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<br />City of Arden Hills <br /> <br />Chapter 12 Sign Code <br /> <br />Snbd.8 Freestanding sign: a self-supporting sign usually held up by uprights <br /> <br />placed in the ground or any other base that is anchored to the ground. <br /> <br />Subd. 9 Grand ooeninf!: commencement of operation of a new business. For <br /> <br />purDoses of the ordinance. a Qrand oDenin!! is considered to occur if there is a <br /> <br />business name chanflc or chan!!:c in type of business or activity. <br /> <br />Subd.l0 Graphic sign: a sculpture attached to or sign painted directly on a wall <br /> <br />that is primarily symbolic or representational in nature and not alpha or numeric in <br /> <br />content or copy. <br /> <br />Subd. 11 llluminated sign: any sign, which has characters, letters, figures, designs <br /> <br />or outlines which is illuminated by an 3rtificiallight source. <br /> <br />Subd 12 Illtemal sign: Anv sien that is eenerallv IIot understandabie or readable <br /> <br />from nroperty other than where the shm is located. such as from adiacent Dropertv <br /> <br />or a ImbUe street. as determined bv the Zoninl! Administrator. <br /> <br />Subd. 13 Lighting, backlit: an illuminated sign where the light source which <br /> <br />illuminates the wall behind individual sign letters is hidden from view. The sign <br /> <br />letters are opaque in appear as a silhouette against the lighted surface. <br /> <br />12-8 <br /> <br />DRAFT February 19, 2008 <br />