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Subd. <br /> <br />Subd. <br /> <br />Subd. <br /> <br />Subd. <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />Subd. <br /> <br />a) <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />Banners. The use of banners is permitted in any commercial district as permanent <br />wail signage provided they are securely anchored and maintained in good repair, <br />including replacement or removal when weather damage is evident. The square <br />footage dedicated to banners is limited to fifty (50%) of the total square footage <br />allowance for wall signs. Facilities choosing to utilize wall banners in addition to <br />other permanent wall signage shall be required to obtain a separate sign permit for <br />the maximum square footage allowed for banners and payment of the permanent <br />sign fee. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />Flags. The display of flags shall be permitted in all districts. However, the total <br />square footage area of any flags used as advertising copy or as attention getting <br />devices for commercial purposes shall be considered as permanent signage and <br />counted towards the total allowable sign area permitted by this ordinance for the <br />parcel on which the flag(s) is displayed. Flag height is restricted to twenty-five <br />(25) feet. <br /> <br />12 <br /> <br />Directional Signs. Directional or instructional signs are restricted to on-site <br />direction and instruction, with the exception of governmental signs and public event <br />signs, and shall not exceed four (4) square feet. Such signs shall only provide <br />direction or instruction to guide persons to facilities intended to serve the public. <br /> <br />13 Maintenance. <br /> <br />The surface and structure of all signs must be kept refinished as necessary to prevent the <br />sign surface from becoming unkempt in appearance. The Zoning Officer shall use the <br />following guidelines to determine if the sign is unkempt: rust, peeling paint, structural <br />damage, message damage, weathering. When any sign for which a permit is required is <br />removed, the zoning officer shall be notified and the entire sign and its components shall be <br />removed. <br /> <br />The permit owner shall be responsible for all of the requirements of this ordinance, <br />including the liability for expense of removal and maintenance incurred by the City. <br /> <br />14 Sign Content <br /> <br />No sign shall contain obscene images or statements in violation of Minnesota Statute <br />6t7.241. <br /> <br />9.12.04 <br /> <br />Subd. 1 <br /> <br />Subd. 2 <br /> <br />PROHIBITED SIGNS <br /> <br />"A" Frame or Sandwich Board Signs. "A" Frame or Sandwich Board signs <br />are prohibited. <br /> <br />Whirling Devices, Searchlights, Streamers, Balloons and Other Gas <br />Filled Figures. Whirling devices, searchlights, streamers, balloons, and other <br />gas filled figures, are prohibited except as a temporary sign as provided for in <br />Section 9.12.05 (Temporary Signs). <br /> <br />Draft Date March 30, 1992 <br /> Page 6 of 19 <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> i <br /> I <br /> I <br /> I <br /> <br /> <br />