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Subd. 73. Wall Sign. A flat sign which does not extend more than eighteen (18) inches <br /> from the face or wall of the building upon which it is affixed,painted or attached, running <br /> parallel for its whole length to the face or wall of the building, and which does not extend <br /> beyond the horizontal width of such building. <br /> Subd. 74. Window Sign. Any sign,pictures, symbol, or combination thereof, designed to <br /> communicate information about an activity, business, commodity, event, sale, or service, <br /> that is placed inside a window or upon the windowpanes or glass and is visible from the <br /> exterior of the window. <br /> 1400.05. Application. <br /> Subd. 1. Conformity. No sign may be erected, placed, altered or moved unless in <br /> conformity with this Chapter. <br /> Subd. 2. Other Code Provisions. Nothing in this Chapter may be taken to relieve any <br /> person from complying with the provisions of any other Chapter of the City Code. <br /> 1400.06. General Requirements. <br /> Subd. 1. Sign Permit Not Required. The changing of the advertising message of a <br /> painted or printed sign, theater marquee or a changeable copy sign, and the painting, <br /> repainting and cleaning of signs will not require a sign permit, but will otherwise be done <br /> in compliance with this Chapter and any other applicable law or Section of this Code. <br /> Subd. 2. Hazard and Hazardous Signs. No sign may by reason of its location, color, or <br /> intensity, create a hazard to the safe and efficient movement of vehicles or pedestrian <br /> traffic. No sign may contain words which might be construed as traffic controls, such as <br /> "Stop", "Caution", "Warning", or otherwise resemble any official marker erected by a <br /> governmental body or agency, unless such sign is a directional sign. Any sign, signal, <br /> marking or device which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles any official <br /> traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or emergency vehicle signal, or which <br /> attempts to direct the movement of traffic or which hides from view or interferes with the <br /> effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal. <br /> Subd. 3. Framework of Signs. When possible, the framework for the lateral support of a <br /> sign must be contained within the sign's body or within the structure of the building to <br /> which it is attached so as not to be visible. The area within the framework of a sign shall <br /> be used to calculate the square footage except that the width of a frame exceeding 12 <br /> inches shall constitute sign face, and if such letters or graphics be mounted directly on a <br /> wall,fascia or awning or in such way as to be without a frame the dimensions for <br /> calculating the square footage shall be the area extending six inches beyond the <br /> peripheryformed around such letters or graphics in a plane figure bounded by straight <br /> lines connecting the outermost points thereof. Each surface utilized to display a message <br /> or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign and shall be calculated in the <br /> overall square footage. Symbols,flags,pictures, wording,.figures or other forms of <br /> graphics painted on or attached to windows, walls, awnings or free-standing structures <br /> are considered a sign and are included in calculating the overall square footage. <br /> F:\Ordinances\Chapt 14 Signs 2007\2008 Rev SA Sign Ordinance.doc 8 <br />