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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 333 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE REGULATING SIGNAGE STANDARDS <br />WITHIN THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <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 /> <br />333.2 Purpose and Inteut. Regulations governing signs are established to allow effective <br />signage appropriate to the planned character of each district, to promote an attractive <br />environment, to minimize adverse effects on nearby property, and protect the public <br />health, safety, and welfare. <br /> <br />333.3 Scope of Rel!ullltions. 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 of this Ordinance, and all other <br />applicable regulations. <br /> <br />333-4 Exempt Sil!ns. The following SignS shall be exempt from the regulations of this <br />Ordinance. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />C. 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 /> <br />D. Any temporary for sale or for rent sign that advertises the sale or rental of <br />residential premises upon which the sigu 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 /> <br />E. <br /> <br />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 /> <br />Ordinance 333 <br />Page 1 <br />