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LAW OFFICES OF <br />PETERSON. BELL -&CONVERS15 <br />1800 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING <br />101 EAST FIFTH STREET <br />ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55101 <br />224-4703 (812) <br />M r. Steve North <br />Assistant City Manager <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />koseville, Minnesota 55113 <br />Re: Advertising Devices Along Interstate Highways <br />Our File No. MI-599 <br />I <br />The City Council has asked me to review the recently enacted amendment to the <br />state statutes dealing with ordinances requiring the removal of advertising <br />devices and to comment on the impact of tha*t new statute on the proposed <br />i1rdinance requiring removal of billboards. <br />The new statute provides that municipalities may not require the removal of <br />advertising devices without providing for compensation through condemnation <br />under Chapter 117 of the Minnesota Statutes. The statute specifically applies to <br />q- <br />zoning ordinances requiring the removal of advertising devices,, <br />10-vertising devices" under that statute are defined as: <br />The statute further defines "interstate highwaytr as! <br />H a * I any highway at any time of f icially designated as a part of �h <br />national system of interstate and defense highways by the commis <br />sioner of transportation and approved by the appropriate authority o <br />the federal government." I <br />It appears that only billboards visible from I �5E would be affected by the new <br />statute, It is my opinion that if we enforce the new ordinance as to those <br />�Pillboards visible from I 35E, the City will be required to pay just compensation <br />