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ORDINANCE NO. 818
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
RAMSEY COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1106.04 OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY
CODE BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO ALLOW DYNAMIC DISPLAY SIGNS BY
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT
WHEREAS, the Mounds View City Council directed City staff to prepare an amendment
to the City Code to include regulations for dynamic display signs; and
WHEREAS, on January 7, 2008, the Mounds View City Council adopted Ordinance 801
that amended Chapter 1008 of the City Code about the City requirements for signs and
billboards; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 801 included a prohibition for dynamic displays and repealed the
ordinance that had established cone-year moratorium on electronic and video display signs or
billboards in Mounds View; and
WHEREAS, on January 12, 2009, the Mounds View City Council adopted Ordinance
816 that established city standards and regulations for signs in the City including Dynamic
Display Signs; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 816 included a section that requires City approval of a
conditional use permit for dynamic display signs at schools, churches, places of worship or
other institutional land uses; and
WHEREAS, the City needs to update its regulations about conditional use permits to
have all sections of the City Code consistent and to better accommodate dynamic display signs
in certain locations in Mounds View by conditional use permit; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the public interest to establish
requirements for the installation and operation of dynamic display signs, including requirements
about the location of dynamic display signs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that dynamic displays should be allowed on billboards
and on off and on-site signs but only with significant controls to minimize their proliferation and
to lessen their potential threats to public health, safety and welfare and to the image and
aesthetics of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission discussed this matter on March 4,
2009 and they concurred that an amendment to the City Code about conditional use permits
and dynamic display signs is warranted and justified; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View City Council has decided
that it is in the public interest to amend the City Code about conditional use permits to allow
dynamic display signs in certain locations.
Ordinance 818
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THEREFORE, BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Mounds View City Council
adopts the following ordinance amending Chapter 1106 of the Mounds View City Code.
THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS:
Section 1. The Mounds View City Council, pursuant to the recommendation of the
Mounds View Planning Commission, hereby amends Chapter 1106.04 of the Mounds
View City Code about conditional use permits and dynamic display signs by adding the
underlined language as follows:
Subd. 8. Dynamic Display Signs subject to the standards in Chapter 1008.10,
Subd. 9 of the City Code.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days from and after the
city passes it and after the City publishes it in the official newspaper, in accordance with
Section 3.09 of the City Charter.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING by the Mounds View City Council on March
23, 2009.
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION by the Mounds View City Council on April 13,
2009.
PUBLICATION DATE: April 16, 2009
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ATTEST:
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James Ericson, Clerk - dministrator
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