City Council Ordinance 396CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 396
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3-9 [e] E. (b) OF THE MONTICELLO ZONING
ORDINANCE, BY PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF FREESTANDING SIGNS ON
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OF MORE THAN TWENTY ACRES.
The City Council of the City of Monticello hereby ordains:
Section 1: Chapter 3, Section 9 [E] 3. (b) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(b) In the case of a building where there are two (2) or more uses and which, by
generally understood and accepted definitions, is considered to be a shopping center or
shopping mall, a conditional use permit may be granted to the entire building in
accordance to an overall site plan indicating the size, location, and height of all signs
presented to the Planning Commission.
A maximum of five percent (5%) of the gross floor area of the front silhouette shall
apply to the principal building Ls) where the aggregate allowable sign area is equitably
distributed among the several businesses. In the case of applying this conditional use
permit to a building, the building may have one (1) pylon or freestanding sign
identifying the building which is in conformance with this ordinance. For purposes of
determining the gross area of the silhouette of the principal building Ls), the silhouette
shall be defined as that area within the outline drawing of the principal buildings LS) as
viewed from the front lot line or from the related public street (s).
For shopping centers of greater than one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) square feet
of aggregate building square footage and greater than twenty (20) acres in site area,
two freestanding signs may be permitted under this section. The applicant may
construct two pylon -style signs in conformance with this ordinance, or in the
alternative, may construct one pylon -style and one monument -style sign. When this
latter option is chosen, the monument sign shall be no greater than eighteen (18) feet
in height no more than one hundred (100) square feet in area, and the nylon may be no
greater than fifty (50) feet in height and four hundred (400) square feet in area.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and publication.
Adopted by the Monticello City Council this 28th day of July, 2003.
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Bruce Thielen, Mayor
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Rick Wolfsteller, Cit Administrator