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2City Council Regular Meeting Minutes August 12, 2014 Page 2 1 Prohibited Signs (St. Anthony Mobil, 2801 Kenzie Terrace) Tabled at the July 8 2014 2 City Council meeting. Mark Casey City Manager, presenting. 4 City Manager Casey explained that this matter was tabled at the July 8, 2014, City Council 5 meeting and the 120 -day deadline for making a decision on this item is September 24, 2014. 6 7 Mr. Thomas Archambault, St. Anthony Mobil, approached the City Council and asked that the 8 City Council and Planning Commission move forward in a productive manner and asked that the 9 Planning Commission consider limiting the size and height of the requested sign to a maximum 10 height of 18" and limiting the message to only fuel prices with only one fuel price rather than 11 three fuel prices as recommended by the Planning Commission. He advised they presented 12 information to City Planner Johnson from the sign manufacturer about sign brightness and what 13 is acceptable in other municipalities, adding that the manufacturer recommends that signs be no 14 brighter than 3,000 nits during the day and 500-1,000 nits during nighttime hours. He suggested 15 that the City Council and Planning Commission consider setting off hours for signs, e.g., 16 midnight to 4:00 a.m., as a way to improve safety and enhance the appearance of the City. 17 18 Councilmember Stille explained that the City Council heard two requests at its July 8d' meeting, 19 one request from St. Charles Borromeo to allow electronic signs for all public and private 20 schools and the other request from St. Anthony Mobil to allow signs advertising gas prices on all 21 gas stations throughout the community, and the request from St. Charles Borromeo was denied 22 and the request from St. Anthony Mobil was tabled. He stated that the statute requires the City 23 Council to act on any request within 120 days or the request is considered approved and the City 24 Council felt it was appropriate to bring back the request of St. Anthony Mobil and deny the 25 request in order to allow the City Council and Planning Commission to address this issue as 26 expeditiously as possible and to make sure it is done right the first time. 27 28 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Mayor Faust, to deny the applicant's request for a 29 Zoning Ordinance text amendment to allow gasoline stations to use electronic message signs to 30 display gas prices only. 31 32 Councilmember Gray stated he wanted to be clear that he would vote for the denial with the 33 understanding that the City Council and Planning Commission will be considering this issue 34 again in order to come up with a workable solution for the gas station and church as well as the 35 entire community. 36 37 Motion carried 3-0. 38 39 Councilmember Jenson arrived at 8:12 p.m. 40 41 B. Ordinance 2014-03 (or 02)• an Ordinance Amending Chapter & 111.045 through & 111.057 42 Pertaining to Tobacco (first reading). Mark Casey City Manager, presenting. 43 44 City Manager Casey stated the City Council previously imposed a moratorium on the creation, 45 establishment, or operation of businesses that sell electronic cigarettes or on the sampling of 46 electronic cigarettes and related products and the moratorium was established to provide an 47 opportunity to research regulations of electronic cigarettes and related devices. He stated if the 48 Ordinance is adopted, electronic cigarettes would be regulated under the Minnesota Clean Air