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3301 Silver Lake Road, St. Anthony, Minnesota 55418-1699 Office: (612) 782-3301 • Fax: (612) 782-3302 • www.savmn.com MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Faust and St. Anthony City Council Mark Casey, City Manager FROM: Stephen Grittman, City Planner DATE: June 24, 2019 RE: St. Anthony Village – Joint Workshop – July 16, 2019 LED Signage and Graphics NAC FILE: 323.01 Recently, staff received a signage request that raised the issue of LED lighting technology, and how it is regulated in the City’s sign ordinance. Staff and the Planning Commission discussed the issue briefly at the Commission’s May workshop. The Commission agreed that the language was in need of updating. Currently, the ordinance defines any sign using LED (Light Emitting Diodes) technology as a part of a “Dynamic Display” sign, as follows: DYNAMIC DISPLAY SIGNS. A sign that appears to have movement or that appears to change, caused by any method other than physically removing and replacing the sign or its components. This includes any display that incorporates a method or technology that allows the image on the sign face to change without physically or mechanically replacing the sign face or its components. This also includes signs containing parts that rotate, revolve, move, flash, blink, utilize Light Emitting Diodes (LED) or Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) lights, digital ink, or any other technology that allows the sign to display a series of images or displays. Dynamic Displays require a Conditional Use Permit. The purpose of the limitations within the Dynamic Display section of the Sign Ordinance, and of the CUP processing, is to ensure that these potentially distracting sign technologies are limited to minimize their distraction. The standards that apply to Dynamic Displays are required, whether or