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ORDINANCE NUMBER 06-27 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.2 DEFINITIONS, SECTION 7.1, SUBDIVISION 5D TO BECOME SECTION 7.1, SUBDIVISON 6, AND CREATING SECTION 7.1, SUBDIVISION 5D AREA IDENTIFICATION SIGNS. The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: Section 1. Purpose and Intent: The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to amend Section 3.2, Definitions, to include"Signs, Area Identification", Section 7.1, Subdivision 5D, Offsite Signs, to become Section 7.1, Subdivision 6, and to create a new Section 7.1, Subdivision 5D Area Identification Signs. Section 2. Section 3.2 Definitions shall be amended to include: Signs, Area Identification. A sign located at the entrance or entrances of the area that is used to identify a common area containing a group of structures on a minimum of five acres, such as a residential subdivision, where there exists an association that provides for the maintenance of the sign or structures. Section 3. Section 7.1, Subdivision 5D Offsite Signs be amended so that the numbering is Section 7.1, Subdivision 6, rather than 5D. Section 4. Provisions for Area Identification Signs be added as Section 7.1, Subdivision 5D and read as follows: D. Residential Districts, including Rural Residential, Transition Residential, Shoreline Residential, and Urban Residential. 1. Area Identification Signs are permitted by Conditional Use Permit in the residential districts listed above, and must meet the following criteria: i. The size of the sign shall not exceed 32 square feet in area. ii. The sign shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height, as measured from the existing ground elevation to the top of the sign. Any landscaping, grading, structure, or other material that raises the level of the existing elevation of the ground shall be included in the height of the sign. iii. Any such sign shall be erected only on a corner lot at the intersection of local or collector streets with collector or arterial roadways and only on property that is a part of the residential development identified herein. iv. The sign shall be located on private property at the required setbacks for the zoning district, as detailed in Chapter V of this Ordinance. Placement of the sign shall include consideration for