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Sec. 117 -457. - Purpose. <br />Sec. 117 -458. - Substitution clause. <br />Sec. 117 -459. - Variations. <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />PART II - CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />Chapter 117 - ZONING AND SUBDIVISIONS <br />ARTICLE II. - ZONING <br />DIVISION 8. - SIGNS <br />Subdivision I. - In General <br />Subdivision I. - In General <br />Sec. 117 -457. - Purpose. <br />Sec. 117 -458. - Substitution clause. <br />Sec. 117 -459. - Variations. <br />Sec. 117 -460. - Conflict. <br />Sec. 117 -461. - Violations. <br />Sec. 117 -462. - Removal of signs by the zoning administrator. <br />Sec. 117 -463. - General restrictions. <br />Sec. 117 -464. - Prohibited signs. <br />Sec. 117 -465. - Temporary signs. <br />Secs. 117 -466 -117 -483. - Reserved. <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 <br />provisions of this division are intended to encourage creativity, a reasonable degree of freedom of choice, <br />an opportunity for effective communication and a sense of concern for the visual amenities on the part of <br />those designing and displaying communicative media for the types regulated by this division, while at the <br />same time assuring that the public health and welfare is not endangered. <br />(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, <br />8 -12 -2008) <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 owner of any sign that is otherwise <br />allowed by this division may substitute commercial speech in lieu of any other commercial speech or <br />noncommercial speech. This substitution of copy may be made without any additional approval or <br />permitting. The purpose of this division is to prevent any inadvertent favoring of commercial speech over <br />noncommercial speech, favoring of noncommercial speech over commercial speech, favoring any <br />particular commercial speech over any other commercial speech, or favoring of any particular <br />noncommercial speech over any other noncommercial speech. This division prevails over any more <br />specific provision to the contrary. <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 />prescribed in section 117 -50. <br />(Code 1978, § 9.12.24; Ord. No. 94 -02, 2 -28 -1994; Ord. No. 03 -31, 9 -15 -2003; Ord. No. 08 -07, § 2, <br />2 -12 -2008; Ord. No. 08 -25, § 2, 8 -12 -2008) <br />Ramsey, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances <br />