City of Rosemount Ordinance B-221 Amendment Ordinance for Sign

City of Rosemount

Ordinance No. B- 221

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT

ZONING ORDINANCE B RELATING TO SIGN STANDARDS

FOR PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL USES

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS that Ordinance B, adopted September 19, 1989, entitled “City of Rosemount Zoning Ordinance,” is hereby amended as follows:

Section 1. Rosemount Zoning Ordinance B, Section 11-8-4: SIGNS GENERAL REGULATIONS is hereby amended as follows:

E. Dynamic Signs: Dynamic signs are allowed subject to the following standards:

1.District Limitations: Dynamic signs may be located on properties within the C-3 highway commercial (excluding the downtown study area as designated in the development framework for downtown Rosemount), C-4 general commercial, and PI - Public and Institutional districts that also have frontage along an arterial road as designated in the comprehensive plan. Dynamic signs may also be located on public and institutional use within a residential zone, provided the site has an approved conditional use permit (CUP) and complies with all other sign standards.

Section 2. Rosemount Zoning Ordinance B, Section 11-8-6: DISTRICT REGULATIONS is hereby amended as follows:

B. Signs Allowed by Permit in Residential Districts:

1.Residential subdivisions having five (5) or more lots are allowed up to two (2) decorative freestanding monument signs per principal entrance to the subdivision. Each sign is limited to thirty two (32) square feet and six feet (6') in height. These signs shall be located on private property and shall not be located within any sight triangle. Such signs, if illuminated, shall use only indirect light with the light source fully diffused and aimed toward the ground.

2.Public or institutional uses or Apartment or condominium buildings are allowed one freestanding monument sign per site. Sites with multiple frontages along a public right of way will be allowed one additional sign per right of way frontage provided that the frontage faces another commercial or industrial nonresidential use or a collector or arterial road as identified in the comprehensive plan. Each sign is limited to thirty two (32) square feet and six feet (6') in height. These signs shall have a base made of decorative materials compatible with the exterior materials of the principal structure on site. At a minimum, the base width dimension shall be larger than fifty percent (50%) of the greatest width of the sign. Such signs, if illuminated, shall use only indirect light with the light source fully diffused and aimed toward the ground. These signs shall be located on private property and shall not be located within any sight triangle.

3.For sale or lease signs subject to the standards in subsection 11-8-3B7 of this chapter.

4.Public and Institutional uses may have signs subject to the standards in subsection 11-8-6.F of this chapter.

Section 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication according to law.

ENACTED AND ORDAINED into an Ordinance this 17th day of April, 2012.

CITY OF ROSEMOUNT

William H. Droste, Mayor

ATTEST:

Amy Domeier, City Clerk

(April 26, 2012)

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