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1270.01 Maintenance and Repair. All signs shall be kept in good repair and free from peeling paint, rust, damaged or rotted supports, framework or other material, broken or missing faces or missing letters. Any structure from which a sign has been moved or removed shall be repaired with materials and/or painted or stained to match the existing background. Subd. 1 Sign Permit Not Required. Activities considered normal maintenance and repair and not requiring a sign or building permit shall include activities such as replacing or repairing lamps, ballasts, transformers, trim, sign fasteners, nuts, or washers; painting the pole of freestanding signs; and painting the cabinet of freestanding signs or building signs. Subd. 2 Sign Permit Required. For any sign that required a permit, the following activities shall not be considered normal maintenance and repair a permit shall be required: A. Re -facing a sign, except for the text on a manual changeable message sign. B. Removing the sign for the repair of the cabinet or any part thereof. C. Changes made to a sign's size or illumination, including, but not limited to, height, width, weight, area, adding or removing illumination D Changes in poles, structural supports, bases or shrouds, footings or anchor bolts, moving the sign to a new location, or replacement of the interior or exterior cabinet frame, except the sign face. Subd. 3 Building Permit. A building permit may be required for any signs involving the construction of or changes to a sign structure and/or electrical connections as determined by the Building Official. Section 1280 - Non -Conforming Signs 1280.01 Non -conforming Signs. It is the intent of this Chapter that non -conforming signs shall not be enlarged or expanded, nor be used as grounds for adding other signs or uses prohibited elsewhere in the same district. It is further the intent of this Chapter to permit legal non -conforming signs to remain provided that such signs are safe, maintained so as not to be unsightly, and have not been abandoned or removed subject to the following provisions: Subd. 1 Non -conforming Sign Continuance. A legal non -conforming sign may be continued through repair, replacement, restoration, maintenance, or improvement but shall not be expanded or moved to a new location. Subd. 2 Non -conforming Sign Discontinuance. If the use of the non -conforming sign or sign structure is discontinued for a period of one (1) year, the sign or sign structure shall not be reconstructed or used except in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter. Subd. 3 Non -conforming Sign Damaged or Destroyed. Should such non -conforming sign or sign structure be damaged or destroyed by any means to an extent greater than fifty (50) percent of its market value or structure and all required permits for its reconstruction have not been applied for within one -hundred eighty (180) days of when the sign or sign structure was damaged, it shall not be reconstructed or used except in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter. Subd. 4 Sign Regulation Conformance. Should such sign or sign structure be permanently moved for any reason for any distance, it shall thereafter conform to the regulations for the sign district in which it is located after it is moved. Subd. 5 Loss of Non -conforming Land Use. An existing sign devoted to a use not permitted by the Section 1320, Zoning Ordinance, in the zoning district in which it is located shall not be enlarged, expanded or moved except in changing the sign to a sign permitted in the sign district in which it is located. Subd. 6 Loss of Non -conforming Status. When a building or use loses its nonconforming status, all signs devoted to the structure or use shall be removed and all signs painted directly on the structure shall be repainted in a neutral color or a color which will harmonize with the structure. if: