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controlled. Off-premises digital billboard signs have a direct and substantial impact on traffic safety, pedestrian <br /> safety, community aesthetics and property values. If left uncontrolled,off-premises digital billboard signs, <br /> designed to catch the eye of persons in their vicinity and hold it for extended periods of time, including video <br /> display signs,constitute a serious traffic safety threat.The city council intends by this subsection to establish a <br /> legal framework for off-premises digital billboard sign regulation in the city to facilitate an easy and agreeable <br /> communication between people while protecting and promoting the public health,safety,welfare and aesthetics <br /> of the community. It is not the purpose or intent of this subsection to prefer or favor commercial messages or <br /> speech over noncommercial messages or speech or to discriminate between types of noncommercial speech or <br /> the viewpoints represented therein. Rather,the purpose of the off-premises digital billboard sign regulations <br /> promulgated in this subsection is: <br /> (1)To eliminate potential hazards to motorists and pedestrians using the public streets,sidewalks,and <br /> rights of way; <br /> (2)To safeguard and enhance property values; <br /> (3)To control nuisances; <br /> (4)To preserve and improve the appearance of the city through adherence to aesthetic principles, in <br /> order to create a community that is attractive to residents and to nonresidents who come to live,visit, <br /> work,or trade; <br /> (5)To eliminate excessive and confusing sign displays; <br /> (6)To encourage signs which by their design are integrated with and harmonious to the surrounding <br /> environment and the buildings and sites they occupy; <br /> (7)To maintain the character of the mainstreet core downtown but allow local businesses the opportunity <br /> to reach a wider audience by advertising along Highway 10 and <br /> (8)To promote the public health,safety,and general welfare. <br /> (b)Location of off-premises digital billboard signs. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained within this <br /> Code, off-premises digital billboard signs may be located only within the off-premises digital billboard sign overlay <br /> district. Off-premises digital billboard signs are prohibited in all zoning districts of the city other than the off- <br /> premises digital billboard sign overlay district. Off-premises digital billboard signs located in the off-premises digital <br /> billboard sign overlay district must comply with all Code requirements for permitted off-premises digital billboard <br /> signs. <br /> (1)Permitted districts. The off-premises digital billboard sign overlay district shall commence along <br /> Highway 10 within two hundred fifty feet(250')of the Highway 10 centerline within the Ramsey city <br /> limits. Off-premises digital billboard signs are not allowed in any residential zoning district. <br /> (2)Number of off-premises digital billboard signs. A total of three off-premises digital billboard signs shall <br /> be permitted within the entirety of the off-premises digital billboard sign overlay district. <br /> (3)Separation distance between off-premises digital billboard signs. Off-premises digital billboard signs <br /> shall have a separation distance of at least 2 miles between each site in which they are located. <br /> (4)Site restrictions. Off-premises digital billboard signs shall not be placed upon any property upon which <br /> a building already exists. <br /> (5)Size. Off-premises digital billboard signs shall not exceed 700 square feet in surface area per sign <br /> surface. <br /> (6)Number of surfaces. Off-premises digital billboard signs shall not contain more than two sign surfaces. <br /> Said sign surfaces shall face in opposite directions with an interior angle not to exceed 45 degrees. <br /> Created: 2021-07-01 14:42:48 [EST] <br /> (Supp. No. 10,Update 2) <br /> Page 5 of 15 <br />