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C'Jty of Anoka .,~'~ t]~,l~ 36=39. If I I I I, I' I I District. (at Within ~I-2 Industrial Dislrtcts. business signs, nameplate signs and adver- tising sisns arc, permitted, st~bjecl, to the following reg,.~lations: (1) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed three square fcct for each liucal foot of lot frontage. No single business sign surface area shall exceed three hundred square feet in area, nor ~hall txvo or more smaller signs be ~o arranged and intcgraled as to create a surf:me area in excess of three hundred square feet. In the case of corner lots, the least width of such a corner lot shall be the front, for purposes of this chapter, (2) Advertising signs shall be permitted, as regulated in the B-3 General Business District. (bt The height and illumination sign provisions of the M-1 Light Industrial Dis- trict shall apply in the M-2 General Industrial Districts. Article. XVl. NonconforminozUses. See. 3fl-90. Continuation. The lawful use of buildings or land existing at the effective date of this chapter5 which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter shall be discontinued within a reasonable period of amortization of the bditding. Uses of land which become non- conforming by reason of a subsequent change in this chapter shall also be discontinued within a rcasonable period of amortization of the building. In no event shall the amor- tization period .b,e more than: I I (a) Three years for outdoor advertising structures (signs and billboards). (bt Thirt.y years for buildings of ordinary wood frame construction. (ct Forty years for buildings of. wood and masonry construction. (d) Fifty years for buildings of fireproof construction. Sec.. 36-01. Alterations. I I I The lawful use of a building existing at the time of the adoption of this chapter6 may be continued, although such use does not conform with thc provisions hereof. If no structural alterations are.made, a noncorfforming use o£ a buihling may be changed to another nonconIorming use of the same or more restricted classification. The fore- 5. Editor's note.--The ordinance from which this chapter is 'd/~rt~'c--~ ,.vas published on l.)ecembcr 15, 196-t, to be fectivc thirty days from such date. 6. Editor's node.--The ordinance from which this chapter was derived was ad,',ptt:d on second readingonDcccmber 7, 1964.