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PUBLIC HEARING — 9C ,--`iIZEN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: September 23, 2019 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers Dave Perrault, City Administrator FROM: Mike Mrosla, Community Development Manager/City Planner SUBJECT: Planning Case #19-008 Drive -Through Menu Board Sign Code Text Amendment - Public Hearing Required Applicant: Expedite The Diehl Property Location: 1313 County Rd. E Request: Sign Code Text Amendment Budgeted Amount: Actual Amount: Funding Source: N/A N/A N/A For Council Consideration Hold the required public hearing for the proposed Sign Code Text Amendment. The City Council will be asked to make a formal decision regarding the application under Agenda Item l oc. Background Expedite The Diehl has submitted an application for a Sign Code Text Amendment on behalf of McDonalds. The Applicant is requesting a Sign Code Text Amendment that would allow for dynamic display menu board signs at drive-through facilities. Over the last few years drive-through facilities have moved away from the traditional changeable copy drive-through menu boards to dynamic displays. Dynamic display signs are becoming the preferred method of internal and exterior menu boards. All of the existing drive-through menu boards in the community consist of changeable paper copies and are backlit by traditional bulbs. In the past staff has utilized free standing sign requirements or designated the signs as incidental signs. An incidental sign is any sign that is generally not understandable or readable from the property other than where the sign is located, such as from an adjacent property or a public street. Upon review, the majority of existing drive-through menu board signs were approved as incidental signs and were not evaluated as they were located out of view. The proposed amendment would require staff to review menu boards. City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for September 23, 2019 Page 1 of 2