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<br /> AN ORDINANGE AMENDING ORDINA~RICE N0. 76; are dNrnw fMu[
<br /> THE SIGN ORDINANCE, BY CHANGING Zoning Ordinanco,-rrovVtiM. Ms. 9y. fL i! 1M MMMI1
<br /> PROVISIONS RELATING TO NON-CONFORMING and tlirxtioq W TheEbuncil that signs and bilfbdand5
<br /> SIGNS, AMENDING THE VARIANCE PROCEDURE, shall accordingly be subject To the provisiorrs aF said
<br /> AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 77. Ord. No. 99 wNh respecl to the rroe•conformJng
<br /> The Village Council M the Vtllage M Arden Nills tloes provisions thereof contairietl in Sedian 11 C Mereof,
<br /> hereby ordain as follows: limiting the rebuilding Of such structures, change of
<br /> Section 1. Amendment of Sectioh 10, Ordinance No. 76. location, antl the like.
<br /> Section 10 of Ordinance No. 76, as amendetl by Ortl. No. SecTioFl 2. Amendment of Section 19. Section 14 W Ord. '
<br /> 77, is hereby amended in its entirety to reatl as fotlows: No. 76 is hereby amended in its entirety To read es
<br /> Section 10. Non-COnforming Signs or Billboards follows:
<br /> ExisTfng on the Effective Date M this Ordinance. Section 14. Requests for Varianees and A'psals.
<br /> (a) PurposE. Ithasbeenbroughifotheattentionof the (a) In the event ihat an applic8fiort for a prrmit w
<br /> Council since the eAactment of this Ordinance in 1964 licensehereunderisdeniedbyTheClerk - Atlministrata'
<br /> ihat its siricY appliwtion to non-conforming signs may or Building Inspecfor for any reason whatscever, the
<br /> resulT in unnecessary hartlship in some cases, It Is the applicant may fhen appeal pch denial to the Board of
<br /> policy of the Council, and was the policy at the time ihis APPeals established and acting under The proviaiom of
<br /> Ordinance was originally enacted, ihaf non-conforming Ord. No. 99, the Zoning Ordinance. in general the
<br /> signsandbillbosrtlsaredetrimentalTOpublicWelfarein provisions of the Zoning Ordlnance, and particularly'
<br /> ihaY ihey are unsighTly, frequently constitute a traffic Section V D and Secfion VI I thereof, shall govern, with
<br /> hazard, and Tend to depreciate the value of surrounding the standards applicable fo non - conforming signs and
<br /> property. These constoerations are particularly irue billboards clarified and amplified 85 provided herein.
<br /> where non-confowming signs and billboartls are IocaTed (b) With respect ro non-conforming signs, the Boerd -
<br /> in residential areas. However, to prevent unnecessary of Appeals shall particularly consider whether the
<br /> hardship in cases where the hardship is dispropor- permitted` time for removal of the sign has been
<br /> tionate to the benefit To ihe general welfare ac- reasonably sufficient fo amoriize any poss(bie claim by
<br /> complished by removing a non-conforming sign or the applicant for compensatbn for such removal,-and
<br /> billboard, it is the intention of the Council to IengThen' 1heBOard of Appeals may take into consitleration the
<br /> the period rromconrorming 5ign5 or billboards may be benefit to the applicant by his monopoly position iA'
<br /> mainTalned and to permit review of particnler cases by maintaining such sign after it hasI become rwn-
<br /> The BoaTd of Appeals, in an advisory capacity to the conforming, as well as the economic inJestment of the
<br /> Council, ilpon the sfandards and by the prbcetlure applicanT in the subject sign, the length and nature of
<br /> herein provided. leases for the sign, if any, and shall weigh such matters
<br /> (b) Licensing Procedure and Term. Non-conforming incomparisontoThebenefittoThegeneralwelfareofthe
<br /> signs and . or billboards existing in Arden Hills on the Village, and particularly adjacenT properTy-owners,
<br /> effective daTe of This Ordinance and those exisTing in Whieh will resulf frorn the immedlate remoral af, ~
<br /> areas added To the Village after such date may be g~• In P~ticulac the Honrti shalf tonsider the C~ntfl'
<br /> licensedhereunder,nahvifhstandingiheirlocation,size, statement oi policy with respect To removal of non-
<br /> or manner of consirucTion, if ihey are not then in conform(ng signs and billboards as confained in Sectfon
<br /> violaTion of any other applicable ordinance or 10 amended hereof.
