIGNS AND BILL-
BOARDS) OF THE MOUNDS VIEW
MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
BILLBOARDS AS AN INTERIM USE;
PLANNING CASE ~P-071-99
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
ORDAINS:
SECTION 1: Section 1008.08 of .the
Mounds View Municipal Code is hereby
amended with the proposed additions
underlined and italicized and deletions
st'QIsk Bwt sf;ui :IaI:B~Bgt respectively, to
read as follows: :
Subd. 1. General Standards; Paragraph
1.(1): No groun~ sign (except temporary
signs, portable signs or banners) Q[ sign-
board sr sUlI/sliIRI shall approa~h at any
point nearer than three feet (3') to any
building unless such sign is placed paral-
lel to the side of the building, nor shall any
such .slgn be placed within six feet (6') of
the side of any lot nor nearer than fifteen
feet (15') to any street line where there Is
no established or customary building line
nor within twenty five feet (25') of any
street.comer right-of-way. Whenever the
established or custom!try uniform building
line upon the street where such ground
sign is to be .erected Is more than fifteen
feet (15') from the street or property line
then such. sign shall not approach neare~
to the street than the established or cus-
tomary uniform building line.
Subd. 5. Signs Along Freeways: Except
a.s otherwise provided in this Chapter,
signs located on property adjacent to any
freeway within the Municipality (including
Interst~te Highway 35W) shall be busi-
ness signs advertising businesses being
conducted on the premises on which the
'signs are located. No Atravellng@ or
changing-message signs shall be located
so as to face any freeway or be visible
from the freeway. The provisions of this
subdivision, however, shall not be con-
strued to render illegal or nonconforming
any signs that are legally located along
any such freeway at the effective date
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Subd. 10. Billboards: A permit shall not
be issued for any new billboard fK SIiI'6-
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WIth the following interim use requirlf1-
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.a:.CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT: A.con-
dltlonal use oermit (CUP) must be-
obtainl?d In accordance the procedures
found In Section 1125.01 Subdivision 3 of
the ^:f~unds View MU/}ic{pal Code.- Any
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leas-; agreement for the billboard expires
wh;;;h;v~r d~tB is earlier. Such CUP shaY
be -;;;"-~nd-~oid if the apolicant fails to
~btai~ any reouired oermit from the State
ofrin~~.
. TION'The billboard must be
IQ';~ted 1110ng and notth of State Highway
1'0 f11Bl . Theaoo/icant must have an
a~oroved lease agreement with the orOD-
;~ ~wn~r. ThB billboard shall be oriented
to~;"ds State Hiphwav 10 (11BI and/or
ISSW Billboards must be located at least
250 ieet irom residentiallv zoned Drooertv.
BUI~ard~ mav be located adiacent to the
, rlght-of--;av of a street or highwav. but no
p~r;ihe~;~f shall extend over s~h. rialJt-
of-:a'tA,NlMUM SPACING' Billboards must.
b;'at least 1000 feet apart. Soacing
b;';een signs shall be measured bv oro-
j;~ti;;g thenearest ooints of the sipns to
the DroDprty line of the right-of-wav from
;';;;:;i;h tiiey are intended to be read and
measuI:;ng the distance in a stra.ight line
b;;;;~n the projected ooints. Reouired
;p~'~ina shall aODly onlv to billboards on
t';;'Sameside of the same roadwav.
d MA)aMUM SIGN AREA: The maxi-
m~m g;;;~s surface dlsolay area of the
~ig~ c~nriot exceed 700 souare feet Der
~i~~ ;;;;;;;i that any rectangular bill~oarck-
(nay contain temDorarv extenSIons,
f~~uf~~ O~~f~ ~:~ng which occup.y. a
t a, i s of twenty-fivlf1 (25)
p~;~;~t'"oi the area of the basic billboard
~nd i~rm an integral Dart of the l1esign
the~e;;f No such tempora(y extension c~t
~-;;i. or t~;; lettering ma.y oroieet more than
;j; ;6).'i;;etf"~m.the top eighteen J181
in~h;; frOm either side or fifteen (151 inch-
es ;rom the bottom of the basic reetangu-
lar advertising message. The area of an
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extension. cutout. or top letterfngshall be
_ dttemed to be the area of the smallest ree- .
