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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MINUTES OF THE ELk RIVER PLANNING COMMISSION <br />HELD AT THE ELK RIVER CITY HALL <br />JUNE 16~ 1992 <br /> <br />Members present: Chair Nadeau (7:43 p.m.), Commissioners <br />Eberley~ VanValkenburg, spotts, Johnson, and <br />Minton <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Tveite <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, <br />Elk River Planning Commission was called <br />p.m. by Vice-Chair Eberley. <br /> <br />the meeting of the <br />to order at 7:01 <br /> <br />Consider Ordinancp Amendment/Siqn Rpqulations/Sertion 900.721 <br />off premi~e dirertional siqn~. window siqn~ and siqn~ for <br />larqp commercial busines~e~/P.H. <br /> <br />Vice-Chair Eberly noted that the public hearing and the <br />discussion of the sign ordinance had been continued to this <br />meeting, and according to the motion at the April 28, 1992 <br />meeting, was to be continued from this meeting to the June <br />~~, 1992 meeting. In accordance with that motion, she opened <br />the public hearing. <br /> <br />Off Premise Directional Siqn~ <br /> <br />The staff memo dated June 12, 1992 was reviewed, and it was <br />agreed that rural businesses are in a different catagory than <br />more urban businesses and that some consideration should be <br />given to those that are not on main roads. It was noted that <br />Prior Lake was the only city in the survey that regulated <br />signage in this area, and there was a desire to review that <br />ordinance more carefully. Mr. LeeRoy Kennedy asked if the <br />survey sought information for caseS like his. In response, <br />Commission members said that this was one of the main <br />purposes of the survey. <br /> <br />Vice-Chair Eberley asked if the selection of the communities <br />for the survey was considered acceptable. There was general <br />consensus that the selection of cities was appropriate. <br /> <br />Vice-Chair Eberley said that the Conditional Use Permit was <br />used in the Prior Lake ordinance, and asked if some of the <br />cases could be handled administratively, and others through <br />the CUP process, similar to the Home Occupation Permit <br />process. The Commission members wanted more information on <br />the charges for CUP applications and for the reviews. <br /> <br />There was general agreement that some signage <br />allowed, but that a number of criteria should <br />thought out and formulated for an ordinance. <br />included: <br /> <br />should be <br />be carefully <br />Those criteria <br />