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The issuing authority shall approve or deny the sign permit in an expedited manner no more than 30 days from the receipt of the complete application, including applicable fee. All permits not approved or denied within 30 days shall be deemed approved. If the permit is denied, the issuing authority shall prepare a written notice of within 10 days its decision, describing the applicant's appeal rights under Section 525.15, and send it by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the applicant. Comment: The timeline for a permit decision is not required to be 30 days. However, the provisions of Minn. Stat. 15.99 would likely apply and require a decision to be made within 60 days, or 120 days with an extension. 570.09 Exemptions. The following signs shall not require a permit. These exemptions, however, shall not be construed as relieving the owner of the sign from the responsibility of its erection and maintenance, and its compliance with the provisions of this ordinance or any other law or ordinance regulating the same. a. The changing of the display surface on a painted or printed sign only. This exemption, however, shall apply only to poster replacement and/or on -site changes involving sign painting elsewhere than directly on a building. b. Signs six (6) square feet or less in size. 570.11. Fees. Sign permit fees are set by Chapter X. 570.13. Repairs. Any sign located in the city which may now be or hereafter become out of order, rotten or unsafe, and every sign which shall hereafter be erected, altered, resurfaced, reconstructed or moved contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be removed or otherwise properly secured in accordance with the terms of this section by the owners thereof or by the owners of the grounds on which said sign shall stand, upon receipt of proper notice so to do, given by the issuing authority. No rotten or other unsafe sign shall be repaired or rebuilt except in accordance with the provisions of this section and upon a permit issued by the issuing authority. 570.15. Removal. In the event of the failure of the owner or person, company or corporation having control of any sign, or the owner of the ground on which the sign is located, to remove or repair said sign within 60 days after the use is terminated, a notice shall be given pursuant to subsection 430.09 and the sign may be removed by the city at the expense of the owner or manager of the sign, or the owner of the ground upon which the sign stands. 570.17. Violations. 8