The Crookston Planning Commission met for just a few minutes on Tuesday night to review conditional use permit requests from RiverView Hospital. The two signs in questions would be placed on the northeast and southeast corners of the intersection of South Minnesota Street and College Avenue near Stenshoel-House Funeral Home, and the RiverView Memory Care Center.
City of Crookston Building Official Greg Hefta said this was a separate request from RiverView than the one they made last month, which was for a sign near the intersection of South Minnesota Street and Old Highway 75. “This was a little bit different,” said Hefta. “This was two different additional signs closer to the facility. We just needed to make sure that it was okay with the planning committee to have a little bit of larger signs. Again, for a good cause to give a good reference for directions to the hospital.”
Crookston City Councilman Joe Kresl asked if there was any obstruction issue with the signs, and Hefta explained that initially, the request was for a sign on the island between the lanes on South Minnesota Street, but that was revised to avoid blocking lines of sight. “In the initial condition (request), the sign was going to be in the middle of the road, which we discussed that would be somewhat objectional as far as being in the visual line of sight for people driving,” said Hefta. “So, they revised their signs and made it to the side of the road, which was perfectly appropriate. It was on the island that is in the center of the construction for that South Minnesota Street road. They are on the northeast and southeast corners of the same intersection, just two different parcels across the road from each other.”
The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the signs, with commission member Jen Tate abstaining as she works for RiverView Health.
