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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 8, 2014 Page 4 Councilmember Gray agreed with Councilmember Roth and felt that the proposed sign was fairly low key and would not be visible from a long distance. He stated he would like to see the City regulate more of the illumination and any associated nuisance. He also felt the proposed sign looks better than a manual sign and would support the requested text amendment. 7 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to deny the requested 8 zoning ordinance text amendment and to direct staff to prepare a resolution of denial for 9 consideration at a future City Council meeting. 10 11 Motion carried 3-2 (Gray and Roth opposed). 12 13 B. Ordinance 2014-03 (or 02): an Ordinance Amending Title XV Land Usage, Chanter 155 14 Sign Code, Section 155.22 of the Zoning Code of the City of St. Anthony Village 15 Pertaining to the Prohibited Signs (St. Anthony Mobil, 2801 Kenzie Terrace). Kelsey 16 Johnson, City Planner, presenting. 17 18 City Planner Johnson stated the owners of St. Anthony Mobil have requested a text amendment 19 to allow a stationary electronic sign for the display of gas prices. She reviewed the findings, 20 purpose, and intent of the Sign Code as presented in the earlier request this evening and stated 21 that the Sign Code specifically allows a wide variety of sign types in commercial zones and 22 allows a gas station to have one pylon sign to identify the gasoline brand that is 30' in height 23 with a minimum clearance of eight feet from the basic grade level, not to exceed 150 square feet 24 in sign surface, and one price sign per each frontage having a curb. She explained the applicant 25 has requested a modification to the Sign Code to allow stationary electronic message signs to 26 display gas prices only in all gas stations in the City and stated there are currently six gas stations 27 in the City. She added that requests have been received in the past and historically the City 28 Council has not amended the Code to allow electronic message signs. She advised that the 29 Planning Commission held a public hearing June 23, 2014, and recommended a modified version 30 of the amendment to include limiting the size of the numbers to a maximum height of 18" and to 31 allow up to three rows of pricing per side of the sign. 32 33 Councilmember Roth asked if there was anything in the text amendment that would prevent the 34 three rows of numbers to be in text format. 35 36 City Planner Johnson stated that the text amendment as proposed would be for gas prices only 37 and any words would be a violation of the Sign Code. 38 39 Councilmember Jenson asked about illumination requirements. 40 41 City Planner Johnson stated there is a provision in the Code related to glare and the City would 42 enforce the ordinance if glare was measured at the property boundaries and added there is not a 43 specific provision in the Code related to illumination and staff would look to the glare ordinance 44 if it becomes a nuisance. She stated the Planning Commission discussed the dimming feature of 45 the proposed sign but this is not a requirement of the Code, however, the applicant indicated the 46 automatic dimming feature is a standard function of the sign. 47