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1p <br />1. <br />0 • s & /g -� y <br />0000 City of <br />0 • `9 * Apple Valley MEMO <br />•i0• <br />0 • Planning an Development Department July 10, 1 Z <br />TO: Planning Commission <br />FROM: Dennis Welsch, Community DevcUapment Director <br />SUBJECT: COMPARISON OF COMMUNITY OUTDOOR DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS <br />At the last Planning Commission meeting, the Commission requested a survey of suburban <br />communities regarding their use of outdoor display area requirements. Fourteen communities <br />were contacted by our summer codes assistant, Gary Morrison. The results are shown on the <br />attached sheet and are summarized below. <br />CITY ALLOWS OUTDOOR DISPLAY? <br />Eleven of the fourteen cities allow outdoor display, although some limit the types of uses that <br />can display, such as gas stations. <br />DISPLAY MATERIALS ON CARTS OR MOVABLE BASES? <br />Only one of the cities required movable bases or carts for the storage of these display materials. <br />CAN SIGNS BE PLACED ON DISPLAY CARTS? <br />Depending how you read their ordinances up to eight communities allow signs on these exterior <br />display areas. There is some problem with administration of signs on these carts because of their <br />temporary nature. <br />WHERE ARE SALES ALLOWED ON THE SITE? <br />More variation occurred on this item than all others. Two cities regulate location based upon <br />conditions in the Conditional use Permit. Three cities established 4 feet or five feet as the <br />maximum distance from the building that a display could be placed. Others stated that display <br />could only be in front or within the building setback requirements. Many did not allow display <br />to take up parking space. <br />MUST MATERIALS COME INDOORS? <br />Only 1 of 14 cities required moving the materials indoors when the business was not open. <br />IS A PERMIT REQUIRED? <br />Approximately half of the cities required permits, most using the system that Apple valley had <br />in place - a public hearing and a conditional use permit. <br />ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS? <br />No administrative problems were listed, perhaps because these cities appear to be more <br />permissive and/or that they do not administer their ordinance at all because of lack of staff. <br />COMMENTS: <br />Two' cities specified a size of display (30% and 10% of building floor size); one expressed <br />concern about screening, another about propane tanks; and another about preserving sidewalk <br />access for the handicapped. <br />