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<br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />June 18, 2007 <br /> <br />Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. <br />Tom McCarver <br />3225 Spring Street NE <br />Mumeapolis, MN 55413-2908 <br /> <br />Re: Sign Permit Application Denial <br />Parcel In: 213023340006 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. McCarver: <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills regrets to inform you that the after-the-fact sign permit application <br />received on May 21, 2007, from Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. to alter the billboard on parcellD <br />213023340006 has bcen denied. The $50.00 check submitted with the application is enclosed <br />with this letter (check number 8113). Please note that the ParcellD on the submitted application <br />is incorrect. The PlD on the application refers to the other Clear Channel billboard in Arden <br />Hills. <br /> <br />The sign permit application has been denied for the following three reasons: <br />. Section 1230.02 Subd 8 of the Sign Code prohibits new permanent off-premise signs, <br />including billboards. Due to this provision, the Clear Channel billboard is a legal, <br />nonconfonning use. Altering or enhancing a nonconfornling use is prohibited (Section <br />1280.D1 Subd 4). <br />. Section 1240.02 Table I ofthe Sign Code limits lightulg options for freestanding signs in <br />Sign District 7 to external lighting only. Section 1210.01 Subd 6. of the Sign Code <br />defmes external lighting as "[illumination] by means of external light fIXtures directed at <br />the sign." The proposed sign is using a lighting souree other than external lighting. <br />. Scction 1320.13 Subd 6.G.3 of the Zoning Code states that "Any billboard located tn the <br />GB District may be expanded, altered, relocated or otherwise modified solely upon <br />written approval of the City, provided the expansion, alteration, relocation or <br />modification is authored by the City of Arden Hills in connection with a transaction <br />which will result in a net reduction in the number of billboards or in the aggregate sign <br />face area of the billboards, located within the GB District." The provisions of this <br />section have not been met. <br /> <br />If Clear Channel chooses to appeal this decision, a written appeal must be submitted to the City <br />within fiftecn days ofthe confirmed delivery ofthis letter (Section 1220.04 of the Sign Code). <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills . 1245 West Highwa)' 96 . Arden Hills, i\'lN . 55112-5743 <br />Phone 651.792.7800 . Fax 651.634.5137 . mnv.d.ardcn-hllls.mn.us <br />