§ 64.303. Nonconforming window signs; public safety regulations.

Latest version.

(a)

Intent and purpose. Minnesota Statutes § 462.357, Subd. 1e. provides that a municipality may, by ordinance, impose upon nonconformities reasonable regulations to prevent and abate nuisances and to protect the public health, welfare, or safety. The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design program of the U.S. Department of Justice advises local jurisdictions that improving visibility from a business into the street and from the street into a business significantly reduces crime. This section imposes reasonable regulations on nonconforming window signs to protect the public health, welfare and safety to deter and prevent crime through improved visibility into and out of businesses.

(b)

Nonconforming temporary window signs shall be located no later than six (6) months after the effective date of section in such a manner that they do not block the view from a public right of way into the clerk or cashier area of the business, and from the clerk or cashier area out to the public right of way.

(Ord. No. 11-32, § 1, 12-14-11)

                    
                        var val = document.getElementById('citecontent').innerHTML;
                        art.dialog.defaults.title = window.location.href;
                        art.dialog.data('cite', val);
                        art.dialog.data('homeDemoPath', '/Scripts/plus/artDialog/');
                        art.dialog.open('/Scripts/plus/artDialog/citeiframe.html');