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<br /> <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW · Ramsey, Minnesota 55303 <br />City Hall: 763-427-1410 · Fax: 763-427-5543 <br />www.ci.ramsey.mn.us ' <br /> <br />Memo <br /> <br />Date: <br />To: <br />From: <br />Re: <br /> <br />October 26, 2007 <br />Plannil1g Commission <br />Community Development Department <br />Sign Ordinance <br /> <br />Based on the September 6, 2007 minutes with regard to the Sign Ordinance, Staff has prepared <br />this memo in order to respond to the comments and concerns that the Planning Commission <br />outlined in their discussion. The minutes from that meeting are included in the front of your <br />packet for reference. <br /> <br />1) Conduct ordinance revisions in phases, starting with the temporary signs (content-based <br />regulation), then later examine electronic signs, etc. <br />Staff is prepared to bring forward changes only to the temporary sign regulations at this <br />time. Based on the PC direction, staff will move forward with examining the electronic <br />sign regulations at a later date. <br /> <br />2) Simplify it. The proposed revisions were too complicated and too cumbersome. <br />Staff has taken a neW approach to the revisions that do not differentiate between <br />commercial or non-commercial .speech signs. All temporary signs are proposed to be <br />regulated the same. <br /> <br />3) Set up a worksession to discuss the specific elements of the sign ordiIi.ance. <br />There was some discussion about conducting a Planning Commission worksession to <br />review the details of the revised sign ordinance. A worksession may not be necessary, <br />especially given the attempt to break the code revisions into smaller parts, and based on <br />the discussion tonight. <br /> <br />4) Mak,e regulations for temporary signs uniform, with the greatest flexibility to the <br />residents. Examine the permit and associated fee structure (with regard to temporary <br />signs). . . <br />Staff proposes changes to the temporary sign regulations that eliminate the permit and fee <br />requirements. All temporary signs, including real estate, garage sale, public event, and <br />portable, black signs, (except political signs, or otherwise "noncommercial speech," <br />which are regulated by state statute) would be subj ect to the following: <br />. Limited to 50 square feet in size <br />. Would be permitted off-premise (with permission of property owner), butNOT <br />permitted in the ROW <br /> <br />99 <br />