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Memorializing City Council action taken on November 13, 2013, denying Saint Paul College's request for variances to install a dynamic sign on the northeast portion of the Saint Paul College campus abutting Kellogg Boulevard.
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WHEREAS, Saint Paul College ("SPC"), a two-year comprehensive community and technical college component of the Minnesota State College and University System, duly applied to the Board of Zoning Appeals ("BZA") under DSI File Zoning No. 13-218991 for several variances from the strict application of the sign regulations for RM2 zoning districts set forth under Leg. Code §§ 64.502(a)(3) [setting maximum size regulations generally for "identification signs" in RM2 districts] and .502(a)(4) [refining maximum size regulations for "identification signs" for institutional uses within RM2 districts] in order to install new signs on property commonly known as 235 Marshall Avenue and legally described as set forth in its application in the DSI file noted above; and
WHEREAS, SPC sought several variances to install new campus identification signs: first, SPC desired to place 4 new signs on the north side of the campus' four-story parking ramp. SPC already had a 120 square-foot sign on the campus' north side. The variance for the 4 north side signs totaled 214 square-feet. Second, SPC desired to place a new 3.76 square-foot sign on the east side of campus. SPC already had a 44 square-foot sign on the campus' east side. The east side sign required a variance of 3.76 feet. Third, SPC desired to place 1 new 53 square-foot sign on the south side of campus. SPC already had a 36 square-foot sign on the campus' south side. The south side sign required a variance of 53 square-feet. Finally, along Kellogg Boulevard, which generally abuts the northeast side of the SPC campus, SPC desired to place a new 145 square-foot, full-color "dynamic" sign with changeable display at 30-second intervals. Dynamic signs in RM2 districts are limited t...
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