Ord 483 Amend Code Video/Electronic ScoreboardsCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 483
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 12, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLE E OF THE CITY CODE OF
THE CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, DAKOTA COUNTY, CONCERNING
VIDEO/ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SCOREBOARDS
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, does hereby ordain:
Section 1.
Title 12-I13-2 is hereby amended as follows:
VIDEO/ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SCOREBOARD: A display board equipped with video or electronic
components encompassing a majority of the surface erected at an athletic field, or similar outdoor facility,
which shows the score of a contest and other relevant information to spectators at an event.
Section 2.
Title 12-lE-3-C is hereby amended as follows to add the proposed language:
Video/electronic display scoreboard for an athletic field on the campus of a school, provided that:
1. The scoreboard shall only be used for organized events at an athletic field, or similar outdoor
facility, in which the permitted user is participating in or hosting.
2. The scoreboard shall be equipped with industry -standard security and brightness control features.
3. The video/electronic display portion(s) of the scoreboard shall not face a residential
neighborhood, not including the back of the scoreboard, unless screened or otherwise obscured
from view.
4. The scoreboard shall not exceed eight hundred (800) square feet in area per surface and the
video/electronic display portion(s) shall not exceed six hundred (600) square feet of the total area.
5. The scoreboard shall not exceed forty-five feet (45') in height from the average natural grade at
the base of the scoreboard.
6. Organizations sponsoring the scoreboard may include identifying information within the area
allowed for the -scoreboard in a combined amount not to exceed thirty (30%) percent of the total
scoreboard area.
7. No permitted use shall have more than one (1) scoreboard structure equipped with
video/electronic display(s) and no video/electronic display(s) or signage shall be affixed to the
back of the scoreboard.
8. The hours of operation for the video/electronic display portion(s) of the scoreboard shall be
limited to between eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and eleven o'clock (11:00) P.M. with an allowance
of up to thirty (30) minutes before or after a permitted event.
Section 3.
This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after the date of its passage and publication.
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this eighteenth day of August, 2015.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
(;y,:ndr)Krebsbach, Mayo
ATTEST
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