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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING cOMrvnssloN- DECEMBER 6, 2006 ') .... B. PI,ANNING CASE 06-036: SITE PLAN REVIEW, BRAlJSEN'S SERVICE . GARAGE Mr. Lehnhoff stated applicant was requesting a site plan review to deviate from the sign regulations to integrate a twenty (20) square foot electronic message board into a new sixty-four (64) square foot sign at 1306 County Road E. The new sign would replace the existing sign at the northeastern comer of the property that is 56 square feet, 14.5 feet tall, and is a legal. nonconforming sign. Staff recommended approval of the Site Plan Review subject to the following conditions: I. The project shall be completed in accordance with the plans submitted, Any significant changes to these plans, as dctermined by the City Planner, shall require review and approval by the Planning Commission. 2. The new sign shall be located in the same location of the sign for which it will replace. 3. Advertising not related to the businesses at 1306 and 1310 County Road E shall be ~ strictly prohibited. This condition shall not prohibit non-commercial messages. LL, 4. The electronic message center shall not change messages more than once per thirty seconds. ~ 5. The electronic message center shall not use multi-frame messages. ~ (j. The messages shall not flash, scroll. or use animated pictures or animated logos. 0 7. The text on the message center shall be monochrome in appearance. 8. The brightness of the message center shall be modified for daylight and nighttime . operational hours so as to not to distract automobile traffic. The City may require the applicant to adjust the brightness of the sign if the City determined that the sign is distracting drivers. 9. The ] 31 0 County Road E property shall not be pell11itted to have any permanent freestanding signs as long as the property has a freestanding sign on the 1306 County Road E property. 10, The applicant shall agree to change the J()[ms of message entry, the 1'01111 of message exit, message center brightness, the frequency of message changes, and other aspects of the electronic message board if the City determines that the sign is or could be distracting drivers. 11. The applicant shall comply with future City regulations that regulate the brightness, message frequency, message entry, message exit, animation, and other applicable regulations of electronic message board signs. The operation of the electronic message board in this application shall not be grandt~lthered in with future regulatory changes regarding electronic message board signs. ] 2. If any of the conditions are violated, the City shall reserve the right to have the electronic message center shut down ft1r one day for each offense. Each violation of the conditions of operation shall be considered a separate offense and shut down days can accumulate. This provision shall not restrict or remove the City's right to pursue other legal options for enforcing the conditions of this application and other City regulations. . He also recommended adding a condition 13 stating: The City Attorney shall prepare a sign operation agreement that shall be subject to the City Council approval. The sign operation agreement shall be signed by the property owner.