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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 />Mitmeapolis, MN 55413-2908 <br /> <br />Re: Sign Permit Application Denial <br />Parcel !D: 213023340006 <br /> <br />near Mr. McCarver: <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills regrets to infonn you that the after-the-fact sign pennit application <br />received on May21, 2007, from Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. to alter the billboard on parcel ill <br />213023340006 has been denied. The $50.00 check submitted with the application is enclosed <br />with this letter (cheek nwnber 8113). Please note that the Parcel ill on the submitted application <br />is ineorrect. The Pill on the application refers to the other Clear Channel billboard in Arden <br />Hills. <br /> <br />The sign pennit application has been denied for the following three reasons: <br />. Section 1230.02 Subd 8 ofthe Sign Code prohibits new pennanent off-premise signs, <br />inclUding billboards. Due to this provision, the Clear Channel billboard is a legal, <br />nonconfonning use. Altering or enhancing a nonconforming use is prohibited (Section <br />1280.01 Subd 4). <br />. Section 1240.02 Table 1 ofthe Sign Code limits lighting options for freestanding signs in <br />Sign District 7to external lighting only, Seetion 1210.01 Subd 6. ofthc Sign Code <br />defines external lighting as "[illumination} by means of extemall/ght flXtures directed at <br />the sign," The proposed sign is using a lighting source other than external lighting. <br />. Scction 1320.13 Subd 6.G,3 of the Zoning Code states that "Any bj[[board located in 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 cOllnection 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 GR 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 fifteen days ofthe confirmed delivery ofthis letter (Section 1220.04 of the Sign Code). <br /> <br />City of Arden Hills + 124S West Higbway 96 . Arden Hills. MN . 55112-5743 <br />Pbone 651.792.1800 . Fax 651.634.5137 . ",ww.cLarden-hUls,mn,tls <br />