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Home My WebLink About1286 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1975/03/31• ORIGINAL, MARCH 31, 1975 8C ORDINANCE NO. 128 6 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 730 ADOPTED DECEMBER 28, 1959, ENTITLED "ST. LOUIS PARK ZONING ORDINANCE," BY AMENDING SECTION 6:171 RELATING TO SIGNS IN "R" DISTRICTS The City of St. Louis Park does ordain: Section 1. That Section 6:171 of Ordinance No. 730 is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6:171.2, Subdivision 3 - Permitted uses which are not residential may have one name platesign which shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area per surface except as provided under Section 6:171.1, Subdivision 12. Signs may be permitted by special permit for public parks and playgrounds, churches, synagogues, public libraries, public museums, public art galleries, public and parochial schools, municipal buildings, golf courses, country clubs, community centers, colleges, universities and private schools, hospitals, and sanitariums, based on the following design criteria and other conditions the City Council may require: a. Size - The size shall be proportional to the size of the facility, need for signage, frontage on street(s), location, visibility, and development in the area. The maximum size per street frontage should not exceed 60 square feet per sign surface with a maximum area of 120 square feet per single sign. b. Height -'No free-standing sign shall exceed 15 feet in height. c. Lighting - (1) Lighting shall be indirect or it shall be backlighting. (2) Neon lighting, flashing lighting, and/or rotating lighting signs shall be prohibited. d. Design - Signs attached to the building shall be`'integrated with the building design and architecture in terms of materials, colors, lighting, and placement; signs not attached to the buildings shall be architecturally treated and coordinated with the principal building by use of compatible materials and design. e. Location - No free-standing sign shall be located less than 25 feet from any street right of way line, and signs under this section are not subject to setback requirements based on building height. f. Sign Purpose - The principal purpose of the sign permitted under this section shall be to identify the public or institutional use made of the property. Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council March 31 19 5. At stt:_(g_ 6,51:4144104060/ fig Clerk Mayo stration: Revid as to form and legality: City Attorney -2- 0 SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUISPARKSUN 6601 W. 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota State of Minnesota 1 County of Hennepin SS. J R RITCHAY, being duly sworn, on oath says he Is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and printer of the newspaper known at The St Louis Park 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 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 St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 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 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 to the business of the news- paper and business related thereto (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society. (7) Said newspaper has complied 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 Minnesota 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 Ordinance No. 1286 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 One successive weeks. that it was first so published on Thurs the 3 day of April ia_15 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)klmnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me thin day of April 19 75 • ( Notarial Seal) Mu el L Qu st, Notary P..11c, Hennepin County, Minn My Commission Expires July 28th, 1978 (Official Publication) MARCH 31, 1975 8C ORDINANCE NO 1286 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING OR- DINANCE NO 730 ADOPTED DE- CEMBER 28, 1959, ENTITLED "ST LOUIS PARK ZONING ORDI- NANCE," BY 'AMENDING SEC- TION 6.171,RELATING TO SIGNS IN "R" DISTRICTS The City of St Lows Park does or- dain Section 1 That 6 171 of Or- dinance No 730 is hereby amended to read as follows - - Section 6.1712; Subdivision 3 — Permitted uses which are not resi- dential' may have' one name place sign which shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area per surface ex- cept as, provided under Section 6 171 1, Subdivision 12 Signs may be permitted by'special permit for pub- lic parks and playgrounds, churches, synagogues, public libraries, public museums, public art galleries, public and parochial schools, municipal buildings, golf courses, country clubs, community centers, colleges, universities and private schools, hospitals, and sanitariums, based on the following design criteria and other conditions the City Council may reqwre • - a Size — The size shall be propor- tional to`the size of the facility, need for signage, frontage on street(s), location, vjsibility, and development in the area The maximum size per street fron- tage should dot exceed 60 square feet per. sign surface with a max- imum area of 120 square feet per single sign b Height — No free-standing sign ' shall exceed 15'feet in height c Lighting - ` (1)Lightingshallbeindirectorit - shall be backhghtmg - (2) Neon lighting, flashing hght- ing,-;and/ort rotating lighting signs shall be prohibited • d Design —,Signs attached to the building shall be integrated with the building design and architec- ture in terms Of- materials, cal= - ors, lighting?and placement, signs'not attached to the build- ings1shall-be architecturally treated and coordinated with the prmcipal twildmg by use of com- patible materials and design e Location — No free-standing sign shall be located less than 25 feet from,any street right of way line, and signs under this section are, not 'subject to setback re- qheuiretmehts'ibastd on building f Signi iPPpp�rr q - The principal purp4s.,iof;theisign permitted under,,thig=section shall be to identifya,the public or institu tional usetmade of the property Section 21:This Ordinance. shall take effef"t fifteeji ays after, its pub- hcatiorr 4c-'• "y Adoptedliy t1 •City Council March .31, 1975'; ;.4,;;V " - (al—FLANK FLEETHAM 2no1J Mayor Attest F._llfaiwtA (s) EARL HANSOM City Clerk .4 ,•V - Reviewed�for Administration (s) CHRIS CHERCHES City Manager Reviewed as to form and legality (s) WAYNE POPHAM City Attorney (April 3, 19751—SLP & GV Pile No Affidavit of - Publication Si LOUISPARK.rSUN St. Louis Park, -Minnesota In The Matter Of