Res 2013-22
RESOLUTION NO. 2013 - 22
A RESOLUTION APPROVING SPECIAL USE PERMIT SP# 13-04
FOR SCENIC SIGN CORPORATION, ON BEHALF OF WALMART, THE PROPERTY
OWNER OF SAM’S CLUB, LOCATED AT 8150 UNIVERSITY AVENUE NE
WHEREAS, Section 214.07.01 of the Fridley City Code allows electronic changeable signs in
commercial zoning districts by a special use permit if certain conditions can be met; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2013, the Fridley Planning Commission held a public hearing to
consider a request by Scenic Sign Corporation, on behalf of the property owner of 8150 University
Avenue NE in Fridley, legally described in Exhibit B, for a special use permit SP# 13-04 for an
electronic changeable sign; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2013, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of
Special Use Permit, SP #13-04; and
WHEREAS, on April 8, 2013, the Fridley City Council approved the stipulations represented in
Exhibit A to this resolution as the conditions approved by the City Council on special use permit
SP# 13-04; and
WHEREAS, Section 205.05.5.G of the Fridley City Code states that this special use permit will
come null and void one year after the City Council approval date if work has not commenced or if
the petitioner has not petitioned the City Council for an extension; and
WHEREAS, the petitioner, was presented with Exhibit A, the stipulations for SP# 13-04, at the
April 8, 2013 City Council meeting;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Special Use Permit SP# 13-04 and stipulations
represented in Exhibit A are hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Fridley.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 8
DAY OF APRIL, 2013.
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SCOTT J. LUND – MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DEBRA A. SKOGEN - CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
SP# 13-04 Special Use Permit for an Electronic Changeable Sign
Sam’s Club, 8150 University Avenue NE, Fridley, MN 55432
Stipulations:
1.The petitioner shall obtain sign permit and current sign erector license prior to installing
any signage on site.
2.Message on L.E.D. sign shall not change more often than authorized under Section
214.07 of the Fridley City Code.
3.Message on L.E.D. sign shall never flash or have motion that may distract vehicular
traffic in the area.
4.Per Section 205 of the Fridley City Code, this Special Use Permit will become null and
void one year after the City Council approval date if work has not commenced or if the
Petitioner has not petitioned the City Council for an extension.
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EXHIBIT B
SP# 13-04 Special Use Permit for an Electronic Changeable Sign
Sam’s Club, 8150 University Avenue NE, Fridley, MN 55432
Legal Description:
ND
Lot 1, Block 1, WALTON 2 ADDITION
That Judicial Landmarks have been placed pursuant to Torrens Case #T-1944 at the Northeast
corner, the Northwest corner, the Southwest corner, and the Southeast corner of the North 425.23
feet of the South 877.87 feet of all that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 2, Township 30, Range 24, Anoka County, Minnesota lying Westerly of State Trunk
Highway 47.
Subject:
To a street and utility of the City of Fridley over the West 33 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 30, Range 24.
Subject to drainage and utility easement as shown on Plat, VANTAGE COMPANIES
ADDITION, filed as Document Number 151192 on May 21, 1986.
Subject, however:
To the rights of the State of Minnesota to erect temporary snow fences upon the lands adjacent to
Truck Highway No. 47 and the right of access taken by the State of Minnesota being the right of
ingress to and egress from Trunk Highway No. 47, except for the right of access retained over
the South 33 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 30,
Range 24, and also except for the right of access retained as evidenced by Final Certificate dated
August 27, 1969, recorded September 23, 1969, in Book 841 on page 462 in the office of the
Anoka County Register of Deeds;
To a street and utility easement of the City of Fridley, Minnesota, over the following portions of
said premises:
(a) Commencing at the Southwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 2, T-30, R-24, thence North along the West line of said Southwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter to a point located 33 feet North of the South line of said Southwest Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, as measured at right angles to said South line, thence East
parallel to said South line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter to a point located
33 feet East of the West line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter as measured at
right angles to said west line, said point being the actual point of beginning, thence continuing
East along a line parallel to the South line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 2 a distance of 40 feet, thence deflect to the left 135 degrees along a line in a
Northwesterly direction to a point located in a line which is parallel to and 33 feet East of the
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EXHIBIT B (Continued)
West line of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, thence South along
the East line of the West 33 feet of said Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter back to the
actual point of beginning and there terminating.
(b) To a street and utility easement of the City of Fridley over the West 33 feet, and South 33
feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section2, Township 30, Range 24,
except that part already taken for State Trunk Highway #47.
Subject:
To a street and utility easement of the City of Fridley over the West 33 feet of the Southwest
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 30, Range 24.
Subject, however:
To a utility easement of the City of Fridley, Minnesota, over the West 20 feet of the Easterly 115
feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 30, Range 24,
lying westerly of and adjacent to the West line of Trunk Highway No. 47 as shown in Document
No. 92831.
To the rights of State of Minnesota to erect temporary snow fences upon the lands adjacent to
Trunk Highway 47 and the right of access taken by the State of Minnesota being the right of
ingress to and egress from Trunk Highway No. 47 as evidence by Final Certificate dated August
27, 1969, recorded September 23, 1969, in Book 841 on page 462 in the office of the Anoka
County Register of Deeds.
AND
Outlot A, Walton Addition
That judicial Landmarks have been placed pursuant to Torrens Case #T-1994 at the Northeast
corner, the Northwest corner, the Southwest corner, and the Southeast corner of the North 425.23
feet of the South 877.87 feet of all that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 2, Township 30, Range 24, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying Westerly of State Trunk
Highway 47.
Subject:
To street and utility easement of the City of Fridley over the West 33 feet of the Southwest
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 30, Range 24.