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Elk
River
REQUEST FOR ACTION
TO ITEM NUMBER
Planning Colninission 5.3
AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY
Plannin Items A t 3, 2010 Chris Leesebe ,Park Planner-Planner
ITEM DESCRIPTION Reviewed by
Request by City of Elk River for Ordinance Amendment Jerem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er
Relaxing to Definitions for Signs, Case No. OA 10-07 REVIEWED BY
ACTION REQUESTED
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission. recommend approval of the Ordinance Amendment
request.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
In June 2009, the City Council approved an update to the entire sign ordinance (OA 09-01). During that
process, several added or modified definitions were reviewed but were overlooked and not included in
the final adopted ordinance.
This request is to include the definitions that were not included.
ATTACHMENTS
^ Ordinance No. 10-
ACtlotl Motion by Second by Vote
Follow Up
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ORDINANCE 10-
CITY OF ELK RIVER
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
AMENDING SECTION 30-I OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES
RELATING TO SIGNAGE DEFINITIONS
The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. That Section 30-1 titled Definitions of Elk River City Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
Sign, Alteration of, means any change, reconstruction, relocation, or enlargement/reduction of a sign,
or of any of its component parts. Routine maintenanc ,
and the repainting shall not be
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Sign, Freestanding, means any sign not attached to a principal or accessory building.
Sign, Monument, means a Freestanding Sign supported by an internal structural framework covered by
solid structural feature such that the support structure is not visible. The solid structural feature
shall be at least 75% of the sign width.
Sign, Moving means any sign or device which has any visible moving parts, visible revolving parts, or
visible mechanical movements.
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(11 The area of any sign shall be the rectangular area of the largest face, including its border
area For signs that are comFosed of individual letters or symbols, have an irregular shaFe,
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have open spaces or are composed of two or more individual cabinets, the sign area shall be
the area of the smallest single rectangular figure that encloses it.
j21 If a Freestanding or Monument sign is constructed so that the faces are not back to
back~he angles shall not exceed ten 410) degrees. If the angle is greater than ten (10)
degrees, the total area of both sides added together shall not exceed the maximum allowable
sis_>n area for that district.
Section 2. That this ordinance shall take effect upon publication as provided by law.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River this 16~ day of
August, 2010.
Stephanie Klinzing, Mayor
ATTEST:
Tina Allard, City Clerk
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