07-1106Presented By
SUBSTITUTE 12/5/07
Council File # 07-1106
Green Sheet # 3046312
ORDINANCE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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An ordinance amending Leg. Code Chap. 64 regulating
signs by permitting the conversion of legal nonconforming
advertising signs ("billboazds") to "dynamic display" signs
in exchange for permanently removing traditional legal
nonconforming advertising signs by adding a definition for
such billboards and promulgating regulations for the
conversion of such signs.
Note: Single underlininQ and �'°�'° °'-����� show the changes from the existing
Sign Chapter of the Zoning Code as submrtted to the Council for first reading on I I/21/07.
Doub[e underlinine and show revisions made by the Planning
Commission when itfinalized its recommendation on 11/16/07 and amendments requested
by the president of the Counci[ prior to the public hearrng on 12/5/07.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
Section 1
That Legislative Code § Sec. 64.104.B and the vazious definitions
contained therein are hereby amended by adding the following new
paragraph under that Section to read:
Billboard with dvnamic displav. A biilboazd on which the sign messa�e
moves or changes, or appears to do sa throu2h any method other than
phvsically removing and replacing the sign or its components, whether such
movement or chanee is in the displav, the sign structure itself, or any other
component of the siEn. This includes a display that incorporates a
technologv or method allowin� the sign face to chan�e the image without
having to replace the si�n face or its components phvsically or mechanically.
This also includes any rotating, revolving, moving, flashin�, blinking, or
animated displav and anv displav that incorporates rotatin�panels, LED
li�hts manipulated through digital input, "digital ink" or any other method or
technologv that allows the si�n face to present a series of images or displays,
except for time and temperature displays that occupv less than twentv (20)
percent of the billboazd face.
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Section 2
That Legislative Code § 64302 entitled "Nonconforming signs;
exceptions," is hereby amended by removing obsolete language regarding
the "move to conformance" and in its place adding new provisions to provide
for and regulate the conversion of existing legal nonconforming billboazds to
ones with dynamic displays so as to read as follows:
Sec. 64.302. Nonconforming advertising signs; e�eeA�ieas conversion to
billboard with dvnamic displav.
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� Intent and �urpose. Studies show that there is a correlation between driver
distraction and accidents. Signs with dynamic displavs can be a cause of driver
distraction. Along highways, signs with dvnamic displays tend to distract drivers if they
are waiting to see the next chan�e, especially if it is a continuation of the messa e o�r if
the transition uses special effects. Siens with lettering that is too small to read at a elance
also cause driver distraction; whereas, typical time and temperature signs, which can be
read at a elance, are not a sienificant distraction. This section allows for the conversion
of illuminated biliboazds to billboards with dynamic displavs subiect to standards that
maintain hiehway safet�
Dynamic displav technolo ieg s can ereativ expand the advertisin�apacitv and eraphic
flexibility of billboazds. However, Section 64.420 nrohibits anv new advertising siQns in
the citv in order to protect and imorove views, aesthetics, communit�pride and
investment, and the visibilitv of local businesses. One nurpose of this chapter is to
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advertisine through the addition of dynamic disnlav technolo�es on existin� billboazds
alone certain freewavs in exchanee for voluntarv reductions in the number of billboards
in the citv.
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(b) Except in a B4 or BS zonin� district, a legallv nonconformine, illuminated billboard
mav be converted to a billboazd with a dmamic disnlav if the following conditions are
met:
� The billboard is located within three hundred thiriv (330) feet of I-94 or
I-35E north of I-94 and is desiaied to be read from the hi�hwav.
� The billboazd is at least one (1) mile measured lineallv alon� the freewav
from any other billboazd with a dvnamic dis�lav desiened to be read bv
drivers headin� in the same direction on the highwav.
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The billboard is not in the visual field of anv residence, reeardless of
municinal boundaries. that is in a residential ar TN traditional
nei¢hborhood zonin� district and has windows which are facinQ and from
which the dvnamic disrolav is directiv visible. Visual field means the cone-
s haroed area in front of a billboard drawn on a maro that extends
pemendicular from the center ofthe sien face for one thousand (1000) feet
with a vertex angle of seventv-five (751 deerees and also includes
neriroheral trianeles on both sides of the cone. which are delineated bv
e tendine the line of the siQn face two hundred (20�1 feet in each direction
from its center and from these two noints connectina to the two outer
points of the cone.
� The owner of the billboard shall arovly for and receive a sien permit for the
conversion from the citv.