<br /> regulation of Arden Hills or regulations or sTatutes of (c) The report W the Board to the Planning Com-
<br /> The State of Minnesota, buT licenses iherefM may be Mission shall be matle in wfiting wifhin sixty (60) days
<br /> granted only on the basis hereinafTer set for}h. after the date.of receipT of the maiter by the Board of
<br /> Applications for licenses for the maintenance of such /+ppeals, unless the applicanT agrees to an extension of
<br /> signs or billboartls shall be made to the Clerk - Ad- such fime. The report of the Board may include
<br /> mfnisirator within sixty (60) days after the effective reference fo" any relevant matters inFluencing ifs
<br /> date of This Ordinance or after such anhexation to the recommentlation aod may a19o include, if the BoBrd
<br /> Village. The time for making such application may be s¢es fit, epr6posed addifional Ilcensing pdriod to
<br /> extended by the Council for reasonable cause. prevent unnecessary hardship and loss to the applieeRt.
<br /> Signs or billboards which Qo not corHOrm To Yhe (d) Followipg report by the Board of Appeais antl the
<br /> provisions of this Ordinance may be licensed only after Planning Commission as provided herelo by the 2oning
<br /> approval bY the Council fol lowing consideration by the Ordinance the Council after any additional investigatiCn
<br /> Bpard of Appeals as provided in Section 14 hereof. AH or a hearing that iT de2ms appropriate, shall act upon
<br /> suth non-conforming signs and blllboards so licensed by the application by granTing or denying it, or by granting
<br /> the Council must Then be removed by the owner of the such extended license period as may appear equitable
<br /> premises upon which such signs are situaTed by In view of the recommendaTions of the Boartl and the
<br /> December 31, 1974, subject to the variance provisions Planning Commission antl all the faicis ahd cir-
<br /> contained in Section 14 hereof. cumstances of the case. The actfoo o} the Cauncil
<br /> Each appllcation for licensing a non-conforming sign ihereon shatl be governed by the standards sef forth in
<br /> or billboard shall be treaTed as an applicetion for a the aioresafd Zoning Ordinaace aod the ofher stantlnrds
<br /> variance, and considered by the Board of Appeals and Set forTh hereln, to the end that the public welfere shall
<br /> reported to the Council as provided in Section 14 hereof. be properly promoted and safeguarded, buT with proper
<br /> ticensing as requesTed may be denied by the Council, consideration for the rights of the applicant.
<br /> eifher enfirely or for a period ending before December Secfion 7. Ordinanee No. 77 Repealed. Ord. No. 77 is
<br /> 31, 1974, or the Council may grant a license for periods hereby repealed, effective on the date bereW.
<br /> beyond December 31, 1974, all subiect to saitl variance Seetlon 4. EfHedive Date. This QrdinancR shall Talte
<br /> procedure and the standards set forth iherein. In the effect 8nd be in force from and affer it4 pasSgye and
<br /> event aF anY variance qraated by the CEwwruil for a non- puDlicatton acCOrding to law. '
<br /> conforminq ilgn or b111Mwd, Mwever, 1M wriance Passed by the Council of qYden Hills this 26th d8y of
<br /> musT sTirulso a fiMl deM br lreA HonrMf, after February, 1973.
<br /> which daM tho slgn nwO be rMtvved. Henry J. Crepeau, Jr..
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<br /> Attest:
<br /> CharlWte McNiesh AcTing Clerk - Adrrfinigtratpr
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