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9.12 Signs <br />9.12.01 Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to protect and promote the general <br />welfare, health, safety and order within the City of Ramsey through the establishment of a <br />comprehensive and impartial series of standards, regulations and procedures governing the <br />erection, use and/or display of devices, signs or symbols serving as a visual communicative <br />media to persons situated within or upon public right-of-ways or properties. The provisions of <br />this -Section are intended to encourage creativity, a reasonable degree of freedom of choice, an <br />opportunity for effective communication and= a sense of concern for the visual- amenities on the <br />part of those designing and displaying communicative media for the types regulated by this <br />Section, while at the same time assuring that the public health and welfare is not endangered. <br />9.12.02 Definitions. The following words and terms wherever they occur in -this Code <br />shall be construed as herein defined. Words not -defined shall be interpreted in accordance with <br />definitions in any standard dictionary. <br />Abandoned Sign. — A •sign which -no longer identifies or advertises a bona fide <br />business, lessor, service, owner, product, or activity, and/or for which no legal owner can be <br />found. <br />Accessory Use — A use which is subordinate to the principal use being made of a <br />parcel of land. Examples: Identification signs,. off-street parking, off-street loading, telephone <br />booths, etc. <br />Address Sign — Identification numbersonly, whether written or in numerical <br />form. <br />Advertising Device Sign — A sign that has as its purpose to promote, advertise; or <br />sell a product or service obtainable on the premises upon which the sign is located, and not to <br />identify the premises. <br />Area Identification Sign — A free-standing or wall. sign which identifies a single- <br />family or multi -family residential subdivision, a commercial development or an industrial park <br />..or office park and which is located on the same parcel as the development it identifies. <br />Attraction Board Automatic —.(Changeable Copy Sign) A sign on which the <br />copy changes automatically. <br />Attraction Board Manual — (Changeable Copy Sign) A sign on which the copy <br />is changed manually. <br />Awning— A hood or cover which projects from the wall of building. <br />0 <br />Banner — A sign made of fabric or non -rigid 'material with no enclosing <br />framework. • <br />—184— <br />