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<br />3301 Silver Lake Road, St. Anthony, Minnesota 55418-1699 <br />Office: (612) 782-3301 • Fax: (612) 782-3302 • www.savmn.com <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />TO: Mayor Faust and St. Anthony City Council <br /> Mark Casey, City Manager <br /> <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman, City Planner <br /> <br />DATE: June 24, 2019 <br /> <br />RE: St. Anthony Village – Work Session – July 16, 2019 <br /> Local Election Sign Regulations <br /> <br />NAC FILE: 323.01 <br /> <br /> <br />This memorandum is intended to serve as the basis for the City’s notifications to <br />potential candidates for the upcoming local Council elections scheduled for November <br />5, 2019. Because the City receives numerous questions about campaign signs, this <br />memorandum was put together as a summary of the materials that the City will include <br />for any candidates that file for local office when the filing period opens in August. <br /> <br />There are commonly a few areas of confusion that relate to campaign signage, and <br />particularly, signs that relate exclusively to local elections, as follows: <br /> <br />Sign posting and location. First, the City’s sign regulations limit posting of signs <br />in the right of way, or on utility poles, on trees, or similar structures. This applies <br />to all signs, regardless of message, whether commercial or non-commercial in <br />content, or any other factor. Campaign signs do not have any special exemption <br />to these provisions. <br /> <br />General allowances for non-commercial speech. Second, the City’s sign <br />regulations allow signs containing non-commercial speech at all times. The <br />limitations to these signs (which include political campaign and opinion speech) <br />include no more than one sign per property at a size of up to six square feet in <br />sign area. These signs are unrelated to any particular election or date, and can <br />be posted year-round.