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1 Chapter 108 – Signs 2 Article I. In General 3 Sec. 108-100 – Title. 4 This chapter may be known, cited, and referred to as the “Ramsey Sign Code” or “sign code,” 5 except as referred to herein where it may be known as “this chapter”. 6 Sec. 108-101 – Authority. 7 This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by the Municipal Planning Act, Minn. 8 Stats. §§ 462.351 to 462.364, as amended from time to time. 9 Sec. 108-102 – Purpose. 10 The purpose of this division is to protect and promote the general welfare, health, safety and or- 11 der within the city through the establishment of a comprehensive and impartial series of stand- 12 ards, regulations and procedures governing the erection, use and/or display of devices, signs or 13 symbols serving as a visual communicative media to persons situated within or upon public 14 rights-of-way or properties. The provisions of this division are intended to encourage creativity, a 15 reasonable degree of freedom of choice, an opportunity for effective communication and a 16 sense of concern for the visual amenities on the part of those designing and displaying commu- 17 nicative media for the types regulated by this division, while at the same time assuring that the 18 public health and welfare is not endangered. 19 Sec. 108-103 – Coordination with other codes. 20 This chapter supersedes and replaces previous sign code language in the COR Design Frame- 21 work. This chapter is intended to work in tandem with the adopted city zoning code, state build- 22 ing codes, state fire codes, Minnesota Statute, and any locally-adopted optional chapters as 23 amended from time to time. It is also intended to work in tandem with the regulations set forth 24 from the local watershed management organization. Nothing in this chapter is intended to pre- 25 clude or supersede any requirements in those codes or regulations. 26 Sec. 108-104 – Rules of construction and interpretation. 27 (1) Conflicting conditions. Where the conditions imposed by any provision of this chapter are 28 either more or less restrictive than comparable conditions by another provision of this 29 chapter or by other chapters of this Code, rule or regulation of the city, the provision 30 which imposes the more restrictive condition, standard, or requirement shall prevail. 31 (2) Language rules of construction. The language set forth in the text of this chapter shall be 32 interpreted in accordance with the following rules of construction: 33 a. All measured distances expressed in feet shall be the nearest tenth of a foot. All 34 distances unless otherwise specified shall be measured horizontally. 35 b. The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future tense in- 36 cludes the present tense. 37 c. The singular number includes the plural; and the plural number includes the sin- 38 gular. Attachment A – Ordinance #25-07 Page 1 of 30