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Section 130:00 Section 430 - Sign Pegulations • 5ection LjO:00. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to provide for necessary visual communications, to preserve and protect the common welfare and promote a pleasant environment, to protect public and private property, and to encourage safety upon streets and highwayep by regulating the type, mm►ber, structure, size, la:ation, height, lighting, and the erecting and maintenance of all signs and sign structures within the corporate limits of this murizipality. 9 , Section 430:05. Scope. The provisions of this ordinance shall apply to all signs in the Village except those which are completely within a building and not reasonably intended to be viewed from the exterior of the building except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, and those erected by the Village and by any other governmental organisation pursuant to authority granted by the Village or to authority of state or federal law. "'he provisions of this ordinance shall describe signs which are prohibited in all cases, signs which may be erected without obtaining a permit, and signs which may be erected only after obtaining a permit. The ordinance also contains certain requirements for all signs erected, administrative provisions, provisions concerning the obtaining of permits, procedures with respect to obtaining variances from -the ordinance, and penal provisions. Section 430:10. Definitions. • Subd. 1. Unless the content clearly indicates otherwise, the words, combinations of words, terms, and phrases, as used in Section 430:00 et seq. sh-11 have the meanings set forth in the subdivisions of this section which follow. Subd. 29 "Sign" means any visual message or communication, with or without words, displayed to the public, or any other device used, or intended to be used, to attract public attention for the purpose of a visual message or communication. Subd. 3. "Sign Structure" means the supports, uprights, bracing, and framework for a sign including the sign surface itself. If a sign structure has two or more sides, each side shall be considered a separate sign structure. Subd. 4. "Sign Surface Area" means the surface area available on any sign structure for a visual message or communication measured in square feet. If the sign structure is a wall, the sign surface area shall be that of the smallest rectangle or square which would enclose the sign message components. If any sign is designed or constructed so as to consist only of the letters or images of the sign message and is not enclosed by an identifiable rectangular or square surface area, the sign surface area shall be that of the smallest rectangle or square which would enclose the sign message components. The sign surface area of a sign structure having more than one surface shall be the total surface • area of all such surfaces.