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Council Member Kuether introduced the following ordinance and moved its adoption: CITY OF LINO LAKES COUNTY OF ANOKA ORDINANCE NO. 12-97 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SIGNS IN THE CITY OF LINO LAKES, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA. The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes ordains: SECTION I. PURPOSE AND INTENT ,The purpose of this ordinance is to establish a set of standards for fabrication, erection and use of signs, symbols, markings, or advertising devices within the City. 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. SECTION II. DEFINITIONS: A. Commercial Use: Activity carried out for monetary gain. B. Conditional Use: A land use or development that may not be appropriate generally within a certain district but may be allowed in that district with appropriate restrictions, conditions or limitations as imposed by the City Council. C. Conditional Use Permit: A permit issued by the City Council in accordance with the procedures specified within this Ordinance as a device to enable the City Council to assign conditions to a proposed use or development after consideration of the adjacent land uses and the special characteristics which the proposed use presents. D. Permitted Use: Any use allowed in a zoning district and subject to the restrictions applicable to that zoning district. E. 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. 1