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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Ordinance 679 <br />'April18,2001 <br /> <br />Subd. 5. Window Signs: In the interest of public safety. the City requires that commercial or retail <br />businesses operating within a zoned business district (B-x) shall adhere to and comply with <br />the following regulations and requirements governing signs placed upon window interiors. <br /> <br />a. No business shall obscure more than twenty-five percent (25%) of any window section or <br />pane. <br /> <br />b. Such window signage shall not obscure or block from view that area of a window or door <br />between four feet (4') and seven feet (7') from the interior floor level. unless such area does <br />not offer any visibility to interior public space. <br /> <br />c. Window signs as allowed herein affixed or adhered within the building interior shall be <br />exempt from any permit requirements. <br /> <br />d. A temporary sign permit shall be required of any window sign affixed to the exterior of <br />any window surface. Such sign shall otherwise comply with the requirements of this <br />subdivision. <br /> <br />Subd. 6. Billboards: A permit shall not be issued for any new billboard unless it complies with the <br />following interim use requirements. pursuant to Minnesota Statutes. section 462.3597: (Ord. <br />644. 12-13-99: Ord. 656. 3-27-00) <br /> <br />a. Interim Use Permit: An interim use permit (IUP) must be obtained in accordance with <br />procedures identical in form and substance to the conditional use permit procedures found in <br />Section 1125.01. subdivision 3 of the Mounds View Municipal Code. Any interim use permit <br />issued for an interim use billboard shall automatically expire no later than July 1. 2015 or <br />when the lease agreement for the billboard expires whichever date is earlier. Such IUP shall <br />be null-and-void if the applicant fails to obtain any required permit from the State of <br />Minnesota. (Ord.644. 12-13-99: Ord. 656. 3-27-00) <br /> <br />b. Location: The billboard must be located along and north of State Highway 10 (old 118). <br />The applicant must have an approved lease agreement with the property owner. The billboard <br />shall be oriented towards State Highway 10 (old 118) and/or I35W. Billboards must be <br />located at least two hundred fifl:y feet (250') from residentially zoned property. Billboards <br />may be located adjacent to the right-of-way of a street or highway. but no part thereof shall <br />extend over such right-of-way. (Ord. 644. 12-13-99) <br /> <br />c. Minimum Spacing: Billboards must be at least one thousand feet (1.000') apart. Spacing <br />between signs shall be measured by projecting the nearest points of the signs to the property <br />line of the right-of-way from which they are intended to be read and measuring the distance in <br />a straight line between the projected points. Required spacing shall apply only to billboards <br />on the same side of the same roadway. (Ord.644. 12-13-99) <br /> <br />d. Maximum Sign Area: The maximum gross surface display area of the sign cannot exceed <br />seven hundred (700) square feet per side except that any rectangular billboard may contain <br />temporary extensions. cutouts. or top lettering which occupy a total area not in excess of <br />twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of the basic billboard and form an integral part of the <br /> <br />Page 26 <br />