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e ORDINANCE 90 - 27 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF ELK RIVER CODE OF ORDINANCE SECTION 900.22 - SIGN REGULATIONS, SUBD. 4.D - SIGNS PERMITTED IN A C-3 ZONE The City Council of the City of Elk River does ordain as follows: S~ction 1. That Section 900.22/ 4.d. (viii) of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances be amended to add: (viii) Advertising Signs. Advertising signs shall only be allowed in the C-3 district subject to the fOllowing requirements. 1. Off-premise signs are prohibited within 100 feet of the intersection of the Highway right-of-way and any other right-of-way or driveway. 2. Advertising signs are prohibited within 1200 feet of another advertising sign on the same side of the right-of-way. e 3. All advertising signs shall be erected with a single pole or mono-pole structural standard and shall have underground wiring. 4. The .base of any advertising sign must be landscaped with at least grass and must be properly maintained. 5. Advertising signs shall not exceed 400 square feet in area nor 25 feet in height as measured perpendicularly from the height of the highest point of the sign structure to the grade level directly below the sign. The existing grade may not be altered for the purpose of increasing sign height. 6. Advertising signs shall be considered a principal use of the property. Existing advertising signs must be removed when the parcel upon which they are situated is devoted to another principal use. e 7. The City shall perform a yearly inspection of the advertising devices to ensure compliance of said advertising structure with the provisions of this section and other provisions of this Ordinance. The fee for said inspection shall be set by the Elk River City Council by resolution from time to time. 8. Such advertising signs shall only be allowed in C-3 zoned property adjacent to right-of-way for State Highways number 10 and 169.