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DORSEY & WHITNEY <br /> •►3333:...,.L�Wmt—Pe --"Co..e... D <br /> y f JY+ ►.7u Avrw%-s 220 SOUTH SIXTH STREET sb1 ��•.i.KDr�.DD $5 2 <br /> .. v_3 TLU.3� 7ns1 Ionei � aOCass TSa,7tas7 sOL 9a00s <br /> (M2)•15.9000 MIIr'N B,A POI15, MINNESOTA 55402-1498 (aOt]9aa•Jla6 <br /> 004 car"MCeT •.sxrs.A.W. (612) 340-2600 woo ►I7sT Drrass:•ra C2 rrss <br /> VASA"aMP-D C.90036 7•EIJ.7C Q9.0603 �ILLD709,IIOST•s• ao100 <br /> (&W)as 7.0700 !AX(GL2)3-60-2968 (f06)9aa•>000 <br /> J 0a•C30517Ks MZIT "T 7Lh D9071 1u=ar0 <br /> Lor"s scat O.7,s70LXD OaaLT►•Iia.■OSL7•50406 <br /> K•n•999•JJJ4 VUJIM1;SCIS (4oa)757•a6Jo <br /> 36.acs TINONCasT ��s� 7sT a•aT MORT &5960 <br /> 76009 ells.FRANCS <br /> _ 1Q100IIL.1r0/7T•s•a96oa <br /> 30.1 42.66-!9•" (4o6]fa1.6ona <br /> Ja SOC•as D3 leases August 26, 1772 _ 001 Oa•17D.9III72 "00 <br /> ••1040 slCNSla:szwrm ass 21011751,IOW 00009 <br /> .J+<-2•504•a6•L (516)955-7DOo <br /> Mr. David Urbia <br /> Management Assistant <br /> City of St. Anthony <br /> 3301 Silver Lake Road <br /> St. Anthony MN 55418 <br /> RE: Sign Ordinance <br /> Dear Dave: <br /> After reviewing the memorandum from Kirk Cozine, which I sent to you under <br /> letter dated August 14, 1992, I came across a statute which raises a question about our <br /> ability to require the removal of nonconforming signs within a specified period of.time <br /> (i.e., amortization of sign value over a period of years). Minnesota Statutes, Section <br /> 173.17(4), a copy of which is enclosed, states that no lawfully erected advertising device can <br /> be removed until all rights have been acquired by purchase or eminent domain. Chapter <br /> 173,in which this section is located, deals with "scenic areas" as designated and established <br /> by the State Commissioner of Transportation: It also deals primarily with interstate and <br /> primary highways and the scenic areas adjacent to those highways. Reading Section <br /> 173:17(4) in context, it would not appear to be applicable to most signs.within the City of <br /> St. Anthony. If you read it literally, however, it states that signs cannot be required to be <br /> removed without compensation. <br /> If the City decides to pursue some plan of calling for the removal of <br /> .nonconforming signs after a period of years, we probably should look into this further and <br /> try to determine whether the validity of such provision will be upheld.. <br /> Very truly yours, <br /> William R: Soth <br /> WRS:gle <br /> Er3closure <br />