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11-16-1995 2:54PM FROM CITY OF WAYZATA 473 4178 P. 7 <br /> • e. Lighting of signs may be allowed. The electric costs and maintenance of such lighting <br /> shall be the responsibility of the homeowners association or neighborhood association of <br /> the area identified by the sign(s)and shall be clearly noted in the association's rules or <br /> bylaws. <br /> f. The area around the sign is to be landscaped and maintained in such a manner as to <br /> accent and enhance the sign while remaining sensitive to the natural features of the site. <br /> Detailed site and landscape plans shall be included with each sign permit application and <br /> shall be subject to review by the Design Review Board. <br /> g. The design and construction of residential area identification signs shall be done with the <br /> highest quality materials and workmanship to keep maintenance and upkeep costs to a <br /> minimum and to minimize the potential for vandalism. Residential area identification <br /> signs are to be aesthetically pleasing when designed and constructed. The signs shall <br /> be compatible with nearby or potential homes and other structures in the area. Detailed <br /> construction plans and a materials list shall be included with the Conditional Use Permit <br /> application. <br /> h. The City reserves the right to require the removal,at the owner's expense,of any sign <br /> when the requirements of this Section and this Ordinance are not completely followed <br /> and adhered to or if the sign is not property maintained or falls into a state of disrepair. <br /> The City shall not have any obligation or liability to replace any sign or nearby <br /> landscaping when removed by the City. <br /> 2, Existing Subdivisions: A low profile identification sign may be allowed,subject to the procedures <br /> set forth in and regulated by this Section and other.applicable City ordinances,for existing <br /> residential area plats. If no outlots or easements are designated for signs,the plat may be <br /> amended, in accordance with the minor subdivision section of the Wayzata Subdivision <br /> Ordinance,to provide for such a proposal and shall meet the same criteria and requirements as <br /> set forth for new subdivisions. <br /> O. Independent of the total allowable sign area for residential dwellings in the R-4A, R-4, R-5, R-6 or <br /> Residential Planned Unit Development Districts,two(2)project monument identification signs may be <br /> allowed by Conditional Use Permit for each entrance to an area consistent with the following provisions: <br /> 1. If the monument signs are to be located in a development which includes individual ownership <br /> parcels,then the provisions established for individual residences in Section 801.27.09.N above <br /> shall apply. <br /> 2. If the monument signs are to be located in a development which do not include individual <br /> ownership parcels,then all other provisions of this Section shall apply. <br /> 801.27.10: NON-CONFORMING SIGNS: <br /> A. Permanent signs which lawfully exist on the effective date of this Ordinance and which do not meet the <br /> requirements of this Section, except for advertising and billboard signs,and except for pylon and <br /> monument signs which exceed the maximum gross surface area and height which were required to be <br /> removed by November 18, 1987, shall be allowed to continue. These non-conforming signs shall not be <br /> altered, rebuilt or relocated, unless destroyed by natural or other causes uncontrollable by the owner, <br /> lessor or agent of the property, other than for routine maintenance, repair or to change the copy or <br /> message thereon without being brought into compliance with the requirements of this Section. <br /> B. After a non-conforming sign has been removed,it shall not be replaced by another non-conforming sign. <br /> Whenever the use of a non-conforming sign has been discontinued for a period of one(1) month,such <br /> use shall not be resumed thereafter unless the sign meets the requirements of this Section. Within a one <br /> (1)month period of the sign or business discontinuance,the sign owner shall remove the non-conforming <br /> sign. <br /> C. Non-conforming Uses. When theprincipal use of land is legally non-conforming under this Section,all <br /> existing or proposed signs in conjunction with that land shall be considered conforming if they are in <br /> compliance with the provisions of this Section for the most restrictive zoning district in which the principal <br /> use is allowed, or the C-1 zoning district, whichever provision is the most restrictive. <br /> April 1009 97 7 <br />