1982-21rBILL 1982 - 21
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER III, PART V, SECTION 3.49
SUBDIVISION 4 OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE
CITY OF RICHFIELD
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Chapter III, Part V, Section 3.49, Subdivision 4 of the Ordinance
Code of the City of Richfield relating to special height permits for
signs is amended to read as follows:
Subd. 4. Special Permits - Height. The council may grant a
special permit for a ground sign, signboard or billboard
exceeding 2~7 feet in height, but only if it finds that such
structure (1) if located on property adjacent to a federal
freeway, will not exceed 35 feet in height or the highest
part of any building located on the same premises; whichever
is higher, except that a ground sign, signboard, or billboard
not exceeding 0 feet in height may be allowed under the
ollowing conditions:
(a) The sign will be located adjacent to a federal
freeway;
(b) The sign will not exceed 825 square fe et in area
per sign face;
(c) The sign will have no more than 2 sign faces;
(d) The sign will be supported by a single pole;
(e) The additional height is necessary to insure
a equate visibility from the adjacent federal
(f) In conjunction with the construction of the new
-sign, an exis ing sign excee ing e eig o 5
e~et will be removed at a location within the
corporate emits of the City of Richfield.
(2) if not located adjacent to a federal freeway, will not
exceed in height the highest part of any building located on the
same premises; (3) will be located on industrial property;
(4} will not be within 300 feet of any single family residence
property; (5) will not unduly obstruct visibility from neighbor-
ing properties; (6) will not in any event exceed elevation of
204, Richfield datum; and {7) will not adversely affect the
value of any adjacent property. If the sign for which the
special permit is issued is a double-faced sign the council .may
permit the sign to have screening standing not more than 10
feet above the face of the sign, in addition to the maximum
elevations hereinbefore specified; provided that such screening
must consist of a plain metal surface bearing no advertising
matter, lettering or writing.
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Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota
ATTEST:
this 12th day of July , 1982.
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SUN
NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
RICHFIELD SUN
8940 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
D. K. MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the
vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as The Richfield Sun and has full knowledge
of the facts herein stated as follows: (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper
format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches. (2) Said
newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week. (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its
news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not
wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, glate matter and
advertisement. (4) Said newspaper is' circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to
serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75%
of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second-
class matter in its local post-office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of Richfield in the
County of Hennepin, and it has its known office of issue in the City of Bloomington in said county,
established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements
and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its
employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted
exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed. (8) Said
newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper
is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other
unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment. (8) Said
newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of
publication mentioned below. (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior
to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary
of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating
that the newspaper is a legal newspaper.
He further states on oath that the printed B111 NO,. 1982-21.
hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, fot411~successive weeks;
that it was first so published on WeC~. the 21 day of J111V 19 g 2
and was thereafter printed and published on every to and including
the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy
of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and
kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit:
abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
(Official Publication)
BILL NO. 1982-21
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER III,
PART V, SECTION 3.49
SUBDIVISION 4 OF THE
ORDINANCE CODE OF THE
CITY OF RICHFIELD
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES OR-
DAIN:
Chapter III, Part V, Section 3.49,
Subdivision 4 of the Ordinance Code
of the City of" Richfield relating to
special height permits for signs is
amended to read as follows:
Subd. 9. Special Permits -Height.
The council may grant a special per-
mit for a ground sign, signboard or
billboard exceeding 27 feet in height,
but only if it finds that such structure
(1) if located on property adjacent to
a federal freea+ay, will not exceed 35
Feet in height 0',r the highest part of
any building lpcated on the same
premises; whidH2tyer is higher, ex-
ceptthata groundsign,signboard,or
billboard not exceeding 40 feet in
height may be allowed under the
following conditions:
(a) The sign will be located adja-
cent to a federal freeway;
(b) The sign will not exceed 825
square feet in area per sign face;
(c) The sign will have no more than
2 sign faces;
(d) The sign will be supported by a
single pole;
(e) The additional height is neces-
sary to insure adequate visibility
from the adjacent federal freeway;
(f) In conjunction with the con-
struction of the new sign, an existing
sign exceeding the height of 35 feet
will be removed at a location within
the corporate Iltt~ts of the City of
Richfield.
(2) if not located adjacent to a
federal freeway, will not exceed in
height the highest part of any build-
ing located on the same premises; (3)
will be located on industrial proper-
ty; (4) will not be within 300 feet of
any single family residence proper-
ty; (5) wtll not unduly obstruct vis-
ibility from neighboring properties;
(8) will not in any event exceed
elevation of 204, Richfield datum;
and (7) will not adversely affect the
value of any adjacent property. If the
sign for which the special permit is
issued is a double-faced sign the
council may permit the sign to have
screening standing not more than 10
feet above the face of the sign, in
addition to the maximum elevations
hereinbefore specified; provided that
such screening must consist of a plain
metal surface bearing no advertising
matter, lettering or wrilmg.
Passed by the City Council of the
City of Richfield, Minnesota this 12th
day of July, 1982.
JOHN HAMILTON
Mayor
ATTEST:
SYLVIA BERGH
City Clerk
(July 21, 1982)-RICH
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