1966-30AMENDDhEI~TT TO ORDINANCE NO. 3.271
(Bill No. 1966-30) CBackdrop Signs)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE N0. 3.271 OF
THE CITY OF RICHFIELD ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE
THE DESIGN, CONST'RtiCTION, INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
SIGAT5 AND BILLBOARDS; PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND
ENFORCEMENT THEREOF, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLA-
. TTON THEREOF", PASSED THE 28TH DAY OF JULY 1952, AS SUBSE-
QUENTLY AMENDED.
CI'TE' OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN:
Sub-section (A) of Section S of Ordinance No. 3.271 of the City of Richfield,
eni. ~ ~ led "An Ordinance to Regulate the Design, Construction, Instal ]a tion and Main-
tenance of Signs and Billboards; Providing for the Administration and Enforcement
Thereof, a nd Providing Penalties for the Violation Thereof", passed the 28th day
of .?uly 1952, as subsequently amended, is hereby amended to read as follows;:
"A. No ground sign, signboard or billboard shall exceed 27 feet in
height above the average ground level of that part of the street toward
which it faces, nor shall such structure exceed 65 feet in length (in-
cluding the base thereof) unless a special permit therefor has been
granted as hereinaf ter provided. Every sign, signboard or billboard shall
have an opening of at least 2 feet between the lower edge thereof and the
ground; which space shal]. not be closed in any mannero
The City Council may grant a special' permit for a sign, signboard
or billboard, exceeding 65 feet in length, but only if it finds that such
structure Ca) will not be lighted or illuminated; (h) will be located on
general commercial or industrial property, at least 100 feet from the
street or highway which it faces; (c) will not be faced toward any resi-
dences or residential property and will not be within 200 feet of any
Jesidential properties; (d) will not unduly obstruct visibility from
neighboring properties; (e) will bear only the name of the business or
~.ndustry being conducted on the property on which it is located; and (f)
will not adversely effect th.e value of any adjacent property. The City
Council may grant a special permit for a sign, signboard or billboard ex-
c.eeding 27 feet in height, but enl}' if it finds that such structure (a)
if located on property adjacent to a Freeway, will not exceed 35' in
height or the highest part of any structure located on the same premises,
vahic~Zever is higher; (b) if not located adjacent to a Freeway, will not
exceed in height the highest part of any structure located on same pre-
mises; (c) will be located on industrial property; (d) will not be within
300 feet of any single family ress_dence property; (e) will not unduly ob -
st~:uct visiY~ility from neighboring properties; (f) will not exceed eleva-
tion of 204, Richfield datum; and (g) will not adversely effect the value
of a.riy adjacent propertyF If"the sign for which the special permit is
issued is a double-faced sign, the cauncil may permit the signs to have
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screening extending 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 m~ tter, lettering or lighting. The City Council may attach
conditions to the granting of any such permit; such permit shall be for
a period of no more than five years.. At the end of the permit period,
the sign shall not be retained on the premises but shall be removed by
the property owner unless a new special permit therefor has been granted.
The applicant for any such structure shall describe the sign, signboard
or billboard, in detail, including the copy to be used thereon, and such
sign shall be constructed and maintained, during the permit period, in
accordance with-and subject to the application and any special conditions
imposed by the City Council."
Passed by the City Council of the City of Richfield this 28th day of November, 1966.
Stanley W. Olson, Mayor
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Richfield News
6409 Lyndale Avenue So. Richfield, Minnesota
State of Minnesota
SS.
County of Hennepin
L. R. FARRINGTON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times herein
stated has been the General Manager of the newspaper known as The Richfield News 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 each 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 advertisements. (4) Said
newspaper is circulated in and near the municipality 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
Richfield 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 or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such
regular business hours of the newspaper and business related thereto. (6) Said newspaper files a
copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has com-
plied with all the foregoing conditions for at least two years preceding the day or dates
of publication mentioned below. (8) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of
IVTinnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter an affidavit in the form
prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the publisher 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' . n2 !~.l-~ia11,Ge . c."'!c^-.,1'1.~11~~n'~ ... . ........ . .. . .. .
hereto attached as apart hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed
and published therein in the English language, once each week, for .. ~-...... successive weeks
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that it was first so published on ............ tl~e ....... ..... day of ............. .
and was thereafter printed and published on every ............................ to and including
(Official Publication),
1966-30
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE
NO. 3.271
An Ordinance Amending T h a t
Certain Ordinance No. 3.271 of the
City of Richfield Entitled "An Or•
dinance to Regulate the Design,
Construction, Installation a n d
Maintenance oP Signs and Bi1L
boards; Providing for the Admin-
istration ani Enforcement thereof,
and Providing Penalties for the
Violation Thereof," Passed t h e
28th day of July 1952`,,-;~,g Subse-
quently Amended.