_c . -'tangle into which such extension. cutout
or top lettering will fit.
, e. ORIENTATION OF SIGN FACES:
Billboards mav have no more than two (2,1
~ sign faces. Sign faces must be back-to-
b4ck with sign faces parallel or angled. All
. billboards with their faces back-to-back
. and parallel shall have no greater distance
than eight (B) feet between the faces. All
billboards with faces at an angle shall
have no greater angle than thirty-five (35)
degrees .
f. MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT: The'maxi-
mum allowable height of billboards shall
be thirtv-five (35) feet. The height shall be
measured from the grade at the base of
the sign or from the surface of the road-
wav whichever is higher ." -
g OBSTRUCTION: No billboard may
be located in such a manner as to obscure
or otherwise interfere with the effective-
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ver's view of apDroaching merging. or
intersecting traffic. .
AnI( billboard legallv existing on the
effectIVe date of this ordinance mav con-
tinueto be maintained in its present form I
and size but not expanded. This does not
preclude the periodic change of the mes-
sage or advertisement presented on the
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Any billboard qestroyed by an act of
God may be rebuilt within thirty .(30) days
. if the construction of same would comply
with this subdivision.
SECTION 2: The title of Section
1008.11 of the Mounds View Municipal
Code is hereby amended with the pro-
posed additions underlined and italicized
and deletions s1f!Jsf{ 9~t aRB its~i8i28fi
respectively, to read as follows: '
1008.11: i/~"f: o.,cp fi/"-UiiQAAQSI
SIGN VARIANCES: .
SECTION 3. This Ordinance goes into
effect thirty (30) days after its publication
in the official City newspaper. .
Read by the City Council of the City of
Mounds View on this 22nd day of
November, 1999.
Read and passed by the City Council of
the City of Mounds View on this 13th day
of December, 1999.
ATTEST:
Dan Coughlin, Mayor
(SEAL)
Charles S. Whiting,
City Clerk/Administrator
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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3. '.Special Requirements When Rear
Yard mcludes Loading' Area:' Where a'rear
yard of a shopping center district Includes
1= . the loading and servicing area of a shopping
center building and where such a rear yard Is
adjacent or across the street from a residen-
tisl district, the building setback shall be one
hundred twenty feet (120'), and the buffer
strip s~all be sixty feet (60'). (Ord. 275, 5-12-
59; amcl. 1995 Code).
A.' Floor Area Ratio: Ratio between floor
e area of building and lot area shall not be
g . greater than 0.5.
B. lot c:overage: Not more than, twenty
five percent (25%) of the lot area shall be
occupied by buildings.
C. Building Height: Building height shall
be limited to three (3) stories where a base-
ment iSJncluded as one of the three (3) slo-
e -~. Where a bBS9f1lElnt is not Included, the
IS biJilding height sh8Il be limited 10 two (2) sto-
ries. In no event shall a building exceed thirty .
o five feet (35') In heigllt above grade level.
e E.. . Traffic: The site plan shall provide
e ve1l1cular circulation routes away from resi-
::t dential areas and awid commercial vehicle
)- ingress and egress from local residentia;
e - streets to commercial property sitas. In the
d site plan review and approval process, every
reasonable effort must be made to design
the site circulation so that service vehicles
over one ton capacity do not use routes
which bring vehicles between a building and
a residential district boundary. The site plan
shall also provide pedestrian access routes
using walks or paths, Including where practi-
cal, connections to adjacent residential
areas.
Service vehicles over one ton capacity
which enter or exit the site between the
hours of 10:00 p.m_ and 7:00 a.m.. shall use
a designated routeE!Pproved by the City.
