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Municode <br />Attachment B <br />Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances» PART IL- CODE OF ORDINANCES» Chanter 117 - <br />ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS » ARTICLE II. -ZONING » DIVISION 8. -SIGNS » <br />DIVISION 8. -SIGNS <br />Subdivision I. - In General <br />Subdivision II. -Permit <br />Subdivision III. -District Regulations <br />Ramsey,.Minnesota, Code of Ordinances » PART II -CODE OF ORDINANCES» Chanter 117 - <br />ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS» ARTICLE 11. -ZONING » DIVISION 8; -SIGNS » Subdivision 1. - <br />In General» <br />Subdivision I. - In General <br />Sec. 117-457 -Purpose <br />Sec. 117-458. -Substitution clause. <br />Sec. 117459. -Variations <br />Sec. 117460: -Conflict. <br />Sec. 117-461.-Violations. <br />Sec. 117462. -Removal of sions by the zoning administrator <br />Sec 117463 -General restrict'ons <br />Sec. 117464. -Prohibited signs <br />Sec. 117465. -Temoorarv sions <br />Secs. 117468-117483.-Reserved. <br />Sec. 117-457. -Purpose. <br />The purpose of this division is to protect and promote the general welfare, health, safety and order within <br />the city through the establishment of a comprehensive and impartial series of standards, regulations and <br />procedures governing the erection, use and/or display of devices, signs or symbols serving as a visual <br />communicative media to persons situated within or upon public rights-of--way or properties. The provisions of <br />this division are intended tc encourage creativity, a reasonable degree of freedom of choice, an opportunity for <br />effective communication and a sense of concern for the visual amenities on the part of those designing and <br />displaying communicative media for the types regulated by this division, while at the same time assuring that <br />the public health and welfare is not endangered. <br />(Cotle 1978,, § 9.12.01; Ord. No. 94-02, 2-28-1994; Ord. No. 08-07, § 2, 2-12-2008; Ortl, No. 08-25, § 2, 8-12-2008) <br />Sec. 117.458. -Substitution clause. <br />The owner of any sign that is otherwise allowed by this division may substitute noncommercial speech in <br />lieu of any other commercial speech or noncommercial speech. The gwner of any sign that is otherwise allowed. <br />by this division may substitute commercial speech in lieu of any other commercial speech or noncommercial <br />speech. This substitution of copy may be made without any additional approval or permitting. The purpose of <br />this division is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over noncommercial speech, favoring <br />of noncommercial speech over commercial speech, favoring any particular commercial speech over any other <br />commercial speech, or favoring of any particular noncommercial speech over any other npncommercial <br />speech. This division prevails'over any more specific provision to the contrary. <br />,Sec. 117-459. -Variations. <br />Request for variations from the provisions of this division shall be processed by the applicant applying to <br />the zoning administrator for a conditional use permit, which conditional use permit procedure shall be as <br />http://library.mul~icode.com/print.aspxYclieritID=14286&HTMRequest=http%3a%2fD/o2fli... 5/24/2010 23 <br />