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Draf� Sign Code Revision <br />March 7, 2001 <br />Subd. 5. Window SiQns: In the interest of public safety, the City requires that commercial or retail <br />businesses operatin� within a zoned business district (B-x) shali adhere to and com�ly with ,? <br />the followin�regulations and requirements �ovenun� si�ns t�laced ut�on window interiors. <br />a. No business shall ohscure more than twen -five percent 25% of anv window section or <br />pane. <br />Such window siena�e shail not <br />c. Wuidow si�ns as allowed herein affixed or adhered within the buildin� in�erior shail be <br />exempt from any permit requirernents. <br />f. A temporarv sign �ermit shall he required of any window si� affixed to the exterior of <br />anv window surface. Such siQn shall otherwise com�lv with the requirements oi this <br />subdivision. <br />Subd. 6. Billboards: A permit shall not be issued for any new biliboard unless it complies with the <br />following infierim use requireznentszpursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 462.3597: (Ord. <br />G44, 12-13-99; Ord. 656, 3-27-00) <br />a. Jxzterizn Use Permit: Aa� interim use pemlit (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 �ermit <br />issued for an interim use billbaard shall automatically expire no later than Julv l, 2015 or <br />when the lease aQreement for the billboaxd expires whichever date is earlier. Such TUP shall <br />be null-and-void if the a�plicant fails to obtain anv required pezxnit from the Staie of <br />Minnesota. (Ord. 644, 12-13-99; Ord. 656, 3-27-00) <br />b. Location: The billboard must be located aio�,and north of Sta#e Hi h�wa 10 old 118). <br />The applicant must have an approved lease agreemEnt with the propertv owner. The billboard <br />shali„ be oriented towards State Highwav 10 (old 118) and/or I35W. Billboards must be <br />located at least two hundred fiftv feet (250') fram residentiallv zoned �roperty. Billboards <br />may be located adjacent to the rigl�t-of-way of a street ar hig,hway, but no part thereof shall <br />ex#end over such right-of-way�Ord. 644, 12-13-99) <br />c. Minimum S�acin�: Billboards must be at least one thousand feei (1,000'} apart. 5pacin� <br />between siQns shall be measured b�pro,jecting the nearest points of the si�s to the property <br />line of the right-of-wav from whicl� thev are intended to be read and measw�n� the distance in <br />a strai�ht line between the �rolected points. Required spacing shall applv onlv to billboards <br />on the same side of the same roadwav. (Ord. 644, 12-13-99� <br />d. Maximum Sign Area: The zx�aximum gross surface display area of the si�n cannoi exceed <br />seven hundred (700) sQuare feet per side except that an i• °�gular billboard may contain <br />tem�orary extensions cutou�,s� ar tot� lettering which occu�v a total area not in excess of ' <br />twentv-five percent (25%) of the area oi the basic billboard and form an integr'al part of the <br />desi�n thereof. Na such tem ���ary extez�sion, cut out, or top letterin� mav project more than <br />Page 24 <br />