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<br /> • STATE OF MINNESOTA are deemed siructures under the provisions of the
<br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY Zoning Ordinance, now Ord. No. 99. IT is the intention
<br /> VILLAGE OF ARDEN HILLS and direcTion of the Council ihat signs and billboards
<br /> ORDINANCE NO. 170 shall accordingly be sublect to the provisions of said
<br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 76, Ord. No. 99 wiTh respect To the non-conforming
<br /> THE SIGN ORDINANCE, BY CHANGING provisions thereof contained in Section II C thereof,
<br /> PROVISIONS RELATING TO NON-CONFORMING limiting the rebuilding of such structures, change of
<br /> SIGNS, AMENDING THE VARIANCE PROCEDURE, location, and the like.
<br /> AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 77. SecTion 2. Amendmento} Section 14. Section 14 of Ortl.
<br /> The Village Council of the Village of Arden Hills does No. 76 is hereby amended in iTs enTireTy to read as
<br /> hereby ordain as follows: follows:
<br /> Section 7. Amendment ol Section 10, Ordinance No. 76. Section 14. Requests for Variances and Appeals.
<br /> Section 10 of Ordinance No. 76, as amended by Ord. No. (a) In the evenT That an applicaTion for a permit or
<br /> 77, is hereby amended in its enTirety to read as follows: license hereunder is denied by ihe Clerk - Adminisirator
<br /> Section 10. Non•Conforming Signs or Billboards or Building InspecTor for any reason whatsoever, the
<br /> Existing on the Effective Date of this Ordinance. applicanf may ihen appeal such denial to the Board of
<br /> (a) Purpose. Ithas been broughito iheatTenTionof the Appeals established and acting under the provisions of
<br /> Council since the enacTment of ihis Ordinance in 1964 Ord. No. 99, the Zoning Ordinance. In general the
<br /> fhat its strict application To non-conforming signs may provisions of the Zoning Ortlinance, and particularly
<br /> result in unnecessary hardship in some cases. I1 is the Section V D and SecTion VI I ihereof, shall govern, with
<br /> policy of the Council, and was the policy aT The time ihis the standards applicable To non - conforming signs and
<br /> Ordinance was originally enacted, ihat non-conforming billboards clarified and amplified as provided herein.
<br /> signsandbillboardsaredeTrimenTal Topublicwelfare in (b) With respect To non-conforming signs, the Board
<br /> That ihey are unsightly, frequently constitute a iraffic of Appeals shall particularly consider whether the
<br /> hazard, and tend to depreciate the value of surrounding permitted time for removal of the sign has been
<br /> property. These considerations are particularly irue reasonably sufficient to amortize any possible claim by
<br /> where non-conforming signs and billboards are located the applicant for compensation for such removal, and
<br /> in residential areas. However, to prevent unnecessary the Board of Appeals may Take into consideration the
<br /> hardship in cases where the hardship is dispropar- benefit to the applicant by his monopoly position in
<br /> fionafe fo the benefit to the general welfare ac. maintaining such sign after iT has become non-
<br /> complished by removing a non-conforming Sign or conforming, as well as the economic investment of the
<br /> billboard, iT is the inTenTion of the Council to lengihen applicant in the subiect sign, the !engih and nafure of
<br /> the period non-conforming signs or billboards may be leases for the sign, if any, anq shall weigh such matters
<br /> maintained antl to permit review of parTicular cases by in comparison to ihebenefiTTOthegeneral welfareof the
<br /> the Boartl of Appeals, in an advisory capaciTy to the Village, and particularly adjacent property-owners,
<br /> Council, upon the standards and by the procedure which will result from the immediate removal of the
<br /> herein provided. sign. I n particular the Board shall consider the CounCil
<br /> (b) Licensing Procedure and Term. Non-conforming statement of policy with respect to removal of non-
<br /> signs and - or billboards existing in Arden Hills on the conforming signs and billboards as contained in Section
<br /> effective date of This Ordinance and ihose existing in 10 amendetl hereof.
<br /> areas added to the Village after such date may be (c) The reporT of the Board to the Planning Com-
<br /> licensed hereunder, notwithstanding iheir location, size, mission shall be made in writing within sixTy (60) days
<br /> or manner of construction, ii ihey are not ihen in affer the date of receipi of the matter by the Board of
<br /> violation of any other applicable ordinance or Appeals, unless the applicanT agrees to an exTension of
<br /> regulation of Arden Hills or regulations or sTatuTes of such Time. The report of the Board may inclutle
<br /> the State of Minnesota, but licenses iherefor may be reference to any relevant maTters influencing its
<br /> granted only on the basis hereinafter set forih. recommendation and may also include, if the Board
<br /> Applications for licenses for the maintenance of such sees fit, a proposed additional licensing period to
<br /> signs or billboards shall be made to the Clerk - Ad- prevent unnecessary hardship and loss To the applicant.
<br /> minisirator within sixty (60) days after the effective (d) Following report by the Board of Appeals and the
<br /> date of ihis Ordinance or after such annexation to the Planning Commission as provided herein by the Zoning
<br /> Village. The time for making such application may be OrdinancetheCOUncil after any additional investigation
<br /> extended by the Council for reasonable cause. or a hearing That it deems appropriate, shall act upon
<br /> Signs or billboards which do not conform to the iheapplication by granting or denying it, or by granting
<br /> provisions of ihis Ordinance may be licensed only after such exfended license period as may appear equiTable
<br /> approval by the Council following consideration by the in view of the recommendations of the Board and the
<br /> Board of Appeals as provided in Section 14 hereof. All Planning Commission and all the facts and cir-
<br /> such non-conforming signsand billboards so licensed by cumsTances of the case. 7he action of the Council
<br /> the Council must ihen be removed by the owner of the thereon shall be governed by the standards set forih in
<br /> premises upon which such signs are situated by the aforesaid Zoning Ordinance and the other standards
<br /> December 31, 1974, subject to the variance provisions set for}h herein, to the end ihat the public welfare shall
<br /> contained in Seciion 14 hereof. be properly promoted and safeguarded, but with praper
<br /> Each application for licensing a non-conforming sign consideration for the righis of the applicant.
<br /> or billboard shall be ireated as an application for a Section 7. Ordinance No. 77 Repealed. Ord. No. 77 is
<br /> variance, and considered by the Board of Appeals and hereby repealed, effective on the date hereW.
<br /> reported to the Council as provided in Section 14 hereof. Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take ,
<br /> Licensing as requested may be denied by the Council, effect and be in force from and after its paesage and
<br /> either entirely or for a period ending before December publication according to law. `
<br /> 31, 1974, or the Council may grant a license for periods Passed by the Council of Arden Hills ihis 261h day of
<br /> beyond December 31, 1974, all subject fo said variance February, 1973.
<br /> procedure and the sTandards seT forih therein. In the Henry J. Crepeau, Jr.,
<br /> evenf of any variance granted by the Council for a non- Mayor
<br /> conforming sign or billboard, however, the variance Aftest:
<br /> must stipulate a final date for such licensing, after Charlotte McNiesh
<br /> which date the sign must be removed. AcTing Clerk - Adminisirator -
<br /> • (c) Damagedor DesTroyed Non-Conforming Signs. As (Bulletin: March 1, 1973)
<br /> noTed in SecTion 3 of fhis Ordinance, signs or billboards
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