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Municode Page 4 of 11 pennants within ten days of notification shall be sufficient cause for the zoning administrator or his designee to remove said pennahts. The property owner shall be billed for all costs incurred by the city in administering this subdivision. Q) Banners. The use of banners is permitted in any commercial district as permanent wall signage provided the banner is securely anchored and maintained in good repair, including replacement or removal when weather damage is evident. The square footage dedicated to banners is limited to 50 percent of the total square footage allowance for wall signs. Facilities choosing to utilize wall banners in addition to other permanent wall signage shall be required to obtain a separate sign permit for the maximum square footage allowed for banners and payment df the permanent sign fee. (k) Flags. The display of flags shall be permitted in all districts. However, the total square footage area of any flags used as advertising copy or as attention getting devices for commercial purposes shall be considered as permanent signage and counted towards the total allowable sign area permitted by this section for the parcel on which the flag is displayed. Flag height is restricted to 25 feet. (I) Directional signs. Directional or instructional signs are restricted to on-site direction and instruction, with the exception of governmental signs, temporary real estate signs and public event signs, and shall not exceed four square feet in size. Such signs shall only provide direction or instruction to guide persons to facilities intended to serve the public. i (m) Maintenance. i The surface and structure of all signs must be kept refinished as necessary to prevent the sign surface from becoming unkempt in appearance. The zoning administrator shall use the following guidelines to determine if the ~ sign is unkempt: evidence of rust, peeling paint, structural damage, message damage, and/or weathering. j (2) When any sign for which a permit is required is removed, the zoning administrator shall be notified and the entice sign and its components shall be removed. (3) The permit owner shall be responsible for all of the requirements of this section, including the liability for expense of removal and maintenance incurred by the city. (n) I Sign content. No sign shall contain obscene images or statements in violation of Minn. Stats. § 617241. (Code 1978, § 9.72.03; Ord. No. 94-02, 2-28-1994; Ord. No. 03-31, 9-15-2003; Ord. No. OS-07, § 2, 2-12-2008; Ord. No. 08-25, § 2, I 8-12.2008) ~ ' Sec. 177-464. -Prohibited signs. (a) '!t"frame or sandwich board signs. "A" frame or sandwich board signs are prohibited. (b) Advertising device signs. Advertising device signs are prohibited except as provided for in section 117-465. (c) Whirling devices, searchlights, stneamers, balloons and other gas-filled figures. Whirling devices, searchlights, streamers, balloons, and other gas filled figures, are prohibited except as a temporary sign as provided for in section 117-465. (d) Flashing orscrolling signs, devices or lights. Flashing signs, devices, or lights are not permitted in any district except as provided for in section 117-463(f). (e) Portable signs. Portable signs are prohibited except as temporary signs as provided for in section 117-465. (~ Projecting signs. No projecting sign shall be permitted in any district. (9) Roof signs. Roof signs are prohibited in ariy zoning district. (h) Signs on parked vehicles. Signs painted or mounted on or attached to vehicles, trailers or equipment where the apparent primary purpose of the vehicle or equipment is to display said sign are prohibited. However, this is not in any way intended to prohibit signs placed on or affixed to vehicles and trailers, such as lettering on motor vehicles, where the sign is incidental to the primary use of the vehicle, trailer and/or any other type of mobile equipment. (i) Signs on trees and utility poles. Signs which are attached or otherwise affixed to trees or other vegetation or utility poles are prohibited. G) http://library.municode.com/print.aspx?clientID=14286&HTMRequest=http%3 a%2f%2fli... 5/24/2010