1965-07I3i11 No. 1965-7
AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO.. 3«271
An Ordinance Amending That Certain Ordinance Nb. 3.271 of the City of Richfield
Entitled An Ordinance to Regulate the Design, Construction, Installation
and Maintenance of Signs and Billboards; Providing for the Administration and
Enforcement Thereof, and Providing Penalties for the Violation Thereof" , Passed
the 28th day of July 1952, As Subsequently Amended.
CITY OF RICHFIELD DOES ORDAIN::
:pub-Section (A) of Section 5 of Ordinance No« 3«271 of the City of Richfield, en-
titled "An Ordinance to Regulate the Design, Construction, Installation and Maintenance
of Signs and Billboards; Providing for the Administration and Enforcement Thereof, and
Providing Penalties for the Violation Thereof", passed the 28th day of July 1952, as sub-
sequently amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"A« No ground sign, sign-board cr 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 (includ-
ing the base thereof) unless a special permit therefor has been granted
as hereinafter provided. Every sign, sign-board or billboard shall have
an opening of at least 2 feet between the 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, sign-board or
billboard, exceeding 65 feet in length, but only if it finds that such
structure (a) will not be lighted or illuminated; (b) will be located on
general commercial or industrial property, at least 200 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 resi-
dential properties; (d) will not unduly obstruct visibility from neighbor-
ing properties; (e) will bear only the name of the business or industry
being conducted on the property on which it is located; and (f) will not
adversely effect the value of any adjacent property. The City 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, whichever is
higher; (b) if not located adjacent to a Freeway,, 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 of any
single family residence property; (e) will not unduly obstruct visibility
from neighboring properties; (f) will not exceed elevation of 204, Richfield
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datum; and (g) will not adversely effect the value of any adjacent pro-
perty. If"the sign for which the special permit is issued is a double-
faced sign,. the council may permit the sign to have screening extPndin~
not more than 10 feet above the face of the si~np in addition to the
maximum elevations hereinbefore specifiedx provided that such screeni.n~
must consist of a plain metal_surface bearing no advertisi_n~ matter,
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, sign--board or billboards in detail, in-
cluding 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 2nd day of August,
1965.
Mayor
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ATTEST :
Clerk-Tre sarer
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A_IiENDKENT TO ORDINANCE
NO. 8.27h
BILL NO, Ig88-7
An Ordinance Amending That
Certain Qrdiaanee ;~,1io. 8.271
of the Cit> ~,: RieMleld En-
titted HAa rd!>fiance to Reg-
ulatl,,+I~e Construe- /~A~ (~~/- • • •
tennaee.;"4af;. d and BIII- ~il
ilea, _' a gad Mafn- I~[~ T'>t"1f davit of Pubhcatior~
boaryl4,k~,~ljp~iag for the Ad-
miaistratioa gad Eniorce-
meat Thereof, and Providing
Penaltler 'for the violation STATE OF MINNESOTA
Thereof." Peered the 28th day COUNTY OF HENNEPIN, ss
of Jnly 1982, ar $nbsegnentlY
Amended,,
CITY QA'"X%RICFIFIELD DOES Robert A. Broad, L. R, Farrington, Guy T. Farrington, being duly
ORDLjIl~;', sworn, on oath says; that he is, and during all the times herein stated
sub-s^c"ti&n (A) of section 6 has been, one of the publishers of the newspa.pQr known as The
of Ordinance No. a.z71 of the Richfield News, and has full knowledge of the facts hereinafter
City of Richfield, entitled ' An a
Ordinance to Regulate the De- stated; that for more than one year prior to the publication therein
sign, Construction, Installation
and Maintenance of Signs and '~' - ~ rl r7y
Billboards; Providing Por the ~~~0'~? C2 O 8.Ia i1T:"i211QITiE'•Tlt '~O T''u~.-j31L1:I1C2 ~~0.
blZ.._ iV'rJ.
