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i • Section 430 • Secle 430 Page 10 Page 9 Subd. 5. SHOPPING CENTERS COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN: a comprehensive plan 3• Landscaping shall consist of shrubs, plants, rocks or shall be provided for the whole of a shopping center development. other decorative materials located around the pedestal. 1 Such a plan, which shall include the location, size, height, color, lighting, and orientation of all signs, submitted for e. Design and Location: ' preliminary plan approval. Provided that such a comprehensive plan is presented, exceptions to the regulations of 1. Signs shall maximize the use of natural materials construction and should conform to the material desi s this ordinance may be permitted if the sign areas_and densities gn of the principal structure. for the plan as a whole are in conformity with the intent of this ordinance and if such exception results in an improved relation- ship between the various parts of the plan as determined by the 2. Signs shall be located at least 5 feet from any street City Council. Comprehensive Sign Plans shall be reviewed by the or other easement. City Planning Commission who shall forward a recommendation to the City Council on the appropriateness of the proposed plan. 3• sign qualify for a permit, the pedestal width of a ground sign must be at leas[ equal to the sign width. Subd. 6. GROUND SIGNS: are permitted in Ll ,districts,,subject to the_ following: 4. The principal structure of a parcel of land shall be allowed one ground sign, regardless of the number of a. A permit is applied for in accordance with Section 430:40 tenants in the structure. of this ordinance. Subd. 7. ROOF SIGNS: b. Height: a. Roof signs shall only be permitted after review and approval 1. The sign does not exceed 5 feet in height, except as per- of a permit by the City Council. mitted under Subd. 6d of this Section. b. The allowable height of a roof sign shall not exceed a height 2. The berming of a sign location shall be considered in of five feet measured from the lowest line of the roof to the height of a sign if the berm is more than 3 feet the top of the sign. in height. Subd. 8. WALL SIGNS: 3. For every foot a sign is less than the maximum height a. The sign surface area of a wall sign shall not exceed 15% permitted, there shall be allowed an additional 4 square feet of sign surface area, up to a total of 12 additional of the area of the wall to which i[ is applied. square feet. Subd. 9. DISTRICT SCHEDULES: signs shall be permitted as set forth in the following Subdivions a to c inclusive, which are hereby made and C. Surface Area: declared part of this ordinance. 1. Signs having one copy surface may have up to 20 square a. The following signs are permitted in a residential district: feet of surface area, plus any bonus under Subd. qb3 of this Section. 1. One identification sign per dwelling unit, which sign shall not exceed a sign surface area of 2 square feet 2. Signs having two or more copy surfaces may have up to per surface and shall have no more than 2 sign surfaces 32 square feet for all surfaces, plus any bonus under (for a total of 4 square feet), and one address sign on Subd. 6b3 of this Section. the curb in front of each dwelling unit or on a freestanding mailbox... d. Landscaping: 2. Each multiple dwelling complex shall be allowed one free- 1. Signs which are landscaped in accordance with this ordin- standing sign identifying the complex. The sign shall ante, shall be entitled to a height bonus of 3 feet (total not exceed 50 square feet in sign surface area; the sign maximum height of 8 feet). structure including the sign surface area, shall not exceed 150 square feet in area; and the highest point of 2. The minimum required landscape area, excluding the pedestal the sign shall not be more than 10 feet above ground level. area to qualify for the height bonus, shall be at least 1.5 times the sign surface area. 3. Each church located within the corporate limits of this City, subject to approval of size, location and type by the