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FROM:
DATE:
Steven B. Ach, City Planner_,~9~~
October 16, 1995
SUBJECT: Ordinance Amendments Pertaining to
Billboards and Mini Storages
Issue
Mr. Dennis Chuba has submitted a letter requesting the Council consider
initiating two ordinance amendments. Mr. Chuba's request is outlined in
each of the attached letters. Staff has not had a chance to review these
requests in great detail. However, staff has discussed mini storage facilities
and where they are currently permitted in City ordinance and possibly some
• ordinance amendments, similar to Mr. Chuba's request. On the other hand, I
am aware the City has done an extensive amount of research and have had a
lot of discussion regarding billboards throughout the community. I believe
this issue will once again deserve a thorough analysis and discussion before
adopting a new ordinance.
Recommendation
If the City Council would like to initiate these two ordinance amendments,
staff would recommend these two requests be brought before the Planning
Commission for their review and discussion followed by a public hearing and
eventually a recommendation to the City Council.
Attachments
• Letters from Dennis Chuba
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ITEM 7.10.
MEMORANDUM
Mayor and City Council
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13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425
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19278 Vernon Street NW
Building 100, Vernon Plaza Phone (812) 441-4488
Elk River, MN 55330 Fax (812)441-5835
11 Oct 1995
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Elk River City Council
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, Mn. 55330
Subject: Advertising ~'~_llboards as a prirEcipal land use in C-3
zones.
Submitted: ennis Chuba
'the Chuba C{~mpany
19276 Ve'rnan St N.W.
Elk River, ~1n. 55330
441-4488
It has come to my ,attention that the current city ordinances
require that any billbc.rrd advertising an off-site business be
considered the principa;~ use of that parcel of property,
regardless of the location or size. This approach seems to be
using a sledgehammer to control sign placement where a velvet
hammer would be a more ;appropriate use. Ttre sign ordinance
already controls locati;~n of sign by separation requirements.
This control should be :sufficient.
Landowners are being.. unjustly penalized in the City of Elk
River because of this q~:~irk in the ordinance. We own land in
Pensacola, Fla., which rlas an off-site bi7.Lboard which is
considered a secondary :I:~e. We have friends in Minneapolis who
own land/buildings in c~hich off-site advertising is considered
a secondary use. We thick it is time for the City of Elk River
to control this advertising is a more reasonable manner.
I would like to suggest permiting the sign>~ to be a secondary use
of the property or to p-chaps create a "si~,n lot" which in the
case of a 2S foot high -ign might be SO feat in width to allow
for fall either way.
Please ccns' r this request within a reasonable time frame.
UNITED
STATES
NEW CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING ~~Q~~~~~
19276 Vernon Street NW
Building 100, Vernon Plaza Phone (612)441-4488
Elk River, MN 55330 Fax (812)441-5835
11 Oct 1995
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Elk River City Council
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River, Mn. 55330
Subject: Inclusion of Mi-i-Storage as an a~.. owable use in C-3.
The cur7-ent allowable uses of C-3 zoning allows the
construction. of warehou:~. space, but does r.ot specifically
address the use of mini-:forage in this zore, as most other
cities' zoning a]_lows. 1t is time to incl~~iie this use in this
zone.
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Submitted by: enni G. Chuba
he Chuba Company
19276 Ver:~on St . N. w~
Elk River, Mn. 55330
441-4488
UNITED
STATES
NEW CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING ~~Q~~~~~.