mentnThereof, and Pr v'ding ~, ~ ~ ~-~~~°7f Y'°~.3T,127o +O~ 2S1~T1 a.L1C2 COYiSti L1C ~10.t1
Penalties for the Violation O~ S1~~S1S• ~ .~<c~.SS2G;
Thereof," passed the 28th day
of July 1962, as subsequently
amended, ie hereby .amended to Of the --------------------•----•------•---•------•-•-----••-------•-----•--------...----------------•------...--•----•------...-----
read as fonowa: hereto attached, said newspaper was published in the Village of Rich-
"A. xo ground sign, sign-board . field, in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on Thursday of
iget in heig t8aboveethe aver each week; that during all said time said newspaper has been printed
age ground level of that part in the English language from its office of publication within the Vil-
of the izLreet toward which lags of Richfield, Hennepin County, Minnesota, from which it is issued
it faces r shall such atruc- as above stated and in new a el• format and in column and sheet
lure ex~ed 86 feet in length sp p
(lnclud;Png t~~.p. base thereof) forrz equivalent in space to at least 450 running inches of single col-
unless a special permit there- umn., two inches wide; has been issued a.s aforesaid once each week
for has been ggrranter as here- from a known office established in said lace of ublieation and em-
inafter Drovided. Every sign, p p
atgnboard or billboard shall ploying skilled workmen and the necessary material for preparing
have an opening of at least and printing the same; that the press work an that part of the news-
23eet between the lower edge a er devoted to local news of interest to the communit it p
thereci and the ground; Il 1~ y pUr OrtS
which 1Vpace shall not be to serve has been done in its known office of publication; that during
cloaed:,ln any manner. all said time in its makeup hat less than twenty-five percent of its
The (Vilbgga) City Council may news columns have been devoted too local 'news of interest to the com-
grant cu•special permit for a
siga;~eiga-board or billboard, muriity 1L purports to serve; that during all said time it has not
exceeding 85 feet in length, wholly duplicated any other publication, and has not been entirely
but' only iP it finds that such made u of atents 1
aL;uCture (a) win not be p p > p ate matter and advertisements; has been cir-
riggltted or illuminated; (b) culated in and near its said place of publication to the extent of at
w111`'be located on general least two hundred and forty (240) copies regularly delivered to pay-
cox~~nercial or industrial ing subscribers and has entry as second class matter in its local post-
m the t setae highway office; that a copy of each issue has been filed with the State Histori-
whicH it faces; (c) will not cal Society, St. Paul; and that there has !been on file in the offices Hof the
be faced toward any real- County Auditor of Hennepin County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a per-
dencea'or residential property
and will not be within 20o son having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and location of
feet of any residential prop- said newspaper and the existence of the conditions constituting its
ertiea; (a) will not unduly uaIifications as a legal news a er.
obstruct visibility Lrom neigh- q ~ p p
boring properties; (e) will
bear only the name of the _ i~Ot,1C2 Di a.Tl hIt1211~Tt12.C~; ~O `.~T'~;t3.Xdi1CE' 1~?O. ~.~'7~.'
business or industry being
conducted on the prope7Ly on $11~ '_`YO. 195-rv/' ?"C'•12.~7..C~ VO :.@S:i.~?1 8.Y1C~ CCYIS ~1°UCtlJt'1
which it is located; and (f) ~
mill not adversely effect the Oi S3~.Ci3. ` T~d.SS2C~i
value. oP any adjacent pro-
pertyy: `The (Village) city That the __._._-.----•------------- - - --- - - - •- •- _
Couakfnay Brant a special • . ..... . .. ... . . ......•--•-•-°- -- - -- - - -- - • •-------• •- -
per r a sign, sign-board hereto attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was
or rd exceeding 27 Peet printed and published therein in the English language, once each
in h' 1w'but only if it finds
that gush structure (a) if lo-
cated on property aaiacent to week, for .-__..._~'n~________ successive weeks; that it was first so published
a Freeway;:',Will hat exceed $6'
in height or the highest part C't,Yl 1~ur'L+St Z9~~
of any e"tructure located on ~ S ~ y ~
the same premises, which- on Thursday, the ________________________________________ day of __-_-_-_.______.______. _...__ _ _
ever is higher; (b) if not lo- and thereafter on Thursday of each week to and including the
cited adiaiFent to a Freeway,
will. noto~}.'exceed in height
the t,i~lbr~~qs~t~ part of anY _..--•--._-.._._--•-------------•-•-----•---•--- day af ---._..._---------....-•----•--....---.._...------•---.. , and that
atructuredatea on same pre- the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z,
misea;.. i~ will be locates on both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kin(i
indystr~i" property; (d) will
not be wlthia 3'00 feet of any of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to-wit:
singl~er-R i1y residence pro-
perty• C- win not unduly abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
obsLta6&'t~P' ~"visibility from abc fghijklmnopgr tuvwxyz
neighbor properties; (f)
will 't~ceed elevation of
(194: Richfield datum; - ~
and- not.adverselY ef- -_-°-•- •-- ~.~:~--. .__a?F-a~~w, ;~`X! ..~---•-•
fect'"~ rue :of: any adia- .,._.. l 2+~ ~ . ~ ~~,U ,;~,,},- -. i Q~~
cenp y. If the sign for Subscribed and sworn to be a me the `'~~ day of ' "`
whte special Dermlt fs '" "' '°-- "°--°°°° '
iss~ied~f~si•.doable-inced sign,
the lmaY pQ`rmit the ....: ,
alga ve screening ex- ............ . ........ .._..... .. .......--•-°--
tendin mesa. thna io Notary Pu~bllc, HennepinCounty, Minn.
feet "• 'the fad 0f the
b. maa-
si ,, ition to e
fin lions heretabefore _ A611
~ My Commission expires .--• ..................._..._ ..._. ~i'i.
ep ovided that snch wA~D `~, gt5~ ePtCl ~ty~ 8 '192
rereeaiag^• must consist of a
plain metal surface bearing ~.p piybl';f+ ~ Xi-~re5 P+PrI\ '
no advertising matter, letter- NptBry ~55i Oft ~
Lng or lighting. The (Village) Corn
CItY Council may attach con- ~^Y
ditions to the granting of any
such ps;rmit; such permit
shall be for a period of no
more than five Years. At the