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Ordinance 08-015 City Council; 6-16-09 (2) Findings. The City of Lake Elmo hereby finds that regulation of the construction type, location, size, and maintenance of signs is necessary to accomplish the above referenced objectives, because: (a) The presence of permanent and temporary signage affects the rural image of the City of Lake Elmo; (b) Properly regulated signage can create an atmosphere of prosperity, stimulate commercial activity, and consequently, lead to increased employment and a healthier tax base; (c) The safety of motorists, cyclists, and pedestrians can be threatened by signage that interferes with necessary sight -distances and/or unduly diverts the attention of such persons. (d) Signs that are too bright, overly illuminated, flash, blink, scroll, twirl, change messages or color, or imitate movement, including video displays, can distract drivers, cyclists and pedestrians and impact traffic safety. (B) Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase in sections 151.115 through 151.119 are for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Sign Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted the Sign Ordinance in each section, subsection, sentence, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared invalid. 151.116 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT (A) Permit Required. No sign shall be erected, altered, reconstructed, maintained or moved in the city without first securing a permit from the city. The content of the message or speech displayed on the sign shall not be reviewed or considered in determining whether to approve or deny a sign permit. (1) Permanent Signs. To apply for a permanent sign permit, a complete application shall be submitted to the City containing the following: (a) Names and addresses of the applicant, owners of the sign, and lot; (b) The address at which the sign(s) are to be erected; (c) The legal description of the property on which the sign(s) are to be erected and the street on which they are to front; (d) A complete set of scaled plans showing the sign dimensions, area, height, ground elevations, applicable setbacks, and other details to fully and clearly represent the safe construction and placement of the proposed sign(s); (e) Type of sign(s) being requested (i.e. wall sign, monument sign, etc.); pg 10