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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA DATE:
SECTION:
Ordinances and Resolutions03/18/08
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION: ITEM DESCRIPTION: ITEM NO.:
Community Development/Planning
Dynamic Display Ordinance
Janet Jeremiah
Regina Herron
Requested Action
Move to:
and
Remove from table and reopen discussion;
st
Approve 1 Reading of the Ordinance relating to signs with dynamic display.
Synopsis
The staff has amended the ordinance in the following areas.
1.Dynamic display would be permitted in the TC-C (commercial) district of the Town
Center.
There are 3 sub-districts of the Town Center, including commercial, mixed use
and residential. Dynamic display would be prohibited in the TC-MU (mixed use) and TC-
R (residential) districts of the Town Center.
2.Dynamic display would be permitted in the Public (PU) district.
This would apply to
schools, parks, and churches.
3.Allow 35% of a sign area to be dynamic
. There are signs with dynamic display in the
City. The amount of dynamic display per sign varies from 15-35% of the sign area. The
City of Minnetonka allows a dynamic display to occupy no more than 35 percent of the
actual copy and graphic area.
Background
The code currently prohibits dynamic display. There are existing dynamic display signs in the
City that were built prior to the code change in 2005 that prohibits any illuminated sign that
changes in either color or intensity of light, flashes, scrolls, or is animated. The proposed
ordinance would be permissive and includes provisions relating to location, size, time,
brightness and maintenance standards.
The staff recommendation to the Planning Commission for time change was once every 24
hours. The Planning Commission felt that a standard of once every 20 minutes would be more
reasonable and consistent with the City of Bloomington and Minnetonka.
There are existing dynamic display signs in the City.
7727 35%.)
Purgatory Creek Recreation Area - sf. Dynamic display - sf (
802430%
Walgreens at Hwy 5 and Eden Prairie Road - sf. Dynamic display - sf ()
78 . 20 26%
Kowalski’s at Hwy 5/Eden Prairie Road – sfDynamic display -sf().
80 . 12 5%
SuperAmerica at Hwy 5/Eden Prairie Road – sfDynamic display -sf(1).
Attachments
1.Ordinance