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<br /> CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA . <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 333 <br /> AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SIGNAGE STANDARDS <br /> WITHIN THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> 333.1 Recitals. This Ordinance shall be known, cited and referred to as the Arden Hills Sign <br /> Ordinance, except as referred to herein, where it shall be known as "this Ordinance" <br /> 333.2 Purpose and Intent. Regulations governing signs are established to allow effective <br /> signage appropriate to the planned character of each district, to promote an attractive i <br /> , <br /> environment, to minimize adverse effects on nearby property, and protect the public <br /> health, safety, and welfare. <br /> 333.3 Scope of Rel!ulations. The sign regulations set forth in this Ordinance shall apply to all <br /> structures and all land uses. This Ordinance describes the signage standards for permitted <br /> and conditional uses in the nine special sign districts that overlay the zoning districts of <br /> the City. Specific additional regulations are established for signs which are unique in <br /> purpose and not easily addressed by district regulations. No person shall place, erect or <br /> maintain a sign, nor shall a lessee or owner permit property under their control to be used <br /> for such sign, which does not conform to the requirements ofthis Ordinance, and all other <br /> applicable regulations. <br /> 333.4 Exempt Sil!ns. The following signs shall be exempt from the regulations of this . <br /> Ordinance. <br /> A. Official public notices or warning signs required by local, state or federal <br /> law, including but not limited to traffic control and other regulatory <br /> purpose SIgnS. <br /> B. Any sign located inside a building that is not legible from more than 3 feet <br /> beyond the property line of the parcel or lot the sign is located on. <br /> e. Religious symbols attached to institutional buildings, provided such <br /> symbols shall not be illuminated and do not extend above the uppermost <br /> part of the face of the building they are attached to. <br /> D. Any temporary for sale or for rent sign that advertises the sale or rental of <br /> residential premises upon which the sign is located as long as the sign is <br /> not illuminated and does not exceed 24 square feet in area or 4 feet in <br /> height, or the height permitted for an auxiliary sign in that sign district, if <br /> greater. "For Sale" or "For Rent" signs on non residential properties shall <br /> be regulated as provided in the section "Special Sign Types" <br /> E. Any sign display or device allowed under this section may contain, in lieu . <br /> of other copy, any otherwise lawful noncommercial message that does not <br /> direct attention to a business operated for profit, or to a commodity or <br /> Ordinance 333 <br /> Page t <br />