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DORSEY & WHITNEY • A PAe ERSHiP INCLUDING Pp ESSIGNA1 CO.-TIONS 350 PARE AVENUE 2200 FIRST BANK PLACE EAST 340 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING NEW YORE,NEW YORE 10028 ]\-N MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA SS402 ROCHESTER,MINNESOTA 55903 (212)415-9200 (507)288-3156 1330 CONNECTICUT AVENUE.11. (612) 340-2600.W. 315 FIRST NATIONAL HANK BUILDING WASHINGTON,D.C.20036 TELEX 29-0605 WAYZATA,MINNESOTA 55391 (202)857-0700 FAX(612)340-2868 (612)475.0373 . 3 GRACECHURCH STREET 1200 FIRST INTERSTATE CENTER LONDON EC3V OAT,ENGLAND BILLINGS,MONTANA 59103 01-929-3334 (406)252-3800 36,RUE TRONCHET �M R. a 201 DAVIDSON BUILDING 75009 PARIS,FRANCE GREAT FALLS,MONTANA 59401 01-42-66-59-49 (612)340-2969 (4O6)727.3632 FAR EAST FINANCE CENTER 127 EAST FRONT STREET HONG HOMO MISSOULA,MONTANA 59802 852-5-8612555 (406)721-6025 January 3, 1991 Via Fax and Mail Mr. Thomas D. Burt City Manager City of St. Anthony 3301 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55418 Re: Monument Sign for Wilshire Park Elementary School Dear Tom: You have raised certain questions regarding the approval by the City of a monument sign for the Wilshire Park Elementary School. I understand that a young man in St. Anthony has constructed a sign which he plans to donate to the school, and that the question is what type of City approval is necessary for the sign. I further understand that the school property is zoned "recreational/open space district." In reviewing the sign ordinance, the sign you described would probably be considered to fall within the definitions of "ground,sign," "identification sign" and "public service sign" as found in Subdivisions 11, 14 and 20 of Section 430:15, respectively. The sign you describe does not appear to fall within the list of prohibited signs found in Section 430:30 or within the list of signs requiring no permit found in Section 430:35. For this reason, I would conclude that the sign is of a type requiring a permit under Section 430:40. In reviewing Section 430:40 in general, and Subdivision 8 of that section in particular, it appears that no provisions are set out in the ordinance for signs within recreational/open space districts. Specific requirements are listed in Subdivision 8 for the other districts, but there are no provisions pertaining to recreational/open space districts. This raises a question of whether the ordinance was intended to • prohibit signs in that district, or was intended to allow permits to be issued for stick signs without any specific restrictions. The initial sentence in Subdivision 8 reads as follows: