Res 2012-106 Approve Variance 2030 Dodd Rd LED SIgnCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2012 -106
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE
FOR AN ELECTRONIC SIGN DISPLAY AT 2030 DODD ROAD
WHEREAS, Sean Hoffman, on behalf of Mendota Heights BP, has applied for a variance to
install LED gas prices on a new monument sign at 2030 Dodd Road (PID 27- 02500 -50 -020, Section 25, Twn
28, Range 23, PT OF W 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 COM ON CEN TH # 49 275 FT SW OF ITS INT WITH
TH # 100 SE AT 90D 143 FT SW AT 90D 117 FT NW 149.29 FT TO CEN TH # 49 NE ON CEN 159.9 FT
TO BEG SUBJ TO TH #49) as proposed in planning case 2012 -32; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on this matter at their regular
meeting November 27, 2012.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council that a
variance as proposed in planning case 2012 -32 is hereby approved with the following findings of
fact:
1. The property is unique in that numerous properties rely on changeable copy messages.
2. The practical difficulties noted by the applicant relate to the operational factors of the business, rather
than the property.
3. The alternative sign technology is necessary to make reasonable use of the property.
4. The zoning ordinance permits changeable copy signs, but not the proposed technology, and as such
changeable copy signs are not prohibited.
5. Although the sign would be to the proposed site under this application, approval could lead to a
precedent in considering similar applications in the area.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this fourth day of December 2012.
CITY COUNCIL
NDOTA HEIGHTS
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
Sandra Krebsbach,
Receipt# 244748
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2012-106
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE
FOR AN ELECTRONIC SIGN DISPLAY AT 2030 DODD ROAD
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By: TMB, Deputy
Joel T. Beckman County Recorder
Dakota County, MN
WHEREAS, Sean Hoffinan, on behalf of Mendota Heights BP, has applied for a variance to
install LED gas prices on a new monument sign at 2030 Dodd Road (PID 27-02500-50-020, Section 25, Twn
28, Range 23, PT OF W 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF SW 1/4 COM ON CEN TH # 49 275 FT SW OF ITS INT WITH
TH # 100 SE AT 90D 143 FT SW AT 90D 117 FT NW 149.29 FT TO CEN TH # 49 NE ON CEN 159.9 FT
TO BEG SUBJ TO TH #49) as proposed in planning case 2012-32; and
'WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on this matter at their regular
meeting November 27, 2012.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mendota Heights City Council that a
variance as proposed in planning case 2012-32 is hereby approved with the following findings of
fact:
1. The property is unique in that numerous properties rely on changeable copy messages.
2. The practical difficulties noted by the applicant relate to the operational factors of the business, rather
than the property.
3. The alternative sign technology is necessary to make reasonable use of the property.
4. The zoning ordinance permits changeable copy signs, but not the proposed technology, and as such
changeable copy signs are not prohibited.
5. Although the sign would be to the proposed site under this application, approval could lead to a
precedent in considering similar applications in the area.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this fourth day of December 2012.
CITY COUNCIL
F NDOTA HEIGHTS
Lorri Smith, City Clerk
Sandra Krebsbach, or
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF DAKOTA
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
) s.s.
I, Lorri Smith, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Mendota Heights, do hereby certify that
the attached Resolution 2012 -106: Resolution Approving a Variance for an Electronic Sign Display
at 2030 Dodd Road is an exact copy of said Resolution on file in my office adopted by the Mendota
Heights City Council on December 4, 2012.
Signed and sealed by my hand on this 17th day of December 2012.
Lorri Smith
City Clerk
(SEAL)