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CITY OF LAKE ELMO COUNTY OF WASHINGTON STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. 2024-13 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAKE ELMO CITY CODE BY AMENDING CHAPTER 105.12.430 SIGN REGULATIONS SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elmo hereby amends Title 105 Zoning; Chapter 105.12: Zoning Code, 105.12.430 Sign Regulations is hereby amended by changing the following section (Proposed language is underlined, deleted language is shown with strikethrough): 105.12.430 Sign Regulations a) Purpose and intent. The purpose of this section is to provide standards to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the public welfare by regulating the design, area, number, construction, location, and installation of all signs referred to hereunder. The city council and planning commission of the city find that the visual environment has an effect on the welfare of the citizens of the city and that careful control of signage can protect and enhance the community. To carry out this general purpose, the regulations set forth herein are intended to: 1. Protect the public from hazards that result from signs which are structurally unsafe, obscure the vision of motorists and/or compete or conflict with necessary traffic signals and warning signs. 2. Preserve the land value of private property by ensuring the compatibility of signs with nearby land uses. 3. Foster high quality commercial and industrial development and to enhance economic development of existing businesses and industries by promoting reasonable, orderly, attractive and effective signs that meet the need for business identification, advertising and communication. 4. Encourage creative and well-designed signs that contribute in a positive way to the community's visual environment, express local character and help develop a distinctive image in the city. When appropriate, signage is encouraged to utilize design elements that are consistent with the Lake Elmo Branding and Theming Study. 5. Recognize that signs are a necessary form of communication and provide flexibility within the sign review and approval process to allow for unique circumstances. 6. Provide applicants with clear and consistent rules and regulations and to guarantee equal treatment under the law through accurate record keeping and consistent enforcement. It is not, however, the purpose or intent of this section to regulate the message displayed on any sign. b) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Abandoned sign means any sign remaining in place which for a period of 90 consecutive days or more that no longer advertises or identifies a bona fide n ongoing business, product, service, idea, or commercial activity located on the site or has not been properly maintained in accordance with the requirements of this section.