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LAW OFF10ES OF <br />7 <br />7'E-rERSON. BIELL & CONVERSE <br />1800 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING <br />101 EAST FIFTH STREET <br />ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 55101 <br />224-4703 (812) <br />1.71 r. Steve North <br />Assistant City Manager <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 CI*vic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55113 <br />Re: Advertising Devices Along Interstate Highways <br />Our File No, MI-599 <br />The City Council has asked me to review the recently enacted amendment to the <br />0 0 a <br />state statutes dealing with ordinances requiring the removal of advertising <br />devices and to comment on the impact of that new statute on the proposed <br />ordinance requiring removal of billboards. <br />The new statute provides that munici I palities 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 />zoning ordinances requiring the removal of advertising devices. <br />1 � qii � 111101 iim <br />�j 61 1 1 4 <br />I <br />The statute further defines "interstate highway" as: <br />119 9 . any highway at any time officially designated as a part of the <br />national system of interstate and defense highways by the commis- <br />sioner of transportation and approved by the appropriate authority of <br />the federal government." <br />It appears that only billboards visible from I 35E would be affected by the new <br />-statute. It is my opinion that if we enforce the new ordinance as to thosiz, <br />billboards visible from I 35E, the City will be required to pay just compensation <br />:_ I � ; ��- R) <br />