1982-29rBill 1982-29
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER III,
PART V, SECTION 3.47 OF
THE ORDINANCE CODE OF
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Chapter III, Part V, Section 3.47 of the Ordinance Code of the City of
Richfield regulating the use of signs and billboards is hereby amended in the
following respects:
I. Subdivision 3, paragraph (7) thereof, is amended to read:
(7) z~n-e~ee~ienee~ing A temporary election sign;-bc~~-~~-skai~.-be-txniaev€ai
te- permit-any- sa~ch-sign- ~o- remain- on- anq- prop~er~y-for-more:- ti~an- ~.~-- days
afto~-the-day-e~-the-eiee~~.en-~e-evkiek-~.~-rela~~s.
II. A new subdivision 19 is added to read;
Subd. 19. Temporary Election Signs. Temporary election signs may be
placed and maintained in the residential and multiple residential areas
of the city subject to the following. regulations:
(1) No sign may exceed eleven square feet in area on one side.
Sign copy, however, may be placed on both sides of a sign.
Signs shall not be designed to have more than two sides. The
aggregate area of one side of all of the signs placed on any
parcel of land within the city may not exceed thirty-three
square feet.
2) No sign may be placed more than four weeks (28 days) before
the date of the election to which the sign relates. If the sign
relates to an office which is the subject of a,~rimary election,
it shall not be placed before four weeks prior to such primary election.
A sign, which, when placed, relates to an office which is the
subject of a primary election, may be retained in place after
the primary election if it relates to the next ensuing general
election.
(3) All signs must be removed from display no later than four
days following the election to which they relate.
4) In addition to the other remedies available to the City under
this code, any sign remaining on display beyond the times specified
in paragraph (3) of this subdivision is deemed abandoned to the
city and may in the city's discretion be removed, destroyed or other-
wise disposed of.
(5) It shall be the responsibility of the sign owner, the
property owner, and, in the case of a single family residence,
the occupants, to comply with the provisions of this subdivision.
S6) No such sign shall be placed or_maintained without the rp for
approval of the property owner, and in the case of a single
family residence, the occupant.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield, this 8th day of
November, 1982.
ATTEST:
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Syl~• a K. Berg C' y C erk
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'John Ha irhton
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Mayor
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SUN
NEwSP~PERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
RICHFIELD SUN
8940 Lyndale Avenue South
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
Bloomington, Minnesota
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, plate 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. (6) 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 Bill 1982-29
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, for__917_~successive weeks;
that it was first so published on Wed the 1 day of December ly 82
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:
abcdefghi j kl mnopgrstuvwxyz
and sworn to before me this 1 day of December 19 $2
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BILL 1982-29
AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER III,
PART V, SECTION 3.47 OF THE
ORDINANCE CO OF THE CITY
Y)F D
CITY OF RIC OES OR-
DAIN: ~r,.
Chapter III, :,,~ ion 3.47 0[
the OrdinancC,; a City of
Richfield regu, a of signs
and billboards mended in
the following r~
I. Subdivisi ragraph (7)
thereof, is am 'ad:
(7) AR else ''''A temporary
election sign,' ~!' II beunlawful
C9 peFxq it a 'ga tq FemaiR BR
any preperly a Ikon 14dey9•
after the diYfF~e. ~ eeHoR Eo which
I I. A nebk! lsiibdi ' "I9 is added to
read: ~,;..4' '
Subd. 19:' T~~ ~ry Election
Signs. Temporary; , ion signs may
be placed and ma~ ~ ed in the resi-
dential and muUi ~ idential areas
!of the city subj ,the following
regulations:
(1) No sign m ~ ~ Geed eleven
square feet in "' on one side.'
Sign copy, hp, ' ~ ' r, may be
placed on botfk, s of a sign.
Signs shall not designed to
have more tha ~o sides. The
aggregate area ~ ~ A'e side of all
of the signs pia' '.n any parcel
of land within i~ ty may not
exceed thirty-l quare feet.
(2) No sign ~, be placed
more than four is ~. ks (28 days)
before the date ~., a election to
which the sign r6 ` - . If the sign
relatesto an of hich is the
subject of a pri~ ~ election, it
shall not be pl~'~' before four
weeks prior to s~prifnary elec-
tion. Asign, which„'when placed,,
relates to an offlge,which is the
subject of a pr qy election,
may be retained ,(,ace after the
primary electioriit relate to
the next ensuing~heraf elect~on.
(3) All signs mti$i be removed
from display no 1 er than four
days following l' election to
which they relate:,ti
(4) In addition?'to the other
remedies avaiiaple to the City
under this code,,itR~ sign remain-
ing on display and the times
specified in parii ph (3) of this
subdivision is diee'fied abandoned
to the city and n),ay in the city's
discretion be re,79f~ved,destroyed
or otherwise di~p0eed of.
(v) It shall be~Jtte responsibility
of the sign ow,tt~r, the property
owner, and, in ~ case of a single
family residene~; the occupants,
to comply witfi'the provisions of
this subdivision;
(6) No such sign shall be placed
or maintained without the prior
approval of the property owner,
aad in the ease of a single family
residence, the occupant.
Yassed by the City Council of the
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