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• (3) A sign permit will become null and void if the work for which the permit was issued has not been completed within one year of its issuance, or renewed. Application for renewal will consist of the same procedures as the initial application for permit, including payment of any fee. Subd. 5. SHOPPING CENTERS/STRIP MALL COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN: A comprehensive plan must be provided for the whole of a shopping center development. This plan includes the location, size, height, color, lighting and orientation of all signs, and must be submitted for preliminary plan approval. When a comprehensive plan is presented, exceptions to the regulations of this'Chapter may be permitted if the sign areas and densities for the plan as a whole are in conformity with the intent of this Chapter and if such exception results in an improved relationship between the various parts of the plan as determined by the Council. Comprehensive Sign Plans will be reviewed by the City Planning Commission who will forward a recommendation to the Council on the appropriateness of the proposed plan. 1400.10 GROUND SIGNS: Are permitted in all districts, subject to the following: Subd. 1. PERMIT APPLICATION: A permit is applied for in accordance with Subsection 1400.08. Subd. 2. HEIGHT: (1) The sign does not exceed 5 feet in height, except as permitted under Subd. 4 of this Subsection. (2) The berming of a sign location will be considered in the height of a sign if the berm is more than 3 feet in height. (3) For every foot a sign is less than the maximum height permitted, there will be allowed an additional 4 square feet of sign surface area, up to a total of 12 additional square feet. Subd. 3. SURFACE AREA: (1) Signs having one copy surface may have up to 20 square feet of surface area, plus any bonus under Section 1400.10. (2) Signs having two or more copy surfaces may have up to-32 square feet for all surfaces, plus any bonus under Section 1400.10. Subd. 4. LANDSCAPING: • 11