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PETERSON. BI EL,L & CONVERSE
<br />1800 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
<br />101, EAST' FIFTH STREET
<br />ST. PAUL,., MINNESOTA 515101
<br />224-4703 (612)
<br />ERWIN A, PETERSON
<br />ROBERT C., BELL
<br />WILLARD L. CONVERSE
<br />ROGER A. JENSEN'
<br />KURT F. WALTHER,
<br />W., TIMOTNYMALCHOW
<br />MARTIN J. COSTELLO
<br />IDAVID S. ANDERSON
<br />JAMES C. ERICKSON
<br />WILLIAM M. DRIKANE
<br />PAM E'LA J CONVERSE
<br />Mr,. Steve,, North
<br />Assistant City Manager,
<br />City of Roseville
<br />2660 Civic Center Drive
<br />Roseville,1 Minnesota 551,13
<br />March 1,, 1984
<br />R,elo. Phase Ou�t of Billboard's
<br />Our, File, No., M4-20841
<br />Dear Mr., North:
<br />The City adopted an ordinance requiring the phaseout of advertising signs
<br />(billboards) by Junei 1, 19814, if they, are in residential districts and by June 1,
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<br />19,85, if they are in other districts (see Sections 14.0�36, and 14.037 of the City
<br />Code),,,
<br />In order to avoid the, appillicatlon of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 173, requiring
<br />the * payment of just, compensation through condemniat ion 'if billboards are
<br />required to bel, relmoved'friom along the interistate hlighway system, we excepted,
<br />zliti Section 14.,038, all advertising signs covered by, that statute,
<br />It a,pplears that during the laist year's legislative, session, the sign industry made
<br />an eind run, around tih�e phaseoluti requirements of our ordinance and similar
<br />ordinances of'other cities, by lobbying for an amendment to Minn. Stato Section
<br />171,17 requiring that" the just compensation through, condemnation requirements
<br />aI e applicable to all billboards, regardless of proximity to the interstate highway
<br />system,
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<br />By reason, of this amendment, our ordinance requiring a phaseout is nullif led and
<br />if thie City chooses to en�torice, 'it, the, City will be required to pay Just
<br />com�plen,sation thriough either negotiation ori condemnation,
<br />If you have any further questions, concerning this, or if you would like to discuss
<br />,it further, Please call.1
<br />Yours-very trulyp
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<br />R,AJ/eld Rogel,". Jensen
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