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i <br /> Saikethreughs to be removed <br /> Underlines to be added <br /> Section 2. That sections 30-852 through 30-879 of the City of Elk River city code shall be <br /> amended read as follows: <br /> § 30-852 (a) — (c), Purpose, scope, and seepe xndins of subdivision <br /> (a) Purpose. The purpose of this subdivision shall be to coordinate the type, placement, <br /> and physical dimensions of tkre-siren Simis within the different zoning districts, to <br /> recognize the commercial communication requirements of all sectors of the business <br /> community, to encourage the innovative use of design, to promote both renovation <br /> and proper maintenance, to allow for special circumstances, and to guarantee equal <br /> treatment under the law through accurate recordkeeping and consistent enforcement. <br /> These shall be accompanied by regulation of the display, erection,use, and <br /> maintenance of 4gas Sims. <br /> (b) Scope. This subdivision shall not relate to building design, nor shall this subdivision <br /> regulate official traffic or government 4gfts S_ins; the copy and message of eigns <br /> Signs;window displays;product dispensers and point of purchase displays; <br /> scoreboards on athletic fields; flags of any nation, government, or noncoin nercial <br /> organizations;gravestones;barber poles;religious symbols; commemorative plaques; <br /> the display of street numbers; or any display or construction not defined as a sign <br /> 5i gns in section 30-1. <br /> (g) Findii4gs <br /> The City finds: <br /> Exterior Signs have a substantial impact on the character and quality of the <br /> environnnent. <br /> Signs provide an important medium that may convey a variety of messages. <br /> Signs can create traffic hazards and aesthetic concerns thereby threatening <br /> the public health, safety and welfare. <br /> The C.it1='s zoning re.,)ulatiorns include the regulation of Signs in an effort to <br /> provide adequate means of expression and to promote the econnic viability <br /> of the business comnaunity,while protectln?the City and its citizens from a <br /> proliferation of Si(rns of_a_ ypc size, location. number and c aracter_that <br /> would adversely impact upon the aesthetics of the comrnuni.1y and threaten <br /> dae health safety and welfare of the community. The regulation of the <br /> physical characteristics of Signs within the City has a t-)ositivc impact on <br /> traffic safe",and. the appearance of the connmunit`, . <br /> 5 <br /> I <br />