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. • : Linda E. Andersen/Buf(etin reation Department put on free puppet 21 and Aug. 11 /1W sign, c*od I be , bers said that if it was a ajor tent• change or change th.a.t w ranted nal. public input, a Public he ` g would fox still be held. d to . coy.- Temporary offf-pre Ise signs con,' 'While the Sign co didn't make any changes to size and numbers )een of signs in the ci es; one of th.e :den changes th.at'ca e from the new ates code was a defi ed procedure for and temporary, off remise signs, such one, as garage sal or Realtors' open and house signs. . Sign while the City canri.ot specifically ,eor- allow gar ge sale or. open house . signs an not other signs (because that wo d be a form of rregula#g. Conten , it did come up with guide- n.cil lines r allowing any type of tem- ity's pot signs. iing ey must be. a. certai-iz size and Koff c only be up for three consecutive Lsier d ys. They' can be on private prop - are rty (if permission is given by the . property owter) or in the city's Ls is right of way, as long as they sit back ide S feet from the street to avoid ally' a obstacles in. the Zine of vision of a drivers, ity To view the complete sign, code, y'. visit tile' city's web site at* .em.- , www.ci.arden-hills..-us. -i ne gave or ine ruTure Several surrounding couni es. have zplemented a single -sort recycling program. • in the past few years, including Slioreview. Shoreview Environmental Officer Gene Kruckenberg called the system the wave of the future. . "I can't imagine abetter system.," he said. "It's so easy. It's a no-brainer." Kruckenberg. said that since Shoreview implemented the single -sort system about a year ago, the city's recycling tonnage has increased almost 30 percent, from. 220 tons a month on average to 290 tons. And recy- cling participation cafes have_=creased from fi percent to 92 percent. • "It encourages people to do -the right thing," he said:. He said he this the waste product rates associated with the single -sort system* will eventually lower. The industry will have to adapt, but educational efforts will help. Resi- dents need to be informed. of -what is appro- pfiate to place in a single -sort recycling bin. In the meal ixo e, Shoreview residents are happy with the city's new program. Surveys have shown very positive responses, K.ck- enberg said. It pays torecycle, New Brighton. is •also considering a shared -revenue recycling .g program. Uxider the program, if recyclable materials are sell- ing well 'in the market, the 'city would share in some of the h.auler's profits. Fridgen said he assufn.es there would be a trade-off to such a system. If the market ,was bad for recyclable mater'ials, the. city may have to share some of the h.auler's costs. New Brighton's recycling contract with* Waste Management is set to expire at the end, of the year. City staff are• currently developing requests for proposals to send out to haulers, seeping to compare industry prices between sin& -sort and double -sort recycling systems and revenue-sharing pro -