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Subd. 3 Advertising Signs (aka billboards) Advertising signs shall only be allowed in the B-3 Highway Business District subject to the following requirements: Advertising signs are prohibited within one hundred (100) feet of the intersection of the Highway right-of-way and any other right-of-way or driveway. Advertising signs are prohibited within one-thousand two hundred (1200) feet of another advertising sign on the same side of the right-of-way. All advertising signs shall be erected with a single pole or mono-pole structural standard and shall have underground wiring. The base of any advertising sign must be landscaped with at least grass and must be properly maintained. Advertising signs shall not exceed three hundred (300) square feet in area nor twenty-five (25) feet in height as measured perpendicularly from the height of the highest point of the sign structure to the grade level directly below the sign. The existing grade may not be altered for the purpose of increasing sign height. Advertising signs shall be considered a principal use of the property. Advertising signs must be removed when the parcel upon which they are situated is devoted to another principal use. The City shall perform a yearly inspection of the advertising devices to ensure compliance of said advertising structure with the provisions of this section and other provisions of this Ordinance. The fee for said inspection shall be set by the Ramsey City Council by resolution. Illumination, if any, shall be achieved through shielded illumination, shielded silhouette lighting, or shielded spot lighting, but not any lighting where the light source is visible or exposed. 9.12.09 INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS WAREHOUSE TYPE DISTRICTS a) Wail, Canopy or Marquee Sign. There shall not be more than one (1) wall sign for each principal building except where the building abuts two or more streets, additional such signs, one (1) oriented to each abutting street, shall be permitted. The gross surface area of a wall sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) percent of the area of the building wall, including doors and windows, to which the sign is to be affixed. The gross surface area of a wall sign may be increased by ten (10) percent if such wall sign: 1) consists only of individual, outlined alphabetic, numeric, and/or symbolic characters without background except provided by the building surface to which the sign is to be affixed; and Draft Date March 30, 1992 Page 12 of 19 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I