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Planning Commission <br />September 22, 2020 <br />Page 4 <br />Moved by Commissioner Rydberg and seconded by Commissioner Beise to <br />recommend approval of the Preliminary Plat for ERMU Addition. <br />Motion carried 7-0. <br />4.4 City of Elk River — Ordinance Amendment, Section 30-804 (h)(1) <br />■ Wind Turbine Signage, Case No. OA 20-06 <br />Mr. Leeseberg presented the staff report. He indicated a change to the language <br />proposed in the staff report to amend the language to include the following: (1) <br />Signage: Signage or advertising for the owner/operator may be placed on the nacelle. <br />The commission questioned if any negative impacts could occur with signage on the <br />turbines but concluded there were not. <br />Commissioner Rydberg asked what the motivation was behind the proposed <br />amendment. <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated the YAC wind turbine that was recently installed generated the <br />question if signage could be placed on it. <br />Commissioner Beise asked if this signage would be imprinted onto the turbine or an <br />actual sign. <br />Mr. Leeseberg explained the signage would be on the casing of the motor structure <br />called the nacelle, a covered housing that houses all the generating components in a <br />wind turbine. <br />Chair Larson -Vito asked if other cities have allowed this signage. <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated no and when this ordinance was drafted, it came from other <br />city ordinance language. <br />Chair Larson -Vito asked if the city could restrict the content of the signage. <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated the city could not. <br />Chair Larson -Vito opened the public hearing. <br />There being no one to speak, Chair Larson -Vito closed the public hearing. <br />Commissioner Johnson stated he has always been against having tall signs in the city <br />and felt this would go even beyond that by it being a large wind turbine and adding <br />the potential of advertising he felt it could be an eyesore. He stated he would not be <br />opposed to this amendment if the signage was limited to the manufacturing company <br />name or operator of the turbine and if the size of the signage was determined. <br />NATURE <br />