05-20-2010 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES PEQUOT LAKES PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MAY 20, 2010 7:00 PM PRESENT: Bill Habein, Deb Brown,Tom Adams,Tom Woog,Scott Pederson,John Derksen, Cheri Seils, Mark Hallan(arrived at 7:55pm) ABSENT: None CITY PLANNER: Ben Oleson,AICP ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:Absent CITY COUNCIL LIASIONS: Craig Nagel and Tom Ryan The meeting was called to order by Chairman Woog at 7:03 pm. PUBLIC HEARINGS APPLICANT: City of Pequot Lakes Ordinance Amendment to allow Digital Signs City Planner Oleson explained that Staff had prepared two options for the Council to amend the ordinance.The first option would allow for digital signs,but only those that change no more often than once per hour.The second option would ban digital signs by clarifying that the existing ban on"intermittently lighted signs"includes digital signs. Chairman Woog asked the public if they had any comments on this application.There were none. Bill Habein preferred the option allowing for digital signs, stating that it would still not allow flashing signs and would not be much different than signs where the text can be changed manually. Deb Brown stated she was concerned where the amendment will take the City. Tom Adams said he had been tilting toward allowing digital signs,but has rethought it. He suggests that we leave the language as it is since the City has already spent a lot of time on signage. Chairman Woog agrees that the City has already done visioning and that people didn't want Pequot Lakes to be like Baxter.Woog doesn't feel that digital signs create the right image. Scott Pederson stated that his thoughts might be surprising,but that he recently drove through Hackensack and Cromwell,MN and that he felt their digital signs were not attractive. He would Minutes 1 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission April 20, 2010