� As part of the permit annlication, the applicant shall a¢ree in writin� to
remove permanentiv other existing billboards in the citv; for each sc�uare
foot of dvnamic display space bein¢ created, � six (61 sauare feet of
illuminated billboard faces. or si� ei�ht (81 square feet of non-illuxninated
faces shall be removed Billboards that the arorolicant owns or controlc in
residential zonine districts or anv other
locations desienated for billboard removal bv resolution of the citv council
must be taken down before billboards taken down in other areas of the citv
will be counted towazd this removal reauirement•
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the removal if they have been or will be removed between one (1) veaz
prior to the apnlication and two (2) months followin� the issuance of the
permit. The removals must include the complete removal of the billboard
structures including the foundations of any freestandine billboards.
Prior to approval of the si¢n permit, the applicant must aezee in writin�
that the cit�may remove the billboards if the applicant has not done so
before the new electronic message si�n is nut into operation, and the
auvlicant must submit a cash deposit or letter of credit acceptable to the
city to �av the citv's cost for that removal. The applicant must also ag�ee
in writing that the removal of the billboards is done voluntarily and the
applicant has no right, under anv law, to comvensation from any
�overnmental unit for the removed si�ns.
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nermanentiv removed (includine the sien or disalav surface and all
elements of the sien structurel far roumoses of dvnamic disnlav conversion
under this section or when a billboard is roermanentiv removed for anv
other reason. and the owner of the removed billboard surrenders in writina
anv state and local nermits nreviouslv issued for the removed billboard. no
new si¢n and/or siQn structure roermit will be issued for the real nroroertv
on which the removed billboard was located.
� If the removed siais are ones for which a state nermit is required the
apnlicant and owners must surrender such permits to the state. The
billboard with a dmamic displav mav not be nut into operation until roof
is provided to the citv that such state �ermits have been surrendered.
� In addition to the other re¢ulations in this cha�ter, a billboard with a dmamic
displav shall conform to the following overational standards:
� All alpha-numeric copy must be at least fifteen (15) inches hieh.
� The ima�es and messages disnlaved must be static. and the transition from
one static disvlay to another must be direct and immediate without any
snecial effects.
� Each ima�e and messa¢e displayed must be comulete in itself, and mav
not continue on the subsectuent one.
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Each imaee and messa�e must remain constant for at least � twelve
(121 seconds before chaneing to the next one.
No sign mav be bri�hter than necessarv for clear and adequate visibilitv.
�6,� No si�n may be of such intensitv or brilliances as to impair the vision of a
driver with avera�e evesight orto otherwise interfere with drivers'
oneration of their vehicles.
�7,1 No sign mav be of such intensitv or brilliance that it interferes with the
effectiveness of an official traffic si�n, device, �€ si�nal, or the safetv of
the ublic, or located where it would do so, as determined bv the city
traffic en�neer.
� A billboard converted for dmamic dis l�ay, on which more than twenty
(20) percent of the sien face is chan�eable, must have a mechanism that
automatically adjusts the sien's bri�htness in response to ambient
conditions. It must also be equipped with a means to turn off the displav
or li¢hting immediately if it malfunctions, and the sien owner or oroerator
must turn off the sign or liehtinQ immediately uvon notification by the city
that si¢n malfunctions are causing it to be out of compliance with the
operational standards in this section.
� A billboard with a dvnamic disnlav should not annear to be brighter than
billboards with extemal liehtin¢. The billboard's o�vner or onerator must
adjust the sign to meet � this brightness standards in accordance with the
city's instntctions. The adiushnent must be made immediatel uvon
receivin� a notice of non-com�liance from the city however the si¢n
owner or operator mav appeal the city's notice of non-compliance to the
board of zoning appeals.
Section 3
That Legislative Code § 64.201 entitled "Duties of the zoning administrator" is a
housekeeping measure intended to reflect the reassignment of responsibility for sign
variances from the Planning Commission to the Board of Zoning Appeals previously
approved in Council File No. OS-632 so that Leg. Code § 64.201(e), in order to remain
consistent with other paragraphs in the Zoning Code, shall read as follows:
Sec. 64.201 Duties of the zoning administrator
(e) The zoning administrator shall not grant any variances with respect to this chapter in
can•ying out his duties as zoning administrator. Variances may be granted by the
board of zonin� apneals. The zoning administrator shall grant a
permit upon a finding of compliance with the conditions imposed by this chapter.
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Section 4
This ordinance amending Legislative Code §§ 64.104.B, 64302 and 64.201 shall
become effective thiriy (30) days after its passage, approval and publication.
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'�, Adoption oF amendments to the Zoning Code for electronic billboazds. The City Council established a moratorium on the conversion
of bdlboards to digital technologies on Ol/24/O6. New regulations must be adopted and published by 12/21/07.
