Agenda - Planning Commission - 06/03/2010

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not speci£cally a sign may be permitted up to four weeks per year, for one week at a time: (Code ]978, § 9.]1.05; Ord. No. 94-01, 2-28-1994; Ord. No. OS-07, §2, 1-II-1008; Ord No. 0&25, §2, B-II-2008) Sec. 117-454. -Required; exemptions. (a) All permanent signs shall obtain a permit prior to installation. This permit is reviewed by the zoning administrator and the building official, or their assigns, for conformance with the regulations described herein. Temooran• simts shall obtain a permit in accordance with Sec. 117-465 of this Section. (b) Exemptions. The exemptions permitted by this section shall apply only to the requirement of a permit and fee and shall not be construed as relieving the installer of the sign, or the owner of the property upon which the sign is located, from conforming with the other provisions of this division. ' - (2) A window sign not exceeding 30 percent of the window azea: - - (3) Holiday decorations temporarily displayed on traditionally accepted civic, patriotic, or religious holidays. (4) On-premises address or nameplate identification signs having a sign area of four squaze feet or less. (5) Memorial plaques or tablets, gave matkers, statutory, or other remembrances of persons or events that aze noncommercial in nature. (6) Interior signs which are fully located within the interior of any building or stadium, or within an enclosed lobby or court of any building, or in the lobby or entrance of any theater which aze intended solely for information relating to the interior operation of the building in which they aze located. ~ . (7) Pennants. (8) Noncommercial speech signs, as exempted in the Minnesota Statutes. (Code 1978, §§ 9.12.14, 9.11.16; Ord. Na. 94-02,1-18-1994; Ord. No. 03-37, 9-TS-1003; Ord. No. 08-07, §2, 2-12-1008; Ord No. 08-15, §2, 8-72-2008) Sec. 117-519. -Business type districts. (a) Business use signs. (1) Wall, canopy or marquee sign. Total sign area may not exceed 15 percent ofthe front building facade. Businesses in multitenant buildings shall be allowed the proportionate share of the total wall sign azea. The total wall signage permitted may be distributed on'any other building facade. Sign height shall not exceed [he top of the pazapet wall or, if no parapet wall, sign height shall not exceed the height of the eaves. A wall, canopy or mazquee sign may be located on the outermost wall of any principal building but shall not project more than 16 inches from the wall to which the sign is to be affxed. The Boss surface area of a wall, canopy or marquee sign may be increased by ten percent if such wall . sign: a. Consists only of individual, outlined alphabe[iq numeric and/or symbolic chazacters without backgound except that provided by the building surface to which the sign is to be affixed; and b. Illumination, if any, is achieved through shielded illumination, shielded silhouette lighting, or shielded spot lighting but not any lighting where the light source is visible or exposed on [he face or sides of the characters. (2) Ground sign. There shall not be more than one ground sign for each pazcel or par toad frontaee on parcels ~a'ith more than one (11 road fronmee, not to exceed an aeereeate of t`i•o (21 ground signs. The Boss surface azea of a Bound sign shall not exceed 100 square feet for each exposed face nor exceed an aggegate Boss surface area of 200 square feet. Fo7sarcels oualih•ine for nvo (21 ground liens. the second ground siQn_shall nut exceed 50 square feet for each 20