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6 . P I GLGQti~'rRUCT :Htl\L...s.~..EC IF I_C.~T IONQ_ . e a. GQMRL IAHG_E_..:~J_':t'lLBUl L)) I N(LAJ.'i12_E.LECTR l CAIL~OD_ES . All signs shall be constructed in accordance with the requirements of the State Building Code (1984) codified at Minn. Stat. .lGB.59 ~~_~~~ b . AN:GIIQRJ~~_JtEQl[I:RE.MEHT. . (i) No sign shall be suspended by nonrigid attachments that will allow the sign to swing in a wind. (ii) All freestanding signs shall have self- supporting structures permanently attached to concrete foundations. (iii) All portable signs on display shall be braced or secured to prevent motion. c. SIGN WINP.-R~_:LSTANCE_REQUIEEJ-1:.KJi'1~. e ( i) Solid signs, other than wall signs, shall be designed to withstand a wind load of seventeen (17) pounds per square foot on any face, having a height less than 30 feet and to withstand a wind load of 22 pounds per square foot on any surface having a height in excess of thirty (30) feet. (ii) Skeleton signs, other than wall signs, be designed to withstand a wind load of seventeen (17) pounds per square foot on the total face area of the letters and all other sign surfaces less than thirty ( 30) feet in height and to withstand a wind load of twenty-two (22) pounds per square foot on all portions in excess of thirty (30) feet in height. d. AlL:o;t':t'IONA,LS_I_GN CONSTRUCTION RE~tLIREMEl!':tS.. ( i ) No sign shall be erected, maintained so as to obstruct required exit, window or door means of egress. constructed or any f ire escape, opening used as a (ii) No sign shall be attached in any form, shape, or manner which will interfere with any opening required for ventilation, except that signs may be erected in front of and may cover transom windows when not in violation of the provisions of the current Building or Fire Codes. e