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. . . ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - December 1,2004 8 Chair Sand asked what the difference was between a therapeutic massage and a chiropractor. Ms. Muska replied she was not qualified to do any diagnosis and would not be involved in skeletal manipulations. Her business would only deal with the tissues. Commissioner Zimmerman asked if she had considered working for a business that was already established in massage. Ms. Muska replied initially she would probably work for a business to get the practice and experience, but she wanted to be around her children, so eventually she wanted to have a small practice out of her home. C. DISCUSSION ON BALL FIELD SIGNAGE AT MOUNDS VIEW HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Hellegers stated staff had received inquiries from Mounds View School District about allowing sponsorship signage around the football and track field. Based on staff's discussion with the MVSD it sounded like the sign age would be banner signs that could be affixed to the fences surrounding the field during the fall football/soccer, and spring track seasons. He indicated currently the Sign Ordinance regulates all signage in the City and does not provide an exemption for ball field sign age. He asked should ball field signage be exempted from the Sign Ordinance regulations and should specific criteria for ball field signage be established and added to the Sign Ordinance to handle the size and type of sign age. Commissioner Zimmerman stated he did not have a problem with this request because it would be internal to the ball field and he believed advertising was a part of the process and there were financial reasons to consider this for the School and since the only people who were going to see the signage were the people attending the event, he did not see this as an issue. Commissioner Ricke stated she had no objection to banners being at the ball fields, but should they have some guidelines for it. She also asked if this should be limited to school only. Commissioner Larson stated banners that were only visible inward were a reasonable request considering the funding that was needed to keep the programs going. Chair Sand stated they needed to recognize if there were residential homes in the area and if the banners wcre visible from the homes. Commissioner Zimmerman suggested all banners be laken down after the particular sporting season is donc. That way, when there were no activities on the field, the signage would not be there. Commissioner Holmcs suggested they mighl want to take the banners down after cvcry game. Chair Sand noted they could regulate the timing and use of the banners instead of banning them completely.