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Arena Billboards
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Two billboards adver- off renting the billboards
tising private businesses to private businesses.
must be removed from The two men also ob-
Aldrich Arena's sign on jected to the proposal to
White Bear Avenue, the • prohibit future bill-
Maplewood City Council boards, as did a repre-
decided 3-2 Thursday. sentative of the Naegele
The council also split Outdoor Advertising Co.
on a proposal to require "We're telling people
the removal of existing in the advertising busi-
billboards within five ness that they can't op-
years. The proposed or- erate in Maplewood,"
dinance change was ta- Murdock protested.
bled until it can be con- One resident in the au-
sidered by the communi- dience said the prohibi-
ty design review board tion would be senseless.
and the city attorney. "Why don't you take
Voting to deny a re- down the street signs
quest from Ramsey and -let everyone grope
County to continue the around." he suggested
arena billboards were facetiously.
Mayor Robert Bruton The proposed ordi-
a n d Councilmen Nor- nance would outlaw bill-
man Anderson and Don- boards five years after
ald W i e g e r t. Wiegert the measure's passage
said the billboards were by not allowing any
erected 10 years ago to signs larger than 250
provide the county with square feet. The current
revenue for the arena's ordinance allows signs
breader sign." That has up to 800 square feet in
een accomplished, he size.
said, and, "I see no rea-
son to continue the (bill-
board)signs."
There is "sign clutter"
in St. F'aul, two blocks B
from the arena. Wiegert
said, but. "I don't see
why we should continue
it in Maplewood."
He also noted that
some St. Paul officials
are urging the city to re- .
quire the removal of bill-
boards inside St. Paul's
limits within three
years.
Councilmen John
Greavu and Burton Mur-
dock voted against pro- ;
hibiting the arena bill- 1
boards.
"I c a n 't see what I
harm it's doing." Grea- s
vu said. and noted that
the county makes money
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