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Lel City ver Ordinance 24 - 09 -Striethreughs to be removed Underlines to be added An Ordinance Amending Sections 30-871, C-3 highway commercial district and 30- 881 MU-ERP mixed use Elk River Plaza district, of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, City Code The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. That § 30-871(b) (2), C-3 Highway Commercial District of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances shall be amended to read as follows: (b) Permanent signs. (1) Fall signs. Total wall sign area not to exceed 15 percent of facade area. Wall signs are permitted on any facade that is not directly adjacent to a residential zone. Businesses in multi -tenant facilities shall be allowed their proportionate share of permitted wall sign area. For the purposes of this section a road shall constitute a separation of zones. (2) One freestanding sign, not to exceed 150 square feet with a maximum height of 30 feet. One freestanding sign may be permitted for every 300 feet of street frontage measured along a single street. The frontage shall only include the property in which the principal use is located on, which the sign is advertising. The additional sign(s) shall be subject to the size and height limitations of the first allowed freestanding or monument sign and may be placed no closer than 150 feet to any other freestanding or monument sign. a. Freestanding sighs located on }parcels that abut Highwati' 169 mai! be constructed to a maximum height of 40 feet as measured from the nearest point �rade of the main line of Highway 169, provided the s4a meets all other criteria of this ordinance. A parcel which, but for the location of an intervening frontage road between said parcel and the freeway, shall be deemed to abut the 4,hway. For all such parcels, the s' ni may onl be located in the yard which directly abuts the highway or fronte road as applicable. 1. In locations where the grade at the base of the siWi is lower than the elevation of the adjacent Hid hwa} 169, the si{,m heiirht shall not exceed 50- feet in total height or higher than 40-feet above H' =hwa%, 169. 2. In locations where the grade at the base of the sips is higher than 10-feet above the elevation of the adjacent Hjghwa 169, the sign_ hei ,ht shall be limited to 30-feet. Last Updated January 2023