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5. Signs shall not be placed in locations that interfere with safe vehicular and pedestrian circulation or public <br />safety signals and signs. Signs will not be placed in the sight triangles of intersections. <br />6. No sign shall be erected or maintained so as to obstruct and fire escape, required exit, egress window or <br />door opening. <br />7. Signs shall be structurally designed in compliance with ANSI and ASCI standards. All signs using <br />electricity shall be constructed according to the technical standards of a certified testing laboratory. <br />8. Signs using electricity must directly connect to wiring that is integrated into the building structure or <br />buried underground; no cables or extension cords should run over the ground or up the side of a structure <br />to power a sign. <br />4. Maintenance Standards. All signs shall be maintained in accordance with the following: <br />1. The property owner or tenant shall maintain the sign in a condition appropriate to the intended use. <br />2. Signs shall advertise or identify a legal business or other activity currently taking place, or which will take <br />place in the near future, within the City of Gem Lake. Obsolete signs shall be removed by the property <br />owner within a reasonable time, no longer than two months, after the sign becomes obsolete. A property <br />owner or tenant may apply to the City Council for exemption if the sign removal will be unduly difficult <br />to achieve (example: the sign is part of the building structure). <br />3. Signs shall be maintained in a safe, presentable and good structural condition at all times, including the <br />replacement of defective parts, cleaning and other items required for the upkeep of the sign. There shall be <br />no accumulation of rubbish or debris, or uncontrolled vegetation, under or near any sign. <br />6. Definitions. The definitions used in this section are now listed in Appendix A of The Consolidated Land Use Ordinance. <br />7. Severability. Should any section, subdivision, clause or other provision of this Ordinance be held to be invalid in any court <br />of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole, or of any part hereof, other <br />than the part held to be invalid. <br />Updated January 2025 — Gem Lake Consolidated Land Use Ordinance No. 131 102 <br />