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PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES Chapter 117 - ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS ARTICLE II. - ZONING DIVISION 8. - SIGNS Subdivision I. - In General Subdivision I. - In General Sec. 117-457. - Purpose. Sec. 117-458. - Substitution clause. Sec. 117-459. - Variations. Sec. 117-460. - Conflict. Sec. 117-461. - Violations. Sec. 117-462. - Removal of sians by the zoning administrator. Sec. 117-463. - General restrictions. Sec. 117-464. - Prohibited sians. Sec. 117-465. - Temporary signs. Secs. 117-466-117-483. - Reserved. Sec. 117-457. - Purpose. The purpose of this division is to protect and promote the general welfare, health, safety and order within the city through the establishment of a comprehensive and impartial series of standards, regulations and procedures governing the erection, use and/or display of devices, signs or symbols serving as a visual communicative media to persons situated within or upon public rights -of -way or properties. The provisions of this division are intended to encourage creativity, a reasonable degree of freedom of choice, an opportunity for effective communication and a sense of concern for the visual amenities on the part of those designing and displaying communicative media for the types regulated by this division, while at the same time assuring that the public health and welfare is not endangered. (Code 1978, § 9.12.01; Ord. No. 94-02, 2-28-1994; Ord. No. 08-07, § 2, 2-12-2008; Ord. No. 08-25, § 2, 8-12-2008) Sec. 117-458. -Substitution clause. The owner of any sign that is otherwise allowed by this division may substitute noncommercial speech in lieu of any other commercial speech or noncommercial speech. The owner of any sign that is otherwise allowed by this division may substitute commercial speech in lieu of any other commercial speech or noncommercial speech. This substitution of copy may be made without any additional approval or permitting. The purpose of this division is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over noncommercial speech, favoring of noncommercial speech over commercial speech, favoring any particular commercial speech over any other commercial speech, or favoring of any particular noncommercial speech over any other noncommercial speech. This division prevails over any more specific provision to the contrary. Sec. 117-459. -Variations. Request for variations from the provisions of this division shall be processed by the applicant applying to the zoning administrator for a conditional use permit, which conditional use permit procedure shall be as prescribed in section 117-50. (Code 1978, § 9.12.24; Ord. No. 94-02, 2-28-1994; Ord. No. 03-31, 9-15-2003; Ord. No. 08-07, § 2, 2-12-2008; Ord. No. 08-25, § 2, 8-12-2008) Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 1 of 7