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� CHAPTER 17 — LAND USE (ZUNING) AND SUBDIVISI�N REGLTLATIUNS <br />ARTICLE 7. PERFORMANCE 5TANDA.RDS <br />Section iZi7.1SIGNS <br />1. Pumose. The purpose of these standards is to protect the general welfaze and <br />safety of the City by providing a policy of aesthetic development to prevent signs from <br />intruding on the nual and reside,ntial character of the City; to provide adequate signs for <br />direction and properiy identification purposes; and to provide adequate and effective <br />signs for commercial use. <br />2. Reauired Permits. All signs are considered structures and require a Zoning <br />Perrmt, except signs placed by the Ciiy, County or State to relate the laws or ordinances, <br />or to promote the health, safety and welfare of the community which aze exempt, and <br />signs exempted in this Chapter. <br />3. Exemnt Si�n. The following signs can be erected without a permit: <br />A. Temporary signs pertaining only to the construction, sale or rental of the <br />premises are allowable provided they do not exceed 9 square feet in any <br />zane and aze removed within 30 days of the completion of construction, <br />s�le or rental. <br />\.. B. Each parcel shatl be allowed, for up to 14 days during any 90 day period, <br />tetnporaFy sig�ts, inc�txc�r�g bant2ers, streatne�s anc� portab�e signs €or <br />special events, such as grand openings and promotions, provided they <br />meet the follawing: <br />(1) The totat cumulative azea of all temporary signs shall not exceed <br />one haif of the azea allowed for a permanent sign in said zoning <br />district, as provided for in Sec#ion 7.1, Subdivision 5. <br />(2) No more than four (4) temporary signs shali be on display at a <br />given time for each parcel, provided that the total a.rea of the signs <br />conforms to the provisions of subpart (1) contained herein. <br />C. Street identification signs and no hunri�g or trespassing signs are allowed <br />without a permit. <br />D. Temporary signs endorsing a polificai cantiidate, pariy or issue durang an <br />election season are allowed without a pernut. The sign must be removed <br />w�thin 30 days after the election. <br />E. Signs in Resideaitiai, Agiculture and Forestry Districts, provided #hey <br />meet the following standards. <br />� (1) Signs shall not be intemally or externally lighted but may be <br />City of Pequot Lakes 17-75 <br />