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ORDINANCE #08-07 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 9 WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 9.01 "DEFINITIONS" and SECTION 9.12 "SIGNS" OF CHAPTER NINE OF CITY CODE The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1 AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority ofthe City Charter of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2 AMENDMENTS. The followin2: Si2:n Ordinance shall be amended to read: 9.12 Signs 9.12.01 Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to protect and promote the general welfare, health, safety and order within the City of Ramsey through the establishment of a comprehensive and impartial series of standards, regulations and procedures governing the erection, use and/or display of devices, signs or symbols serving as a visual communicative media to persons situated within or upon public right- of-ways or properties. The provisions of this Section are intended to encourage creativity, a reasonable degree of freedom of choice, an opportunity for effective communication and a sense of concern for the visual amenities on the part of those designing and displaying communicative media for the types regulated by this Section, while at the same time assuring that the public health and welfare is not endangered. 9.12.02 Definitions. The following words and terms wherever they occur in this Code shall be construed as herein defined. Words not defined shall be interpreted in accordance with definitions in any standard dictionary. Abandoned Sign - A sign which no longer identifies or advertises a bona fide business, lesser, service, owner, product, or activity, and/or for which no legal owner can be found. Ordinance #08-07 Page 1 of 19