Deliveries and/or delivery truck access, in
and on the site during the hours of 10:00
p.m. to 7:00 a.m., shall be limited to single
unit, two axle vehicles not in excess of
26,000 pounds gross weight. The designated
route shall keep vehicles at least 300' away
from any residential district boundary, or be
completely screened by a building, wall,
landscaped berm, fence, or Comblnjition
thereof from a point 14' above the ground at
the outside edge of the truck route lane 10 a
point 5' above the first floor (main level) of
the'adjacent residences.
F. Off-Street Parking: Off-street parking
requirements shall be as listed in subsection
1005.010, and in addition:
1. Twenty-four (24) hour uses within .
300 feet of a residential district shall provide
screening of parking and driving areas adja-
cent to residential areas. The screening,
which must have a minimum opacity of 90%
year round and a minimum height of six (6)
feet, may be provided by landscaping, walls,
fences, berms, or combinations thereof.
.~. Service deUllery'or non-customer.
vehicles shall not be parked or staged within
;301? feet of ~ residential ~istrict, except when
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screened by building, berm, or landscape
l'.laterial with a minimum opacity of 900/0 to.
eye level view of living spaces in homes
within 300' of light source. All lights not rea-
sonably required for security or business
operation must be turned off between the
hours of 10:00 p.m. and sunrise, or operated
by motion detectors so that they only tum on
when there is activity. nearby and turn off
shortly thereafter.
J. Other Requirements:
1. Certain Businesses in Shopping
Center Districts to, be Enclosed: All business,
storage, service, repair or processing,' box
and crate storage or merchandise display
shall be conducted wholly within an enclosed
building or behind a solid fence not less than
five feet (5') high except as allowed in sub-
section l005.01G. (Ord. 1066, 7-24-89)
2. COmmunication: All uses within the
. .S-~" dis~rict shall have, and must post on
the exterior premises, a phone number that
will be answered by persons with authority,
including the shopping center manager and
the individual store manager, 10 respond to
customer concerns or complaints during
business hours or when other related com-
mercial activities occur.
3. Security: Commercial property own-
ers will be responsible for providing frequent
and thorough security monitoring of commer-
cial areas within 300' of a residential district.
4. Site Maintenance: Coinmercial prop-
erty owners shall be responsible for daily site
monitoring and !lite malntenance,including
trash pickup In parking areas bordering resi-
dential areas.
SECTION 3. Section loo8.098.1.of the
Roseville City Code is amended to as fol-
lows: .
1. Any minor extensions, alterations or
modifications of propOsed or existing build-
ings or structures may be authorized by the
Dev910pment Review Committee if they are
consistent with the purposes and intent of
the final plan. No change authorized by this
Section may Increase the qube of any build-
ing or structure, the number of required
access points, or parking spaces by more
than ten percent (10%).
SECTION 4. Section 1013.01 of the
Rosevllle City Code is amended to add a
paragraph H. to read as follows:
H. Any owner of land who has received
a cOnditional use permit may apply for an
amendment to the conditional use permit.
Applications for amendment or modifications
shall be processed as original applications
except that minor modifications to the terms
and conditions of the permit that do not
exceed a ten percent (10%) departure from
the standard or condition specified in the
permit may be approved upon application to
the Community Development Director, after
the review by the Oevelopment Review
Committee (DRC). .
SFCT10N 5. Effective Date. This ordi-
nance shall take effect on Jimuary 1,2000.
following its passage and publication.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of
Rosevllle, this 15th day of December 1999.
CITY OF ROSEVlllE
By:
Daniel G. Wall, Mayor
ArrEST:
Steven R. Sarkozy, City Manager
(December 23, 1999) Roseville, Arden
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Public Notice
All 4merlcen Self $toregelSt. Peul
1500 Marehell4venue
St. Paul, UN 55104
An aucti~n will be held on January 13,
2000 at 6.00 p.m. at All American Self
Storage, 1500 Marshall Avenue, St: Paul,
MN 551~4.. Auction done by SoderhOlm
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57. The ,contents of the follOwing delin-
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unttr Known Address Amt..QwIog
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3~46 Cedar Avenue S Apt 104
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Personal Property
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