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Prior Lake, MN 55372
CITY OF PRIOR LAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 116-27
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1107, GENERAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, OF
THE PRIOR LAKE ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO SIGNAGE
AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE CITY CODE SECTION 104,
WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS CONTAINS PENALTY PROVISIONS
The City Council of the City of Prior Lake, Minnesota, does hereby ordain that:
1. Subsection 1107.501, Sign Definitions, of Section 1107, General Performance Standards, of
the Prior Lake Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting the following definitions in
alphabetical order:
Off-Premises, Identification Sign. A permanent identification sign used to identify the location
of a business or industrial park along a designated county or state highway and may also
include identification of individual businesses located within said business or industrial park.
Off-Premises Identification Signs shall not be included with on-premises signs in determining
the total number or size of signs permitted on any site.
Pylon Sign. A freestanding sign with visible supporting posts or other foundational structure.
2. Subsection 1107.800, Permitted Signs; Sign Permit Required, of Section 1107, General
Performance Standards, of the Prior Lake Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by adding
“Off-Premises, Identification Signs” to Table 2, Signs That Require A Sign Permit.
3. Subsection 1107.800, Permitted Signs; Sign Permit Required, of Section 1107, General
Performance Standards, of the Prior Lake Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting
Subsection 1107.822, Off-Premises Identification Signs, as follows:
1107.822 Off-Premises Identification Signs: Off-premises identification signs shall be
permitted in the C-3, Business Park and I-1, General Industrial Use Districts
provided the requirements set out in this subsection are met.
1) No more than two off-premises identification sign shall be permitted for each
business or industrial park. Business and industrial parks are those properties
that have been platted and developed as a business or industrial park as
determined by the Zoning Administrator.
2) The sign shall be located only on a Property which is part of the business or
industrial park with written permission of the Property owner. The sign may be
located on a Property abutting the business or industrial park only with written
permission of the Property owner and written approval of the Zoning
Administrator.
3) The sign shall be allowed only on Property abutting county or state highways.
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4) The sign shall be constructed as a Ground Monument Sign; Pylon Signs shall not
be permitted.
5) The sign may only contain identification of the business or industrial park and/or
identification of the businesses located within the business or industrial park. A
minimum of thirty (30) percent of the monument sign area shall be dedicated to
identifying the business or industrial park. No more than seventy (70) percent of
the monument sign area shall be dedicated to identification of businesses located
within the business or industrial park. A signage plan and agreement, subject to
the approval of the City of Prior Lake, shall be entered into and recorded against
the Property on which the sign will be located in the business or industrial park.
The agreement shall detail: 1) how the monument sign area will be allocated to
all property owners within the business or industrial park; and 2) how the
monument sign area will be maintained.
6) The sign shall not exceed one-hundred fifty (150) square feet in total area.
Maximum allowable signage shall be computed on the basis of one side of any
double-faced sign. The sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. Sign
height shall be measured from ground grade elevation to the highest point of said
sign. The sign shall have a minimum separation of two-hundred (200) lineal feet
from any Freestanding Signs on the same side of the highway. The sign shall be
set back from all street right-of-way lines a minimum of twenty (20) feet and shall
be set back from all property lines a minimum of ten (10) feet.
4. Section 104 entitled “General Penalty” is adopted in its entirety by reference, as though
repeated verbatim.
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and publication.
Passed by the City Council of the City of Prior Lake this 12th day of December, 2016.
ATTEST:
Frank Boyles, City Manager Kenneth L. Hedberg, Mayor
A summary of this ordinance will be published in the Prior Lake American on the 17th day of
December, 2016.
Affidavit of Publication
Southwest Newspapers
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ORDINANCE 1116.27 Laurie A.Hartmann,being duly sworn,on oath says that she is the publisher or the authorized
AMENDING SECTION 1107, agent of the publisher of the newspapers known as the Shakopee Valley News,Jordan Indepen-
CENERAL PERFORMANCE dent,Prior Lake American and Savage Pacer,and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as
STANDARDS, follows: I
OF THE PRIOR LAKE
ZONING ORDINANCE (A)These newspapers have complied with the requirements constituting qualification as a legal
FE INCE CITY CODE
RELATING TO SIGNAGE ( newspaper,as provided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02,331A.07,and other applicable laws,as
A`t�ADOPTING BY amended.
SECTION 104, rinted public notice that is attached to this Affidavit and identified as No. 7
ICH AMONG OT R (B)The P
THINGS CONTAINS was published on the date or dates and in the newspaper stated in the attached Notice and said
PENALTY PROVISIONS Notice is hereby incorporated as part of this Affidavit.Said notice was cut from the columns of
The following is only a the newspaper specified.Printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z,both
summary of Ordinance No.116 inclusive,and is hereby acknowledged as being the kind and size of type used in the composition
27. The full text will available for and publication of the Notice:
public inspection after December
12, 2016 by any person during -
regular office hours at City Hall abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz
or in the Document Center on the
City of Prior Lake Website. -~
SUMMARY:The Ordinance
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Subsection 1107.501, Sign Laurie A.Hartmann
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Identification Signs to Subsection
1107.800, Permitted Signs; Sign Subscribed and sworn before me on
Permit Required.
This ordinance shall become
effective from and after its f
passage and publication. C L}
Passed by the City Council of this 9 day of �.e' �rZ 1 ,2016
the City of Prior Lake this 12th
Day of December,2016.
ATTEST: h-
Frank Boyles,City ManagerU
Kenneth L.Hedberg,
Mayor Jl 'i ']i` BARK
(Published in the Prior ` _ X ?f4'` ;' Q1JC ,Witi1ESOTA
Lake American� on Saturday,' No ark u lic ` faYG°J '�S�C� ,�Pi�l�e01/3,'',E ?
December 17,2016;No.7857) J
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Lowest classified rate paid by commercial users for comparable space....$31.20 per column inch
Maximum rate allowed by law for the above matter.................................$31.20 per column inch
Rate actually charged for the above matter.............................................. $12.59 per column inch