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MEMORANDUM
TO: Oak Park Heights Mayor and City Council
FROM: Curtis Gutoske
DATE: 23 February 1990
RE: Oak Park Heights - St. Croix Mall
FILE NO: 798.02 - 88.28
In review of the St. Croix Mall sign situation, in particularly,
the MGM and LeSalon sign requests, our office offers the
following outline of the actions available to the City Council.
This outline has resulted from an extensive review of the
situations at hand including conversations with the Mall owners
and subject tenants. The outline contains four basic questions
we feel the Council must decide. They are as follows:
1. Are the existing doors for LeSalon and MGM desirable and do
they fit into the functional circulation patterns of the
Mall, or are they being maintained as a device to circumvent
the intentions of the Sign Ordinance?
2. If the doors are not desirable, does their closure warrant
the placement of exterior signs for MGM and LeSalon via the
provisions of the PUD, and if so, what type of signs?
3. If the doors are acceptable, is the continued use of the
existing LeSalon and MGM signs acceptable as part of the
overall St. Croix Mall comprehensive signage plan?
4. If the existing LeSalon and MGM signs are not acceptable
given the balance of the Mall's signage plan, a specific
time frame should be set for their removal. This time frame
should be responsive to what the City Council deems
acceptable, and not necessarily what the developer has
requested.
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Again, this outline is provided as an aid to the Council in
addressing the MGM and LeSalon sign requests. Should you have
questions regarding its content, please free to call David Licht
or myself at your convenience.
cc: LaVonne Wilson
Lyle Eckberg
Mark Vierling
Brad Henning
Elizabeth Houle
Terry Maglich/Jack Lanners