82-514 CI'IY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
ORDINANCE NO. 82-514
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 409 OF THE HOPKINS CODE OF
ORDINANCES WHICH PERTAINS 'It) SIGNS AND PLACARDS.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Hopkins as
follows:
That Section 409 of the Hopkins Code of Ordinances pertaining to
signs is hereby amended by adding the following provisions:
The present Section 409.01 is hereby repealed and it is hereby
enacted in place and instead thereof the following:
409:02 - PLACARDS DEFINED: Placards means and is limited to any
and all temporary "for sale" or "for lease" or political matters and other
similarly related notices located on or near the premises involved.
409.03 - BILLBOARDS AND SIGNS DEFINED: Billboards and signs are
synonymous and are hereby defined and shall mean and include advertising
• structures which are portable, moveable or immovable and are intended for
or usedas advertising media or other matters except traffic or directional
signs allolked and maintained pursuant to Law.
409:60 - ?MOVEABLE SIGNS LOCATIONS, SECURITY AND PERMITS: No
portable, wheel or otherwise mounted mobile signs shall be permitted or
located in any areas which constitute zoning set-back requirements, and
all such mobile signs shall be firmly fixed in place by chains, cables,
or other means approved by the Hopkins Building Inspector and all such signs
shall require special permits to be issued by the City of Hopkins therefor.
409:62 - FTEC;IRICAL SIGNS: Any and every sign, whether wheel
mounted or otherwise mobile, portable or permanent, which is connected to
or operated by electricity shall conform to all of the pertinent provisions
and requirements of the Electric Code and any and all electric extension
cords connected to or from any such signs are hereby prohibited.
409:64 - PLACARDS: Placards may be placed and maintained without
City issued permits as authorized or allowed by the owners, tenants, or
persons in charge of any premises to be used for such placard placements.( see
also 670:00 subdiv 1 (h) and (i).)
409:75 - PENALTIES: Any owner who violates any of the terms or
provisions of this Ordinance or who fails to comply with any report or order
issued by the Hopkins Building Inspector shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
Each day that the owner or other operator fails to comply with any such report
or Order or of this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense and such
separate offenses may be alleged in one pleading or complaint and heard or
tried at one hearing or trial with separate penalties resulting or issued
therefrom.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Hopkins held August 17, 1982, and finally read, approved, adopted and ordered
published at a special meeting of said Council of said City on August 31,
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J. SCOTT MIXNE,,NE '‘ :IDrT F. ff '
City Clerk Mayor
JOSEPH C. VESELY,
City Attorney