_�_ Planning Commission
CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this person/firm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Dces this personlfirtn possess a sWll not normalty possessed by any �
current city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separote sheet and attach to green sheet
'�, Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, Nlhen, Where, Why):
'. In January 2006, Cleaz Channel put up an electronic billboard that automa6cally changes messages every eight seconds. IYs on I-94
; �ust east of downtown. The City Council impos,ed a one-yeaz moratorium and asked for a planning study and recommendations on
' the regulahon of elecVOnic billboazds. The Planning Commission has prepazed the attached ordinance together with a study, �ch will
, be forwarded a week later than the ordinance.
' Advantages If Ap oved:
�, The conversio�xisting billboards to elecironic technologies will be regulated with regard to location and operations. Some
' billboazds along I-94 and I-35E could be comerted, but not a3ong Hwy 52, Hwy 28Q or I-35E near Shepazd Road. The ordinance
! has operational standards to minimize driver distraction, and a trade-down requirement. Roughly ten billboards would be removed for
I each electronic conversion.
�, Disadvantages If Approved:
�', The proposed ordinance could potentially allow the conversion of [en or fifteen existing freeway billboards on I-94 and I-35E north
of downtown. Although electronic billboards aze not measurabley brighter than other lighted billboareds, they appear to be shazper
; and to have brigh[er colors. Allowing elec[ronic billboazds will inevitably lead to some complaints.
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
' If the moratorium expires, more electronic billboard conversions will happen without regulations. The altemative of prohibiting
'� electronic billboards was considered, but would be difficult to sustain legally given state law on nonconforming uses.
Trensaction:
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An ordinance amending Leg. Code Chap. 64 regulating
s�igns by permitting the conversion of legal nonconforming
adve�ising signs ("billboards") to "dynamic display" signs
in exch�nge for penmanently removing traditional legal
nonconforming advertising signs by addang a definition for
such billbo`ards and promulgating regulations for the
conversion of�such signs.
Note: Sinzle underlinin2 and si�
Sign Chapter of 1he Zoning Code
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Commission when it finalized its ;
�ttg#s show the changes from the existing
to the Council for first reading on 11/21/07.
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ion on 11/16/07.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAI�T PAUL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
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Section 1 �
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That Legislative Code § Sec. 64.104.B and t e various definitions
contained therein is hereby amended by adding the fo wing new paragraph
under that section to read: �
component of the sign This includes a disrolav that incorporates a
This also includes any rotatinQ, revolvina movinp flashine blinkin¢ or
animated disnlav and an�disnlav that incorporates rotatine vanels LED
l�ts manipulated through dieital in�ut. "digital ink" or anv other method or
technoloev that allows the sign face to present a series of imaees or disnlavs
excent for time and temroerature disnlays that occupy less than twentY (20)
percent of the billboard face.
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Green Sheet # 3046312
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Section 2
That Legislative Code § 64302 entitled "Nonconforming signs;
exceptions," is hereby amended by removing obsolete language regarding
the "move to conformance" and in its place adding new provisions to provide
f�and regulate the conversion of existing legal nonconforming billboazds to
ones�with dynamic dispiays so as to read as follows:
Sec. 64 �02. Nonconforming advertisinE signs; e�ee�ie$sconversion to
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maintain highway safetv.
benefits both to the nublic and to billboard owners. This section allows increased
advertisine throu¢h the addition of dvnamic displav technolo¢ies on existina billboards
alonQ certain freewavs in exchanee for voluntarv reductions in the number of billboards
in the citv.
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96 ���, drivers headin¢ in the same direction on the hi wav.
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freestandin� billboards.
�plicant has no riQht, under anv law, to comnensation &om anv
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No application mav be approved if the removed billboards can be le�ally
rebuilt. If the application is approved the sig_n nermit shall specify terms
and conditions for assurin� the permanence of the removals, which mav
include penalties such as liquidated damaees. The terms and conditions
shall give assurance to the citv that the owners of the properties from
which billboazds are removed will not have anv riQht under anv law to
re-establish the billboazds or to receive compensation from any
�overnmental unit for the removed billboards.
effectiveness of an official traffic sian, device, or si�nal; or located where
it would do so, as determined bv the city traffic en ig neer•' ,
(20) nercent of the sip,n face is chanaeable, must have a mechanism that
automatically adiusts the sign's brightness in response to ambient e.
conditions. It must also be equipped with a means to tum off the display
that sian maifunctions are causing it to be out of com�liance with the
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operational standazds in this section.
