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