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. . City of Anoka $~c t ion' )6-89 ( Sec. 3 () - R !) . 1\ I - 2 I n d tl S t ria I D i s t r i ct. (a) Within :\1-2 Ind1lstrlal Dist.ricts~ business signs, nameplate signs and adver- tising signs arc permitted, subjed. to the following regulations: (1) The total surface area of all business signs on a lot shall not exceed three square fect for each lineal foot of lot frontage. No single business sign surface area shall excecd three hundred square feet in area, nor shall two or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated as to create a surface 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 lhis chapter. . . (2) Advertismg signs shall be permitted, as regulated in the 0-3 General Business District. (b) The height and illumination sign provisions of the 1\1-1 Light Industrial Dis- trict shall apply in the M-2 General Industrial Districts. Article XVI. Nonconforminlr Uses. Sec. 3()-90. Continuation. { The lawful use of buildings or land existing at the effective date of this chapterS which does not conform to the provisions of this chapter shall be discontinued within a reasonable period of amortization of the building. Uses of land which become non- conforming by reason of a subsequent change in this chapter shall also be discontinued within a reasonable fJeriod of amortization of t.he building. In no event shall the amor- tization period be more than: . . (a) Three years for outdoor advertising structures (signs and billboards). (b) Thirty years for buildings of ordinary wood frame construction. (c) Forty years for buildings of wood and masonry construction. (d) Fifty years for buildings of firepruof construction. Sec. 36-91. Alterations. The lawful use of a building existing at the time of the adoption of th~s chapterG may be continued, although such U::ie does not conform with the provisions hereof. If no structural alterations are made, a nonconforming use of a buihlin~ may be changed to another nonconforming use of the same or more restricted classification. The fore- l - 5. Editor's note. --The ol'clinanee from which this chapter is dCl'I"cd w:~ publ i:;hed on Dcccmber 1~, !!)G.l. to be cf- fecti,.c thirty days from such date. G. Eclilol"S nole. --The ordinancc from which this chaptL'I' was dt'flrcd wa:i acllJptllu un scconure:ulin:;onDeccmucr7, HHi-l. 19