The billboard owner or operator must adiust the si�n to meet the
brightness standazds in accordance with the citv's instructions. The
adjustment must be made immediatelv unon receivinQ a notice of
non-com�liance from the citv: however, the sim owner or operator may
appeal the citv's notice of non-compliance to the boazd of zonine avpeals.
Section 3
189 That Legisl tive Code § 64.201 entitled "Duties of the zoning administrator" is a
190 housekeeping meas� intended to reflect the reassignment of responsibility for sign
191 variances from the Pl ing Commission to the Boazd of Zoning Appeals previously
192 approved in Council File o. OS-632 so that Leg. Code § 64.201(e), in arder to remain
193 consistent with other para hs in the Zoning Code, shall read as follows:
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195 Sec. 64.201 Duties of the zonin administrator
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197 (e) The zoning administrator shall no ant any variances with respect to this chapter in
198 carrying out his duties as zoning admini ator. Variances may be granted by the
199 � board of zonin a e s. The zoning administrator shall grant a
200 permit upon a finding of compliance with the onditions imposed by this chapter.
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Requested tiy�Department of:
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Form Approved by Mayor for Submission
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Kathy,
Thanks for the inquiry. I'm working on fi�ishing the packet with the Planning Commission's Electronic
Billboards Study and will deliver it to the Council offices by 1 p.m. today. I will be at the meeting this
afternoon for first reading of the ordinance and can answer questions if the Council wants to ask any.
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO PUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S AMENDED VERSION OF THE
ORDINANCE ON THE FLOOR?
The answers to your questions are:
1. The revised ordinance containina the Planninq Commission's recommendations is attached. They
made three changes to the ordinance in the Council's packet for first reading today:
a. Increase the time interval for message changes from 8 seconds to 12 seconds. Motion by Jim
Bellus, second by Bob Cudahy. In the discussion, this idea was mainly advocated by Barb Wencl.
Motion passed on a vote of 12-1 (Morton) with two abstentions (Commers, Margulies).
b. Increase the trade-down ratios from 4:1 (lighted boards) and (unlighted boards) to 6:1 (lighted)
and 8:1 (unlighted). This was part of the same motion by Bellus, seconded by Cudahy, and the same
vote of 12-1-2.
c. Add a requirement directing that billboard must be removed first from the following areas:
downtown, River Co�ridor, historic dist�icts, residentia/ly zoned /and, and any other locations
designated bya Planning Commission orCityCounci/�esolution. This amendment was debated.
Some members advocated an incentive for billboard removal in these priority areas in the form of a
lower trade-down ratio of 4:1 (Rich Kramer, Kristina Smitten, George Johnson). Others favored a
mandate that removals must come from these target areas first (Steve Gordon, Bob Spaulding, ]im
Bellus). The advocates of mandatory removal from priority areas won on a vote of 7 to 6 with 2
abstentions; motion by Gordon, second by Spaulding. Then the general motion to set priority areas,
including mandatory removal, passed on a vote of 10 to 3(Kramer, Smitten, Alton) with 2 abstentions;
although the motion for priority areas with an incentive had been made earlier by Smitten, seconded
by Kramer.
Then the overall resolution recommending the Electronic Billboard Ordinance and forvvarding the
Planning Commission's study passed on a unanimous voice vote with two abstentions.
Larry S.
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An dinance amending Leg. Code Chap. 64 regulating
signs b pernutting the conversion of legal nonconfornung
advertisi signs ("billboazds") to "dynamic display" signs
in exchang or permanently removing traditional legal
nonconformin advertising signs by adding a definition for
such billboards d promulgating regulations for the
conversion of such igns.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY O SAINT PAUL DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
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That Legislative Code § Sec. 64.104'. and the various definitions
contained therein is hereby amended by addin the following new paragraph
under that section to read:
exceqt for time and temqerature displavs that occupv less than twenty (201
percent of the billboard face.
Section 2
That Legislative Code § 64.302 entitled "Nonconforming signs;
exceptions," is hereby amended by removing obsolete language regazding
the "move to conformance" and in its place adding new provisions to provide
for and regulate the conversion of existing legal nonconforming billboards to
ones with dynamic displays so as to read as follows:
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Sec. 64.302. Nonconforming adverkisin� signs; e�ee�ieasconversion to
billboard with dvnamic display.
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maintain hi�hwav safetv.
in the citv.
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� The billboard is located within three hundred thirty (330) feet of I-94 or
I-35E north of I-94 and is desiened to be read from the hiehwav.
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87 � The billboard is at least one (1) mile measured lineallv along the freeway
88 from anv other billboazd with a d�namic displav desiened to be read by
�89 drivers headin¢ in the same direction on the hi wav.
