HomeMy WebLinkAbout1594 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1983/04/04ORDINANCE NO. 1594
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE GRANTING
OF ALL BILLBOARD PERMITS IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS PARK ORDAINS:
Section 1. Statement of Policy. The City Council is presently reviewing
a billboard and sign study which was completed on October 28, 1977 and was
subject to a hearing on May 21, 1979. The Council desires to review the
City's policy in the area of billboards and signs for possible updating and
revision of its zoning code.
Section 2. Prohibition . Upon the effective date of this ordinance, no
permit may be issued for the construction or placement of any billboard, as
defined by the City Code, in any new location within the City of St. Louis
Park. Maintenance of existing billboards is specifically allowed, but any
enlargement of billboards at existing locations must not be enlarged beyond
the size specified in the City's code.
Section 3. Authority. Authority for this moratorium is based upon
Minnesota Statutes Section 462.355, subd. 4, which provides for the adoption
of an interim ordinance to regulate, restrict or prohibit uses or develop-
ments within all or part of the City during the planning process of amending
or revising its zoning code.
Section 4. Duration. This ordinance shall expire one year from its
effective date without Council action, or it may be repealed earlier if
the Council determines that appropriate evaluation and action, including
any necessary revisions of the zoning code, have been finalized. The
duration of this ordinance may be extended by adoption of a subsequent
ordinance.
Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective 15 days after its
publication.
Adopted by the City Council April 4 , 1983
Attest:
Reviewed by administration:
y Manager
Mayo
Approved as to form and legality:
City At 6 rney
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SUN
NEWSPAPERS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
ST. LOUIS PARK SUN
(Official Publication)
ORDINANCE NO. 1594
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A
MORATORIUM ON THE
GRANTING OF ALL BILLBOARD
PERMITS IN THE CITY OF ST
LOUIS,PARK
Summary Thi ordinance pro-
hibits Issuance of a City permit for
the constructionlor'placement of any
billboards in,any, new location within
the Citydor.a,period not to exceed one
year from!the,effective date of this
ordinance y '"
Effective 'Date ' This ordinance
shall take1glfect fifteen days after
publication i,. •r•
Adopted by the City Council April 4,
1983
(s) LYLE HANKS
Mayor
(April 6, 1983) -SLP
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924 Excelsior Avenue West Hopkins, Minnnesota
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin
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 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 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 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 Hopkins 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 regula.
business hours and at which said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspapei 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 Ordinance NO. 1 5 9 4
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 Wed the
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day of April 19 83
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
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1 1 day of Ap r i 1 19 8 3
MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM
• NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA
HENNEPIN COUNTY
My commission expires July 2, 1986