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SIGNS <br /> <br />PURPOSE <br /> <br /> The purpose of this ordinance is to protect and promote the <br /> general welfare, health, safety and order within the City of <br /> Ramsey through the establishment of a comprehensive and impartial <br /> series of standards, regulations and procedures governing the <br /> erection, use and/or display of devices, signs or symbols serving <br /> as a visual communicative media to persons situated within or <br /> upon public right-of-ways or properties. The provisions of this <br /> ordinance are intended to encourage creativity, a reasonable <br /> degree of freedom of choice, an opportunity for effective <br /> communication and a sense of concern for the visual amenities on <br /> the part of those designing, displaying or otherwise utilizing <br /> needed communicative media of the types regulated by this <br />· ordinance, while at the same time assuring that the public health <br /> and welfare is not endangered. <br /> <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> <br />The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and <br />application of this chapter and the following words and terms, <br />wherever they occur in this ordinance, are defined as follows: <br /> <br />1. "Accessory Use" means a use which is-subordinate to the <br />principal use being made of a parcel of land. Examples: <br />Identification signs, off-street parking, off-street loading, <br />telephone booths, etc. <br /> <br />2. "Advertising Sign" means a sign, generally known as a <br />billboard, which is used to advertise products, goods or <br />services. <br /> <br />3. "Address Sign" means identification numbers only, whether <br />written or in numerical form. <br /> <br />4. "Area Identification Sign" means a free-standing sign which <br />identifies the name of a neighborhood, a residential subdivision, <br />a shopping center consisting of three (3) or more structures, or <br />any combination of the above. <br /> <br />5. "Banners and Pennants" mean attention getting devices which <br />resemble flags and are of a non-permanent paper, cloth or plastic- <br />like consistency. <br /> <br />6. "Bench Sign" means a sign which is affixed to a bench at a <br />bust stop. <br /> <br />7. "Business Sign" means a sign relating in its subject matter <br />to the premises on which it is located, or to products, <br />accomodations, services or activities on the premises on which it <br />is located. <br /> <br /> <br />