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~ ;. . Minutes of Regular Council Meeting Village of Arden Hills Monday ~ March 29, 1965 Mayor Kennedy called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. Roll Call g . REPORT OF ATTY. VINCENT P. COURTNEY Sign andBillboard Ordinance At'by. CoUl.'tney informed the Council thflt he had wl'itten :3 lette!'. dated ~'::',rch 29, 1965, 'bo Clerk T"orraine Stromquist regarding '~hc enforceability of the Sign Ordinance. He stated that, in his opinion. the Ordinance is enforceable regarding non-conforming signs, except when the C0l1tr2ct~ has a substantial invested interest, then compensation should be con~ sidered. He said that he believes thet the contractor should be given suffic lent time to fulfill his co n'bract and each caee should be evalul',tec1; he recommended issuing licenses at the usual license fee Lmt:U 'bhe expiration of the contracts. Clerk Lorraine Stromquist submitted a list of non=conforming signs in the Vil1aeej she informed the Council that one sign company had sub~ mitted exp~r~tion dates for their contracts. Mayo~ Kennedy requested the Clerk to obtain expiration dates on all the contracted non=confo~m~ ing signa. Mayor Kennedy reca~ended that sign contracts extending more than m70 years be considered individually~ Trustee Nethercut moved, seconded by Trustee Crepeau, that the Cle~k be authorized to issue licenses for signs for the period of the present contracts, but not to exceed two years; motion carried. Clerk, Lorraine Stromquist stnted that the direotional sign owned by Kem Milling Co., New Brighton, 1s on State Highway property and the Highway Dept. has requested its removal. Mayor Ke nnedy !'equested the Clerk to contact the owners of I'Fo!' SaleH signs, or signs implying property for sale, should be contaoted and info!'med that the signs must comply with the Ordinance in size = not "flo exceed 2 ft. x 2 ft. Trustee Nethe!'cut moved, seconded by T!'ustee Lang, and Carried, as recommended by the Board of Appeals in their letter, dated March 4, 1965. that the Skyline Motel on Highway #8 be given an extension until June 1, 1965. to remove their sign, at Which tile they have agreed to move the sign out of Arden Hilla. The mat'ber of signa for presblterian Homes, Bethel College and the St. Paul Bible College was re erred to the Board of Appeals. Dick Jones appeared in behalf of the Trinitr Lutheran Church on New Brighton Road. According to the Ordinance 'hey are slloweu one bulletin board; the Church feels that it should not be required to obtain a lioense for the second bul1e'~in bosZ'd. Clerk Lorraine Stromquis'b said that she had talked with Rev. Baltz and he had requested that she p~esent the matter. Trustee Olmen, a mamber of the congregation. had also talked with Rev. Beltz. Matter referred to the Boa!'d of Appee.ls wi';jh, the l'equest that Mr. Jones be notified of their mee'bing date 0 G),1e:;:)