3(c) Ordinance Amendment Establishing an Offsite Sign Overlay District

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I ORDINANCE NUMBER�8-_, SECOND SERIES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER��OF THE CITY CODE ESTABLISHING AN OFFISTE SIGN OVERI.AY DISTRIGT The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: Section �. Purpose and Intent: The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to amend Chapter i�of the Pequot Lakes City Code by creating a new Section i�-6.9, establishing an Offsite Sign Overlay District. Section 2. Section i�-6.9 Offsite Sign Overlay District shall be created and read as follows: I, i�-6.9 Offsite Sign Overlav District(OS) �', i. Purpose and Intent: The pur�ose of the Offsite Sign Overlay District is to ', establish a limited area with safe visibility from Minnesota Highway 37� where offsite signs are allowed,while preserving and protecting the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the city and their property therein situate.The city finds: a. That allowing offsite signs with visibility from Minnesota Highwa�37i serves the public interest by providing o�portunities to businesses � located in the city's historic downtown(amon�other entities and � organizations),which is bypassed by the highway,to reach travelers �, thereon,thus promoting the economic vitalitv of the cit�s downtown. I b. That the City reaffirms the im oD rtaIIt governmental interests served by generall�prohibiting offsite signs in the cit,y as set forth in Section i�- II �.i,but finds that such interests should vield to the public benefit that , would be realized in allowing offsite signs on a limited basis in the '� narrowl,�defined area included in the Offsite Sign Overlav District; �� c. That a minimum distance of 2,00o feet between offsite signs to be �' located within the Offsite Sign OverlaXDistrict is necessary because the � offsite signs will primarily be visible to traffic traveling at h�h rates of , speed on Minnesota Hi hway��, and allowing offsite signs at more ' frequent intervals would constitute an unacceptable risk of distraction � to drivers. I 2. Fstablishment of Offsite Si Overla District: The followin �� establishes the Offsite Sign Overlav District. These properties are also identified on the Offsite Sign Overlay District map. ' a. That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter(NE�,L4 I NW 1/4). Section 2�,Township 136, Range 2A. Crow Wing County, I