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Effective --01 City of Centervil1e Ordinance #39 STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF ANOKA CITY OF CENTERVILLE ORDINANCE # 39 An ordinance regulating signs in the City of Centerville, Minnesota and providing for the administration and enforcement of such regulations. The City Council of the City of Centerville ordains as follows: DIVISION 10: General Provisions Section 010-010: Title. This ordinance shall be known as Ordinance #39, City of Centerville Signage Ordinance except as herein referred to as "this Ordinance" . Section 010-020: Purpose and Intent. It is the purpose of this Ordinance to: · Establish a set of standards for the fabrication, erection, use and maintenance for signs, symbols, markings, advertising devices or other items that serve as visual communication media. · Allow creativity in sign design while at the same time ensuring that the public is not endangered, annoyed, distracted or displeased by unsafe, disorderly, indiscriminate and unnecessary use of visual communication media. · Administration and procedures for requiring permits, payments of fees and providing for penalties for non-compliance. Section 010-030: Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. Those parts of Ordinance #4 (Zoning Ordinance) or any parts of other Ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. In all other respects said Ordinance #4 (Zoning Ordinance) and other Ordinances shall remain in full force and effect. Section 010-040: Definitions. Advertising Sign - An "Advertising Sign" is a sign, which directs attention to a business commodity, service or entertainment not exclusively, related to the premises where such a sign is located or to which it is affixed. Area Identification Sign - A freestanding sign that identifies the name of a residential subdivision, commercial or industrial development. Page 1 of 11