CITY OF RICHFIELD~`l~ES OR-
DAIN:
Sub-section'(A) of Section 5 of
Ordinance No. 3.271 of. the City
of Richfield, entitled "Ah Ordi-
nance to 'Regffiate the-- Design,
Construction, I n s t a 11:a tion and
Maintenance o4 Signs'`;'~nd Bill-
boards; Providing for Fthe: Admin-
Violation Thereof", passed the 28th
day of July 1952, as subsequently
amended, is -hereby amended to
read as 'follows:
"A. No ground sign, sign-
board or,, billboard, shall ex-
ceed 27 Peek in height above
the average ground level of
that part of the; street toward
which it faces, nor shall such
structure exceed 65 feet in
length (including the bas e
thereof) unless a special per-
mit therefor has been granted'
as neremaner prvvmcu. vc.y
sign, signboard..:,or billboard
shall have an opening of at
least 2 feet between than lower
edge thereof and the ground;
which space shall not be
closed in any manner.
The City Council may grant
a special. permit for a sign,
signboard or billboard, exceed-
ing 65 feet in length, but only
if it finds that such structure
(a) will not be lighted or il-
luminated; (b) will be locat•
ed on general commercial or
industrial property, at least
(200) 100 'feet frcnz the street
or highway which it faces; (c)
will not be faced toward any
residences or residential prop-
erty and will not be within 200
feet of any residential proper-
ties; (d) ,will not unduly ob-
struct visibility from neighbor-
ing properties; (e) will :.'bear
only the name of the b' 63r1ess
or industry, being condu}p~ed on
the property on whicH~:.'it is
located'; and (f) will not ad-
versely effect the value bf any
adjacent. property. The C 1 t y
Council may grant a special )
permit for a sign, sign-board
or billboard exceeding 27 feet
in height, but only if it finds
that such structure (a) if
located on property adjacent
to a Freeway, will not exceed
35' in height or the highest
part of any structure located,
on the same premises, which-
ever is higher; (b) if not lo• II,
Gated adjacent to a Freeway, i
will not exceed in height the
highest part of any structure
located on same premises; (c)
will be located on Industrial
property; (d) will ' not be
within 300 feet oP any single
family residence property;
(e) will not unduly obstruct
visibility from neighboring
properties; (f) will not ex-
ceed elevation of 204, Rich•
field datum; and (g) will not
adversely effect the value of,
any adjacent property. If the'
sign for which the special per-
mit is issued is a double-faced
sign,., the council may permit
the sign to have screening ex-
tending not more than 10 feet
above the face of the sign,
in addition to the maximum
elevations hereinbefore speci-
fied; provided that such
screening must consist of a
plain imetal surface bearing no
advertising matter, lettering or
lighting. The City Council~,may
attach conditions to the gr811t-
ing of any such permit; wch
permit shall. pe for, a p'~
of no more than five y
At the end. o#" the: permit. -
iod, the sign~sh$$ not be' -
tained on the; premises t
shall be removed by the pr
erty owner unless~~ e- new' atPa-
cial Hermit .therefor has p9RRi
. 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~i to wit:
abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz r / /J
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ~:~t'....... d'ay of .':~.°<%l ..................... 19... C:
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Alice J. Nelson, Notary~Public, Hennepin County, Minn.
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My Commission Expires ~ ... _ 19 ~~ ~ti . .
Attest:
(s) EDWARD J. MULINE:
Clerk
(Publish: Dec. 1, 1966)-RN
Passed' 'i;y' the `, oi~ncil of
the Cit~..:of^, d„this 14 day
of 13'dv.:'1 6.
(s)STANLEY W. OLSON,
Mayor