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ORDINANCE #10-11 CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 117 WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE ZONING AND SUBDIVISION OF LAND CHAPTER OF THE CITY CODE OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 117 ARTICLE II DIVISION 8 (SIGNS) OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE. The City of Ramsey ordains: SECTION 1 AUTHORITY This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter. of the City of Ramsey. SECTION 2 AMEND Chapter 117 Article II Division 6 of the Ramsey City Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 117-465. - Tetnporary signs. (a) Temporary signs aze defined ~as signs which are erected or displayed for a limited period of time and not affixed to a state building code approved structure. A sign is considered temporary if it is not intended [o remain on the property permanently and has not received a permanent sign permit and/or is no[ intended to be constructed per [he state building code. (I) Duration. Temporary signs shall be permitted for up to six weeks per yeaz per parcel, or per business on multitenant . business parcels. The six-week limit may be extended up to four weeks if there have been no sign violations in the past year by the entity who erects [he sign. (2) Location. Temporary signs must be located fully on private property, with the permission of [he property owner. The city will remove any signs in [he public right-of--way, or erected without permission from the property owner. (3) Number. All properties are limited to two temporary signs per parcel. In locations where there are multiple businesses on one parcel (a multitenant facility), three signs are permitted. (4) Size. Temporary signs shall be limited to 50 square feet in size. (5) Permits and Fees. All temporary signs shall be required to obtain a Temporary Sign Permit. The Temporary Sign Permit application shall specify the exact times and dates the temporary sign is to be erected, the size of the sign, the location of the sign, contact information, and other information deemed necessary by the Zoning Administrator to determine that the Temporary Sign is erected within applicable code. The Temporary Sign Permit shall be clearly displayed on the temporary sign. The fee for the Temporary Sign Permit shall be established by ordinance as part of the rates and charges. The fee shall only be collected for the first permit per parcel or per business in a multi-tenant facility. The provisions of this division apply to all temporary signs, and appropriate penalties for violations will be assessed, as outlined in section 117-461. (A) Exemptions from Temporary Sign Permit Signs less than fifteen (15) square feet in size and all Temporary Signs in Residential Districts (R-.1 Residential, R-2 Residential, R-3 Residential) are exempt from temporary sign permitting requirements. (b) Balloons, gas filled figures, streamers, whirling devices and revolving searchlights or any such attention-getting device that is