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F�--O'ET E RSON. BIELL & CONVERSE <br />1600 AMERICAN NAVONAL BANK BUILDING <br />101 EAST FIF"rH STREET <br />ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 55101 <br />224-4703 (612) <br />IEM-WIN A. PETERSON <br />ROBERT C. BELL <br />WILLARD L, CONVERS:1 <br />ROGER A.JENSEN <br />KURT F. WALTHER <br />W. TIMOTHY MALCHO <br />MARTIN J. COSTELLO <br />DAVID S. ANDERSON <br />WILLIAM M. DRINANE] <br />11fir, Steve North <br />Assistant City Manager <br />CitY of Rosevi'lle <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Rosevllle� Minnesota 5511.10 <br />-F <br />Re-., S-igns -- Nonconf orming Uses <br />Our File No. MI-600 <br />Dear Mr. North: <br />There appears to be at least four classifications of nonconforming signs, each <br />being governed by a dif f erent code section, <br />Signs erected prior to the 1959 sign ordinance are 'goverhed by Section <br />11 *060, which states: <br />"Any nonconforming use of land involving a sigri may bc <br />continued for a period of 30 months from and after May <br />0" <br />-�-1, 1959, whereupon such nonconforming use shall cease." <br />a, <br />flonconforming signs erected prior to the 1959 date should have beer, <br />removed in 1962. 1 believe if the City has taken no action to remove those <br />signs for over 18 years, it would be legally impossible f or the City to do so <br />at this time. <br />0 <br />Signs erected after 1959 which were in violation of the then existing codeF <br />were prohibited and should not have been erected. No nonconforming use <br />Lft= <br />