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CURRENT 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. Temporary use of portable signs, search lights, banners, pennants, window signs in excess of that established below, and similar devices shall require a license pursuant to Section 903.110, F. of this Ordinance. A license shall not be issued for more than ten (10) days nor shall a license be issued within thirty (30) days from the termination date of a prior license. In no case shall licenses for one use exceed thirty (30) days per calendar year and no temporary sign license shall be granted for any given property while another temporary sign license is in effect. Temporary signs shall be removed from display immediately upon lapse of license. Said signs shall be at least five (5) feet from the property line. 5. No sign or sign structure shall protrude over public right -of -way, except wall signs (maximum protrusion - eighteen (18) inches). All signs located over public right -of -way or over any public or private access route (sidewalks, etc.) shall be located a minimum of ten (10) feet above surface grade. 6. Advertising signs may not be illuminated between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. 7. (Deleted by Ordinance No. 288, September 23, 1987) 8. All height restrictions on signs shall include height of sign structure and be measured from lot grade. 9. Any sign now or hereafter existing which no longer advertises or identifies a bonafide business Page 41