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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes May 19, 2009 Page 2 1 Chair Stromgren opened the public hearing at 7:04 p.m. 2 3 Assistant City Manager Moore-Sykes introduced the item and stated the Commission has been 4 provided with a memorandum of clarification prepared by Mr. Brever, representing the 5 applicant. 6 7 Chair Stromgren stated feedback has been received from the City Council through the City 8 Manager that they would like the Commission to address the broader, more central question of 9 allowing signage in the park. The City Council felt that the Commission was getting mired in 10 details that would be handled in the conditional use permit. 11 12 Mr. Eric Brever, Foster & Brever PLLC, representing St. Anthony Baseball Association 13 (SABA), addressed the Planning Commission and provided an overview of the analysis on the 14 following conditions included in the memorandum of clarification with regards to the proposed 15 ordinance amendment: 16 o Signs may not be erected within 250 feet of a residential district 17 ° Individual signs cannot exceed 60 square feet in surface area 18 o Aggregate sign area cannot exceed 15% of the fence or wall area surrounding the field 19 (or a cumulative of 500 square foot total, whichever is less) 20 21 Commissioner Jensen stated in condition no. 5 of the proposed ordinance text amendment there 22 is discussion on an aggregate total of 500 square feet, but it is not clear that the description 23 would mean per facility sign. He pointed out that presuming that the ordinance should be broad 24 and encompass all of Central Park, 500 square feet total per institution spread over all of the 25 fields would bring it to a smaller number. He requested clarification if the intent was to divide 26 the signage between the baseball and football fields. Regarding condition no. 6, all signs being 27 removed by a date certain may be a question that would come up at some time 28 29 Mr. Troy Urdahl, St. Anthony High School Athletics Director, stated in regard to condition no. 5, 30 he does not see that there will be signs at the baseball field and the football field at the same time 31 due to the nature of their seasons, so that limitation would not hamper what is being sought here. 32 The signs would be taken down from the baseball field at the end of the organized summer 33 season. 34 35 Mr. Brever stated the permit would cover the facility being used; each facility would require a 36 separate permit. He noted the ordinance text amendment is limited to educational institutions. 37 This would exclude organizations such as Village Fest or sports boosters from the conditional 38 use permit process. The Commission may want to consider expanding the amendment process to 39 include nonprofits. 40 41 Commissioner Heinis questioned whether people are nostalgic for signs, especially in the park, 42 which is a reason stated by Mr. Brever to support the ordinance rewrite. Mr. Brever replied that 43 the intent is to use signage in a way that is not inconsistent with what other cities and schools are 44 doing. The signs are intended to draw the attention of the crowd that is present for the particular 45 event and will support the local businesses. 46