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<br />Political Sign - A temporary sign used in connection with any local, state <br />or national election or referendum. <br /> <br />Portable Sign - Any sign designed to be removed and not permanently <br />affixed to the ground or a structure or a building. <br /> <br />Projecting Sign - Any sign, all or any part of which extends beyond the <br />surface of the building or wall by more than sixteen (16) inches. <br /> <br />Public Event - Any event that is authorized by the City, whether funded <br />in part, total or not at all by the City. <br /> <br />Roof Sign - Any sign erected upon the roof of a structure to which it is <br /> <br />affixed. <br /> <br />Roofline - The top line of the coping; or, when the building has a pitched <br />roof, as the intersection of the outside wall with the roof. <br /> <br />Shopping Center - A commercial development consisting of three (3) or <br />more separate commercial establishments sharing a common building, entranceway or <br />parking area. <br /> <br />Sign - Any letter, word or symbol, device, poster, picture, statuary, <br />reading matter, or representation in the nature of an advertisement, announcement, <br />message or visual communication, whether painted, posted, printed, affixed or <br />constructed, which is displayed outdoors for informational or communicative purposes. <br /> <br />Sign Area - That area within the marginal lines of the surface which bears <br />the advertisement, or in the case of messages, figures or symbols attached directly to any <br />part of a building, that area which is included in the smallest geometric shape which can <br />be made to circumscribe the message, figure or symbol displayed thereon. The stipulated <br />maximum sign area for a free standing or ground sign refers to a single facing. <br /> <br />Street Frontage - The proximity of a parcel of land to one (1) or more <br />streets. An interior lot has one (1) street frontage and a comer lot has two (2) such <br />frontages. <br /> <br />Temporary Sign - A sign which is erected or displayed for a limited <br />period oftime and not affixed to a Minnesota State Building Code approved structure. <br /> <br />Wall Sign - Any sign which is affixed to a wall of any building. This <br />definition includes individual letter signs and signs on mansards. <br /> <br />Window Sign - A sign installed inside a window, or any sign placed <br />within a building for the purpose of being visible from the public right-of-way. This does <br />not include merchandise on display. <br /> <br />Ordinance #08-07 <br />Page 4 of 19 <br />