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. . . ORDINANCE 06_10 CITY OF ELK RIVER AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 The City Council of the City of Elk River does hereby ordain as follows: Strikcthrough3 to be removed Underlines to be added ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec. 30-1. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Abandoned sign means a sign which no longer identifies or advertises a bona fide business, lessor, service, owner, product, or activity, and/or for which no legal owner can be found. Accessory use, structure or building means a use, structure or building or portion of a structure subordinate to and serving the principal use and structure on the same lot and customarily incidental thereto. Address sign means a sign which identifies the numerical address of the premises on which the sign is located. Administrative subdivision means a subdivision involving the creation of four or fewer tracts or lots. Advertising sign means a sign structure advertising an establishment, merchandise, service, or entertainment which is not sold, produced, manufactured, or furnished at the property on which the sign is located. Agricultural research facilities means buildings, laboratories, and other facilities or structures which are used in connection with agricultural research and development, investigation, testing, or experimentation. Such facilities may include, but are not limited to, animal feeding facilities, barns, storage buildings, confinement areas, or other animal housing units; pasture and grazing areas; cropped or tilled fields; grain and feed processing; nursery areas; and agricultural waste management facilities or systems. Agricultural use means the use of land for growing or producing field crops, keeping or producing oflivestock, and livestock products and poultry. The term shall include incidental retail selling by the producer of products raised on the premises, provided that customer parking space is furnished off the public right-of-way. The term shall not include feedlots. Alley means a public or private right-of-way not greater than 24 feet in width which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property. Alteration sign means any change, reconstruction, relocation, or enlargement of a sign, or of any of its component parts. Routine maintenance, the changing of movable parts of signs which are designed for such changes, and the repainting of sign copy and display matter shall not be deemed to be an alteration within the context of article VI, division 5, subdivision II, of this chapter pertaining to signs. 1 00- to