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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,June 14,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 21. LA21-000035—DARRIN ROSHA OB/O ORONO STATION WEST,2160 W.WAYZATA <br /> BLVD,VARIANCE—Continued <br /> Johnson spoke about the lighting of the outside of the canopy,the blue and red strips, and said that does <br /> not need to be lit.The name can be lit but the entire ribbon around the outside seems unnecessary. He <br /> noted this is the first challenge of the City's sign code and asked Barnhart if that is correct. <br /> Barnhart replied Lund's and Byerly's got a variance for their sign when it was rebuilt for a setback issue, <br /> and Bridgewater Bank was also probably related to its setback. <br /> Johnson said it would be nice—if people are doing reasonable signs—that they do not have to come to the <br /> Council. <br /> Crosby stated for him it comes down to what they are doing across the City and consistency. He noted <br /> Holiday has a blue line lit up around the whole thing to highlight it. If it is consistent he is good with it. <br /> Printup agrees it would be nice to have some consistency,but at the same time they must dissect it a bit <br /> when it comes into a certain neighborhood.When that was Mr. Bill's place, it wasn't a really high <br /> commercial area. As opposed to what a nice light and property improvement,there was an old cabin <br /> rental dilapidated house in front of it a few years ago.He noted there are improvements to that spot. <br /> Printup moved, Crosby seconded,to direct Staff to draft a Resolution of Approval of LA21-000035, <br /> Orono Station West,2160 W.Wayzata Blvd,Variance based on the sign package presented. <br /> VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> 22. LA21-000028-CITY OF ORONO TEXT AMENDMENT RELATED TO SIGN <br /> REGULATIONS <br /> Barnhart presented a summary packet of information and stated Staff is proposing some amendments to <br /> the sign ordinance in part triggered by the review of the previous sign permits.In review of that permit <br /> process,several things were identified to be unclear in the sign Code and tried to clarify. The goal is to <br /> keep the sign ordinance content-neutral,they cannot regulate signs based on content but most sign <br /> ordinances are based on what the sign says.The Planning Commission reviewed this at the previous <br /> month's meeting and recommended some changes to canopy signage in terms of what the face of a <br /> canopy is and regulations for that.The concern on the canopy signs was encroaching into residential areas <br /> and impacts.They also asked Staff to provide some analysis on what area communities do in terms of <br /> their free standing signage to be sure Orono is in the same ballpark which is provided in the packet. Staff <br /> recommends some changes to the sign area to be more in line with what the industry is looking for with <br /> certain types of signs. <br /> Crosby asked if there is anything restricting people from putting up completely offensive signs. <br /> Barnhart noted they have a section in their code about offensive language but is not necessarily in the sign <br /> Code.He walked the Council through some housekeeping clean up items in the Code and some of the <br /> updates in the packet including traffic signs on private roads, signs announcing new neighborhood <br /> developments,and the increase for most common commercial areas from a maximum area of 45 square <br /> feet to 60 square feet to be in line with what neighboring cities allow. <br /> Page 9 of 13 <br />