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<br />Exemptions. The exemptions permitted by this section shall apply only to the requirement of a permit and fee and
<br />shall not be construed as relieving the installer of the sign, or the owner of the property upon which the sign is
<br />located, from conforming with the other provisions of this division. -
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<br />Temporary signs.
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<br />A window sign not exceeding 30. percent of the window area. r
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<br />Holiday decorations temporarily displayed on traditionally accepted civic, patriotic, or religious holidays. ~
<br />(4,-premises address or nameplate identification, signs having a sign area of four square feet or less. j
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<br />Memorial plaques or tablets, grave markers, statutory, or other remembrances of persons or. events that are
<br />noncommercial in nature.
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<br />Interior signs which are fully located within the interior of any building or stadium, or within an enclosed lobby or
<br />court of any building, or in the lobby or entrance of any theater which are intended solely for information relating to
<br />the interior operation of the building in which they are located.
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<br />Pennants.
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<br />Noncommercial speech signs, as exempted in the Minnesota Statutes.
<br />(Code 1978, §§ 9.12.14, 9.12.16; Ord. No. 94-02, 2-28-1994; Ord No. 03-31, 9.15-2003; Ord. No. 08.07, § 2, 2-12.2008; Ord. No.
<br />08-25, § 2, 8-12-2008) I
<br />State law reference-Exemptions for noncommercial signs, Minn. Stats. § 211 B.045.
<br />Sec. 117-485. -Application.
<br />Application for permits shall be made upon forms provided'by the zoning administrator and shall state or
<br />have attached thereto the following information:
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<br />The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the applicant, the owner of the parcel on which the sign is to be
<br />erected or affixed, the owner of the sign, and the person to be erecting or affixing the sign.
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<br />Type of sign.
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<br />Type of construction materials to be used.
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<br />Location of building, structure or parcel to which, or upon which, the sign is to be attached or erected.
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<br />Position of the sign or other advertising structures in relation to the nearest buildings, structures, public streets,
<br />rights-of-way and property lines, along with location and square footage areas for all existing signs on the same
<br />premises. The drawing showing such position shall be prepared "to scale:'
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<br />Blueprint or ink drawing of the plans and specificafions, and method of construction or attachment to the building or
<br />in the ground, including all dimensions, locating all light sources, wattage, type and color of lights and details of any
<br />lighfshields or shades.
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<br />Copy of stress sheets and calculations, showing the structure is designated for dead load and wind velocity in the
<br />amount required by this division and all other ordinances of the city, if required by the zoning administrator or
<br />building official. The zoning administrator or building official may require addftional information concerning safety.
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<br />An agreement with the city which would authorize and direct the city to remove the sign and sign structure, at the
<br />expense of the applicant, where maintenance is required and the maintenance is not furnished, but only after a
<br />notice of 60 days specifying the maintenance required by the.city.
<br />(Code 1978, § 9.12.17; Ord. No. 94.02, 2.28.1994; Ord. No. 08.07, § 2, 2-12-2008; Ord. No. 08.25, § 2, 8-12.2008;)
<br />Sec. 117-488.-Administration.
<br />The zoning administrator shall process applicatidns for permits. The building official is empowered, upon
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