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� Onlv one sign face on a billboazd structure is converted.
� The billboard is more than one thousand (1.0001 feet from any residence,
reeazdless of municioal boundaries, that is in a residential or TN
\ traditional nei¢hborhood zonine district and has windows which are facin�
and from which the dynamic dis�lav is directly visible.
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governmental unit for the removed si�
govemmental unit for the removed billboazds.
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is urovided to the citv that such state nermits have been surrendered.
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134 � In addition to the other reeulations in this chauter, a billboard with a dmamic
`�135 displav shall conform to the followin� operational standazds:
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� All alnha-numeric copy must be at least fifteen (15) inches hi�
� The images and messaees displaved must be static, and the transition from
`,, one static displav to another must be direct and immediate without any
special effects.
�, Each image and messa�e disnlaved must be comnlete in itself, and may
�not continue on the subsequent one.
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� Each ima�e and messaee must remain constant for at least ei t(81
seconds before changina to the next one.
�5,� No si n mau be brighter than necessarXfor clear and adequate visibility.
� No sign may be'of such intensitv or brilliances as to im�air the vision of a
� No sign mav be of sucirintensity or brilliance that it interferes with the
effectiveness of an official traffic sign, device, or signal, or located where
it would do so, as determined by the citv traffic en ig neer•
� A billboard converted for dvnamic dis�lay, on which more than twenty
(20) nercent of the sign face is changeable, must have a mechanism that
automatically adjusts the sien's brie�itness in resvonse to ambient
operational standards in this section.
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Section 3
That Legislative Code § 64.201 entitled "Duties of the zoning administrato " is a
housekeeping measure intended to reflect the reassignment of responsibility for sig�
variances from the Planning Commission to the Boazd of Zoning Appeals previously
approved in Council File No. OS-632 so that Leg. Code § 64.201(e), in order to remam
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consistent with other paragraphs in the Zoning Code, shall read as follows:
Sec. 64.201 Duties of the zoning administrator
�e) T'he zoning administrator shall not grant any variances with respect to this chapter in
carry�ing out his dufies as zoning administrator. Variances may be granted by the
� board of zonin¢ appeals. The zoning administrator shall grant a
permit uptan a finding of compliance with the conditions imposed by this chapter.
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This ordinan�c.e shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage, approval
and publication.
Requested by Department oE
Plannin an onom c Develo ment
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Form Approved by City Attomey
By: ,v��i� !l-/�-v�
Form Approv ayor for Submission
TO Couti'�
By:
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Council President Lantry, Councilmembers Montgomery, Thune, Harris, Benana�,
Helgen, and Bostrom -
My name is Andrew Hine and I live amongst Clear Channel's litter in the West
End. I am not here today to ask you to take anyone to court. I just want you to
know how I feel about old-style billboards, new-fangled billboards, and the United
States of America.
Clear Channel can easily be considered the worst absentee landlord in Saint Paul.
No one else is more responsible for littering our neighborhood than they are. I
can't tell you how many pieces of sign faces I have found polluting the landscape.
You can see pieces of them in my garage, and you can ask Ya Ya Diatta how many
times I have asked these litterers to be fined. Why do they continue to get away
with it, I ask you?
My grandfather taught me to make sure you are able to take care of what you
already have before you go off accumulating more things. Clearly Clear Channel
cannot properly take care of the property they have and have no business taking on
the complications involved with electronic billboards. Once the vandals find out
how much fun it is to ruin them, there will be even less concern and money for the
disgusting things in my neighborhood and in yours.
I have a tendency toward photographing peeling billboards. Not because I think
it's fun — I do it to prove to you and to the world that the billboard industry does
not care one iota about Saint Paul and so there is no particular reason for you to
care about them. These photos are ugly, and anyone who thinks otherwise has lost
touch with reality. For the record, here is a small sampling of the photos I have
taken recently. <photos>
The so-called "economic engine" created by the electronic board between E 7` and
I-94 does nothing but pollute Saint Paul. ALL the money that exchanges hands in
this deal is clearly channeled to people in cities OTHER than Saint Paul. Even
little Marvin over here lives across the river. He and all the other selfish, greedy
billboard pigs make money by trying to convince people in their cars to buy cable
TV and watch stupid, mind-numbing programs. They make money by trying to get
us to the casinos. They make money trying to get us to drink some crap out-of-
state beer. They don't care about you or me. They could care less about Saint
Paul. They don't care about a better, stronger America — they want us all to be
broke and dnank in front of the television set.
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