2025-01-28 Resolution 12297 Summary PubRESOLUTION NO. 12297
RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY PUBLICATION
OF AN ORDINANCE REGARDING DRIVE-THROUGH SIGNS
WHEREAS, the City has adopted the above-referenced amendment of the Richfield City
Code; and
WHEREAS, the verbatim text of the amendment is cumbersome, and the expense of
publication of the complete text is not justified.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Richfield that the
following summary is hereby approved for official publication:
SUMMARY PUBLICATION
BILL NO. 2025-02
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE RICHFIELD ZONING CODE
REGULATIONS RELATED TO DRIVE-THROUGH SIGNS
This summary of the ordinance is published pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Richfield City
Charter.
This ordinance amendment updates the City’s sign requirements in the following ways:
Remove “order board” regulations from the Mixed-Use Districts.
Create a definition for “drive-through sign” in the sign section of the code.
Make a couple minor housekeeping changes such as reorganizing the freestanding sign
size allowances table and removing redundant language.
Allow two drive-through signs per drive-up lane and establish new size limitations: 32
square feet and 8 feet in height for a singular sign; 50 square feet for both signs.
Provide dynamic display exemptions which would: allow dynamic drive-through signs
(provided that no other dynamic displays are present on a property); allow dynamic drive-
through signs to contain a dynamic display that is more than 35% of the area of the sign;
allow dynamic drive-through signs to contain non-contiguous dynamic displays; and allow
dynamic drive-through signs to change their messaging more often than once every 60
seconds.
Copies of the ordinance are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s office during normal
business hours or upon request by calling the Department of Community Development at (612)
861-9760.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 28th day of January,
2025.
Mary B. Supple, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michelle Friedrich, City Clerk
Attachment A
Drive-throughs in Richfield Zoning District
Number of
drive-up
lanes
1601 66th St E - Caribou PC-2 Planned General Commercial 1
96 66th St W - Burger King PC-2 Planned General Commercial 1
220 66th St W - Popeyes C-2 General Commercial 1
6545 Lyndale Ave - Caribou PC-2 Planned General Commercial 1
6500 Lyndale Ave S - Wendys C-2 General Commercial 1
6645 Lyndale Ave S - McDonalds PC-2 Planned General Commercial 2
980 78th St W - Panera PC-2 Planned General Commercial 1
6529 Penn Ave S - Dunkin MU-C Mixed Use Community 1
2800 66th St W - Dairy Queen C-2 General Commercial 1
6445 Nicollet Ave S – Wells Fargo
Bank C-2 General Commercial 5
7740 2nd Ave S - Taco Bell MU-C Mixed Use Community 1
7744 5th Ave S - Arbys MU-R Mixed Use Regional 1
345 77th St E - My Credit Union MU-C Mixed Use Community 3
6540 Penn Ave - CVS PMU Planned Mixed Use 2
6544 Lyndale Ave S - Chase Bank PMU Planned Mixed Use 1
6625 Lyndale Ave S - BMO Harris
Bank PC-2 Planned General Commercial 5
6501 Richfield Pkwy - Huntington
Bank PC-2 Planned General Commercial 4