City Council Minutes 04-24-1980 JointMINUTES
JOINT MEETING - CITY COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION
April 24, 1980 - 7:00 P . M.
Members Present: Arve Grimsmo, Dan Blonigen, Fran Fair, Ken Maus, Phil White,
Jim Ridgeway, Dave Bauer, John Bondhus, Dick Martie, Ed Schaffer.
Also in Attendance: Gary Pringle, City Attorney; John Uban, City Planner.
Purpose of this special meeting was to have a workshop session between the
City Council and the Planning Commission to discuss and review Monticello's
sign ordinance, which requires all non -conforming signs in the City of
Monticello to be brought into compliance by August 21, 1980, which was the
end of the 5 -year amortization period.
Discussion at the meeting centered around the ordinance provisions which
prohibits billboards after August 21, 1980. Consensus for the most part
seemed to be that the City of Monticello should not amend the ordinance to
merely grandfather in all existing non -conforming billboards. John Uban,
with Howard Dahlgren Associates, will be reviewing the ordinance relative
to possible amendments to possibly allow billboards as a conditional use
provided that certain size and space standards are met. For example, many
of the billboards that currently exist are much larger than the City of
Monticello ordinance, as it applies to on -premise signs, which on a freeway
allows a sign of 200 square feet and 32 feet high. Mr. Uban was going to
prepare his recommendations for further review by the Planning Commission.
Meeting adjourned.
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