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The following types of signs are prohibited in all districts: (1) Abandoned signs which no longer identify or advertise a bona fide business, service, product, or activity or for which no legal owner can be found. (2) Banners, pennants, festoons, and searchlights inflatable balloonslds~la Ts except as a permitted temporary special event sign under section 30-866(7). (3) Off-premises signs, other than advertising signs. (billboards (4) Signs imitating or resembling official government signs or signals. (5) Signs attached to trees, utility poles, public benches, or streetlights, or placed on any public property or public right-of--way. (6) Signs placed on vehicles or trailers which are parked or placed for the primary purpose of displaying the sign, except for portable signs or lettering on buses, taxis, or vehicles operating during the normal course of business. (7) Signs suspended beneath a canopy, overhang, roof, or marquee without a minunum clearance from grade of eight feet in a vehicular way or se~et3 ei ht 8 feet in a pedestrian way. (8) Any roof sign or sign erected above the roofline of a building. (9) Any sign placed within 30 feet of any intersection that may obstruct motorist or pedestrian visibility. (10) Rotating, . or moving signs. (11) Unsafe/dangerous signs as deterxxined~i~the City Administrator, or designee. (12) Painted wall signs. (13) Signs utilizing flashing and or revolving beacon lights. (Code 1982, ~ 900.22(3)(B)) State law references: Signs resembling traffic control devices prohibited, Minn. Stats. ~ 169.07. Sec. 30-860. Permit. (a) Keguired. Unless otherwise provided by this subdivision, ail-signs the erecrion, alteration, change of co,~~ or relocation of a sign shall require permits and payment of fees as described in this section. No permit is required for the maintenance of a sign (b) Exemptions. The following types of signs are exempt from permit requirements but must otherwise be in conformance with all requirements of this subdivision: (1) On-premises construction signs that comply with section 30-866(~g.~ (2) On-premises directional/informational signs having a sign area of four ~ feet or less. (3) .Changeable copy. (4) On-premises nameplates having a sign area of four ~ square feet or less. (5) Political signs, on-premises private sale signs or on-premises event signs. (size) (6) On-premises residential or commercial real estate signs that comply with section 30-86666 (3) (7) Window signs, provided they do not ire cover more than 50 percent of the window area. (c) Application. Application for a permit for the erection, alteration, change of eotw or relocation of a sign shall be made to the e'aree~er--of-p}a~ Cit~ministrator, or designee, upon a form provided by the city and shall include the following information: (1) The name and address of the owner of the sign. (2) The street address or location of the property on which the sign is to be located, along with the name and address of the property owner. (3) The type of sign or sign structure as defined in this chapter. (4) A site plan showing the proposed location of the sign along with the locations and square footage areas of all existing signs on the same premises. (5) Structural details as required. (d) Fee. All applications for permits filed with the City Administrator, or designee, shall be accompanied by a payment of the initial permit fee for each sign in such amount as determined by city council resolution. Page 3 of 16