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Page 3 of 5 The cities of Shoreview and New Brighton approach the sizing of wall signs differently though both sign codes permit a wall sign per frontage as the Arden Hills sign code does. In New Brighton, each sign district has an established percentage of signable area per property as well as 200 square feet as a set maximum. Signable area is defined as any area of the wall of a building, free of windows or doors upon which wall signs are permitted. Permitted signs can have a total copy area of the established percentage or 200 square feet per frontage, whichever is less. In Shoreview, two sign districts have a maximum total sign copy area while for the remaining districts, there is a calculation based on the square footage of the building and a percentage of the area of the building elevation. For buildings under 50,000 square feet there is a minimum sign copy area of 20 square feet per frontage and buildings with greater than 50,000 square feet in area have a maximum sign copy area of 500 square feet per frontage. Wall Sign Regulations by Sign Districts The Arden Hills Sign Code regulates signage by sign district. Some districts are applicable to multiple zoning districts while others are specific to one zoning district. Sign Districts 1 through 3 as well as 6,7, and 8 call out specific zoning districts that relate to different land uses. Sign Districts 4, 5, and 9 are frontage specific and are applicable to multiple zoning districts so long as they are not called out in other sign districts. For example, a property zoned B-2 General Business District could be regulated by Sign District 4 or 5, depending on the property’s frontage. 1240.01 Regulation by Sign District. District Description 1 All residential properties zoned R-1 or R-2. 2 All non-residential uses in the R-1 through R-4 zoning districts. 3 All residential properties zoned R-3 and R-4. 4 All properties fronting on County Road E east of Highway 51 except for those properties with frontage on Lexington Avenue. 5 All properties fronting on Lexington Avenue South of Interstate 694. 6 All properties zoned for commercial or industrial use fronting on Lexington Avenue north of Interstate 694, properties along Highway 96, and properties located in the B-1 zoning district. 7 All properties in the I-Flex, Gateway Business, or other commercial or industrial district without frontage on a roadway designated above. 8 All properties zoned Neighborhood Business. 9 The parts of the TCAAP area not fronting on Highway 96. The Shoreview and New Brighton sign districts are more generally applicable to zoning districts than the Arden Hills sign code. In New Brighton, permitted sign copy area is allotted based on zoning district. The zoning districts within the sign districts are explicitly stated along with the permitted sign copy area. In Shoreview, the sign code is even more general as the same parameters for sign copy area apply to the City’s sign districts for its Commercial, Office, Business Park, and Industrial zoning districts. Shoreview’s sign copy area calculation is generally more specific to the size of the building and the building’s frontage elevations than it is to zoning districts.