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2 ORDINANCE NO. 51 VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SIGNS IN THE VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. The Village Council of the Village of Lino Lakes ordains: Section 1. PURPOSE AND INTENT: The purpose of this ordinance is to establish a set of standards for the fabrication, erection and use of signs, symbols, markings, or advertising devices within the Village. These standards are designed to protect and promote the general welfare, health and safety of persons within the community and to aid and assist in the development and promotion of business and industry by providing regulations which allow and encourage creativity, effectiveness and flexibility in the design and use of such devices, and minimize the unreasonable restraint upon the needs of the business community. Section 2: DEFINITIONS: A. Sign: The term "Sign" shall mean a name, identification, description, display, illustration structure or device which is affixed to, or painted on, or represented directly or indirectly upon a building or other outdoor surface or piece of land, and which directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization or business. B. Advertising Sign: An "Advertising Sign" is a sign which directs attention to a business commodity, service or entertainment not exclusively related to the premises where such a sign is located or to which it is affixed. 1. Wall Advertising Sign: A sign attached to or erected against the wall of a building or structure with the exposed face of the sign in a plane approximately parallel to the face of said wall and extending not more than fifteen (15) inches from the building wall face. 2. Roof Advertising Sign: A sign erected upon the roof or parapet wall of a building or structure. 3. Ground Advertising Sign: A sign supported by or upon standards, poles, beams or other supports directly affixed to the ground. C. Business Sign: A "Business Sign" is any sign which identifies a business or group of businesses, either retail or wholesale, or any sign which identifies a profession or is used in the identification or promotion of any principal commodity or service, including entertainment, offered or sold upon the premises where such sign is located. 1. Wall Business Sign: A sign painted on or attached to or erected against the wall of any building or structure, the latter two types located so that the exposed face thereof is in a plane approximately parallel to the face of said wall and is extended not more than fifteen (15) inches from the building wall face.