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Su bd. 5 9.12.13 Su hd. 1 Subd. 2 9.12.14 Subd. 1 Su hd. 2 St]hd. 3 9.12.1v, Su bd. 1 All signs, except those attached flat against the wall of a building shall be constructed to withstand minimum wind loads as follows: a. Solid Signs: Thirty (30) pounds per square foot per face of the sign. Open Signs: Thirty-six (36) pounds per square foot of the total face area of the letters and other sign surfaces, or ten (10) pounds per square foot of the gross surface area of the sign, whichever is greater. SIGN INSTALLERS LICENSE No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of erecting, altering, extending, repairing or maintaining signs or sign structures within the City of Ramsey without first having procured a license in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7 (Licensing and Permits). Applicants not engaged in the business of erecting signs who choose to construct and erect a sign on their own property shall be exempt from the provisions of license as stipulated in Chapter 7 of the Ramsey City Code. NON-CONFORMING SIGNS Any businez,.; permanent type signs lawfully existing prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be considered legal non-conforming and shall be allowed to continue in use. Other than for change of copy or normal maintenance, a business sign shall lose the designation "legal non-conforming" if the sign is discontinued for a period of 60 days, expanded, relocated, replaced, altered, or damaged by more than 50% of the sign rnarket value. If any property use or business changes ownership, all non-conforming signs on that property shall be brought into conformity with this Ordinance within fi,t), da:,'~. _twelve (12) months of (he dale on which use or ownership changed. Any D.:si::ess permanent type signs unlawfully existing at the time of adoption of this chapter shall be considered illegal non-conforming and shall be brought into conformity with the Ordinance within twelve (12) months of the date on which this ordinance becomes effective. An), lemporarv signs unlawfully existing lhis chapler~hall be considered illegal removed within thirty (3(l~ days of ordinance. I I I I I I I i I I I I al the time of adoption of I non-conformin~ and shall be the effeclive-date of this I I I I I PERMITS REQUIRED All signs, except those described in Section 9.12.17 (Exemptions) shall require permits and payrnent of fees unless otherwise provided for. No pein'fit is required for the maintenance of a sign or for a change of cop3' on printed, or changeable cop)' signs. Permits are required for all existing, new, relocated, modified or redesigned signs that are not exempted under Section 9.12.17. Sign Ord. Revised January 30, I992 Page 18 of 22