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b. Any sign which contains or initiates an official traffic sign or signal, except for private, on- premise directional signs. c. Any sign which moves or rotates. Exempted are time and temperature information and barber poles. d. Except for holiday signs and exceptions provided in provision C, 4. below, any sign which contains or consists of banners, pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings of light bulbs, spinners, or similar devices. e. Portable signs (except in case of paragraph C, 4.). f. Signs which are attached in any manner to trees, fences, utility poles, or other such permanent supports, except for those signs found on fences (inside) of baseball parks. g. No sign shall display any moving parts, nor shall it be illuminated with any flashing or intermittent lights, nor shall it be animated. Exempted are time and temperature information and barber poles. All displays shall be shielded to prevent any light to be directed at oncoming traffic in such brilliance as to impair the vision of any driver. No device shall be illuminated in such a manner as to interfere with or obscure an official traffic sign or signal. h. Roof signs erected after the effective date of this Ordinance. i. Any temporary off - premise sign, except as expressly allowed by this Ordinance. C. General Provisions. 1. All signs shall comply with maintenance sections of the Minnesota State Building Code as may be amended. 2. When electrical signs are installed, the installation shall be subject to the State Building Code as may be amended. 3. No signs other than governmental signs shall be erected or temporarily placed within any street right -of -way or upon any public lands or easements or rights -of -way. 4. a. Temporary use of portable signs, banners, pennants, window signs in excess of that established below, and similar devices shall require a permit pursuant to Section 903.110.F. of this ordinance. In no case shall permits exceed four (4) in a calendar year, or a total of one hundred twenty days (120) days in a calendar year, with no more than sixty (60) days of that allocation to be used for non - banner temporary signage per business and /or tenant. If spotlights are used in conjunction with temporary signs, such lights shall not be operated during more than five (5) days in conjunction with any single permit and shall be placed in such a banner as to not constitute a traffic hazard. Said signs shall be at least five (5) feet from the property line. Temporary signs shall be removed from display immediately upon lapse of permit. (1) In the case of single -tenant buildings, a permit shall not be issued for more than thirty (30) days nor shall a permit be issued within thirty (30) days from the termination date of a prior permit. (2) In the case of multi -tenant properties, a permit shall not be issued for more than thirty (30) days. Further, no more than two (2) tenants may possess temporary sign permits at the same time. In the case of two (2) or three (3) tenant buildings, no more than one (1) tenant may possess a temporary sign permit at any given time. It is hereby noted that sign permits for multi - tenant buildings may not be reallocated from one tenant to another to increase the allowable number of signs in any calendar year. (3) Exempted from this ordinance are government and community - based organizations defined as non - profit, governmental, religious, educational, or institutional groups having tax - exempt status as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, having an address within the city, and that have been in existence for at least three (3) years. These organizations - 8 7 -