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Ordinance 769 Page 6 SECTION 13. Section 1008.13 of the Mounds View Municipal Code pertaining to Nonconforming Signs is hereby amended with the proposed additions underlined and deletions struck out: Subd. 3. Roof signs, unless integrally incorporated into the roof design, then such sign shall be considered a wall sign. Roof signs in existence as of the date of enactment of this Code revision may be allowed to continue and may be repaired or maintained as needed, but may not be replaced except by variance. SECTION 14. Section 1008.13 of the Mounds View Municipal Code pertaining to Nonconforming Signs is hereby amended with the proposed additions underlined and deletions struck out: 1008.13 NONCONFORMING SIGNS: Any sign, including a billboard, legally existing at the time of the passage of this ordinance that does not conform in use, location, height or size with the regulations of the zone in which such sign is located to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be considered a legal nonconforming use or structure sign and may be continued in such status until such time as it is either abandoned or removed by its owner, subject to the following limitations: including through repair, replacement, restoration, maintenance, or improvement but not including expansion. “Expansion” shall be defined as any structural alteration, change or addition that is made outside of the original sign structure or design. Subd. 1. Structural alterations, enlargement, or re-erection are permissible only where such alterations would not increase the degree of the nonconformity of the sign. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent the return of a sign structure that has been declared unsafe by the Building Official to a safe condition. Subd. 2. Any legal, nonconforming sign shall be removed or rebuilt without increasing the extent of the sign’s nonconformity if it is damaged. When any lawful nonconforming sign is discontinued for a period of more than one (1) year, or is changed to a conforming sign, any future sign shall be in conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance. Subd. 3. Any legal, nonconforming sign shall be removed and shall not be repaired, replaced, restored, or rebuilt if it is allowed to deteriorate to the extent that the cost of repair or restoration exceeds fifty (50%) of the replacement cost of the sign as determined by the City’s Building Official. damaged by fire or other similar peril to the extent of greater than fifty percent (50%) of its market value at the time of destruction and no sign permit or building permit (if applicable) has been applied for within 180 days of the date of destruction. The City’s Building Official shall be responsible for making the determination whether a nonconforming sign has been destroyed greater than fifty percent (50%) of its market value at