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City of Arden Hills Chapter 12 - Sign Code <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />12-11 <br />Adopted: March 10, 2008 <br />Section 1240 – General Sign Regulations <br /> <br />1240.01 Regulation by Sign District. For the purpose of regulating signs, the following nine <br />sign districts are adopted: <br /> <br />District Description <br />1 All residential properties zoned R-1 or R-2. <br />2 All non-residential uses in the R-1 through R-4 zoning districts. <br />3 All residential properties zoned R-3 and R-4. <br />4 All properties fronting on County Road E east of Highway 51 except <br />for those properties with frontage on Lexington Avenue. <br />5 All properties fronting on Lexington Avenue South of Interstate 694. <br />6 <br />All properties zoned for commercial or industrial use fronting on <br />Lexington Avenue north of Interstate 694, properties along Highway <br />96, and properties located in the B-1 zoning district. <br />7 <br />All properties in the I-Flex, Gateway Business, or other commercial or <br />industrial district without frontage on a roadway designated above. <br />8 All properties zoned Neighborhood Business. <br />9 The parts of the TCAAP area not fronting on Highway 96. <br /> <br />1240.02 Permitted Sign Type, Area, Height, and Illumination by Sign District. All signs shall <br />conform to the applicable standards in Table One: Sign Standards by Sign District. The <br />following provisions shall also apply: <br /> <br />Subd. 1 Wall Sign. Wall signs shall not extend more than eighteen (18) inches <br />from the wall they are attached to. <br /> <br />Subd. 2 Freestanding Pole or Monument Signs. <br /> <br />A. No more than one freestanding sign shall be permitted on any site <br />except in cases where properties front more than one public street. For <br />properties that front more than one public street, an additional <br />freestanding sign may be permitted for each street front provided that <br />each additional freestanding sign does not exceed half the size of the <br />maximum sign area allowed for a freestanding sign in the underlying sign <br />district. <br /> <br />B. The sign area of a freestanding sign shall only be calculated using <br />one side of the sign. If the two sides are different sizes, the larger side <br />shall be used for determining sign area. <br /> <br />C. Freestanding signs in Sign Districts 4 and 5 shall be monument type <br />ground signs with the copy resting on and supported by a solid base of <br />brick or rock-faced block in a color similar to or complimentary to the main <br />structure on the site. The material of the base must extend at least one- <br />half way up the sides of the sign face. <br />