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CHAPTER 14. SIGNS Section 1400 — SIGNS DRAFT 1400.01 Title. This Chapter will be known as the "Sign Ordinance ". 1400.02 Findings, Purpose and Effect. Subd. I Findinrs. The City Council hereby finds as follows: (a) Exterior signs have a substantial impact on the character and quality of the environment. (b) Signs provide an important medium through which individuals may convey a variety of messages. (c) Signs can create traffic hazards, aesthetic concerns and detriments to Property values, thereby threatening the public health, safety and welfare. (d) The City's Code of Ordinances have, since as early as 1983, established standards which would permit businesses in the City a reasonable and equitable opportunity to identify themselves. The regulation of signs is an effort to provide adequate means of expression and to promote the economic viability of the business community. (e) To preserve and promote civic beauty and protect the City and its citizens from a proliferation ofstgns ofa type, size, location and character that would adversely impact upon the aesthetics of the community and threaten the health, safety and welfare of the community. 69 To preserve and protect the value of land and buildings, and to preserve and protect landscapes. Subd. 2 Purpose and Intent. It is not the purpose or intent of this sign ordinance to regulate the message displayed on any sign; nor is it the purpose or intent of this Section to regulate any building design or any display not defined as a sign, or any sign which cannot be viewed from outside a building. The purpose and intent of this article is to: (a) Regulate the number, location, size, type, illumination and other physical characteristics ofsigns within the City in order to promote the public health, safety and welfare. (b) Maintain, enhance and improve the aesthetic environment of the City by preventing visual clutter that is harmful to the appearance of the community. (c) Improve the visual appearance of the City while providing for effective means of communication, consistent with constitutional guarantees and the City's goals ofpublic safety and aesthetics. C:\Documents and Settings \barb.suciu\Local Settings \Temporary Internet Files \OLK24\2008 Rev SA Sign Ordinance.doc