(A) Signs advertising goods or services available on commercial premises, not to exceed a total of 250 square feet in area, placed to observe the setback requirements in § 150.39.
(B) Advertising free-standing structures, vehicles, or any other type of mobile property shall be considered a sign and included in calculation of the overall square footage.
(C) Monument signs shall not exceed 75 total square feet of display area and shall not exceed eight feet in height as measured from grade five feet from the base of the monument or V-shaped sign. The total permitted square foot display area includes all faces of a monument or V-shaped sign.
(D) Canopies and fixed awnings are to be considered an integral part of the structure to which they are attached. They must meet the following requirements.
(1) Awnings or canopies may have no part of the structure other than supports nearer the ground surface than seven feet.
(2) The architectural style of the awning or canopy must be consistent with the building being served.
(3) Awnings and canopies proposed to be built as to encroach into a required yard setback and public right-of-way must obtain a conditional use permit.
(E) The installation of electrical signs shall be subject to the State Electrical Code, being M.S. §§ 326B.31 et seq. Electrical service to such sign shall be underground.
(F) The owner or agent of the building and/or property shall remove any sign that has become obsolete by reason of termination of the business or vacation of the premises.
(G) The owner, lessee, or manager of the property where a sign is located shall remove or correct a sign within 30 days of the receipt of written notice from the Zoning Administrator that the sign is in violation or prohibited by the ordinance.
(H) Signs located within state or county right-of-way must also follow regulations set by those government entities, specifically if they are more restrictive than this subchapter.
(I) Signs allowed in the residential district will not require a permit and will be allowed under the following regulations:
(1) Single-sided signs only;
(2) No larger than eight square feet, unless otherwise stated;
(3) Free-standing or attached to the main structure;
(4) Signs cannot be located in the right-of-way;
(5) Permanent residential signs must follow residential setback requirements;
(6) In the case of a home occupation, as defined in Chapter 156, an identification sign, no larger than six square feet may be affixed to the structure;
(7) Temporary signs (must follow the same requirements for size, type, and location);
(8) Political signs. Free-standing political signs, not exceeding a sign surface area of 12 square feet each, displayed consistent with the times allowed by M.S. § 211B.045, as it may be amended from time to time;
(9) Residential identification sign. Sign must not exceed a sign surface area of four square feet;
(10) Garage sale signs. Free-standing signs for garage sales or similar events occurring within the corporate limits of the city, erected on private property with permission of the landowner. Garage sale signs must be removed immediately after the sale is complete;
(11) Signs at construction sites. Signs denoting the architect, engineer, or contractor, when placed upon work under construction, provided that the total sign surface area of all such signs does not exceed six square feet in a district zoned for residential uses, and provided that the sign is removed upon completion of construction or prior to a date six months after the sign is first placed on the property, whichever is earlier; and
(12) Vacation rental signs. Signs advertising property for vacation rental cannot be more than six square feet.
(Ord. passed 4-13-2021) Penalty, see § 150.99