HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1271ORDINANCE NO. 1271
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853,
CITY CODE OF 1977, AS AMENDED, AND PERTAINING TO
STANDARDS FOR TEMPORARY SIGNAGE
The City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
SECTION 1:
Section 9.117A(3) (k) of Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977, as
amended, which currently reads as follows, to wit:
(K) Standards for Banners and Pennants:
(i)
No banner or pennant weighing in excess of thirty (30) pounds is permitted unless
it is fa'st approved by the building official.
(ii)
No banner or pennant shall extend over or into any street, alley, sidewalk, or other
public thoroughfare a distance greater than four (4) inches from the wall upon
which it is erected, and it shall not be placed or project over any wall opening.
(iii)
No banner or pennant shall be erected so as to prevent free ingress to or egress
from any door, window or fire escape, nor shall such sign be attached to any stand
pipe or fire escape.
(iv)
Every banner or pennant shall be attached to the wall with wire or steel cables,
and no strings, ropes, or wood slats for anchorage or support purposes shall be
permitted.
Is herewith amended to read as follows:
(k) Standards for Temporary Signage:
(i) Any sign not considered permanent shall be considered temporary.
(ii)
No temporary sign weighing in excess of thirty (30) pounds is permitted unless it
is first approved by the Building Inspector. Banners or pennants may not exceed
the lesser of 3 fr x 20 ft in size or the allowed maximum of wall signage per site.
(iii)
No temporary sign shall extend over or into any street, alley, sidewalk, or other
public thoroughfare a distance greater than four (4) inches from the wall upon
which it
is erected, shall not be placed or project over any wall
and may not cover more than 25% of window area such that
75% of the total window area is kept clear at all times.
(iv)
No temporary sign shall be erected so as to prevent free
ingress to or egress from any door, window or fire
escape, nor shall such sign be attached to any standpipe
or fire escape.
(v)
Every temporary sign shall be attached to the wall with
wire or steel cables, and no strings, ropes or wood slats
for anchorage or support purposes shall be permitted.
(vi) Portable signs may not exceed 4' x 8' in size.
(vii) Location of all temporary signage must be within the
property boundaries of such business.
(viii) Temporary signage shall be allowed up to a maximum of
four (4), eleven (11) day periods per year. Only one (1)
temporary sign is permitted in any eleven (11) day
period, a request for the use of more than one sign in
an eleven day period will result in a double deduction
from the four (4) times per year temporary signage
allowance.
(ix) A $15.00 permit, as well as a refundable $100.00 deposit
shall be required for each eleven (11) day period.
(x) Temporary signage for NEW business grand openings shall
be allowed on an additional eleven (11) day period.
(xi) Additionally, one (1) APPROVED temporary sign is allowed
during the December Holiday season, without a permit, for
a maximum of thirty (30) days, provided the user posts a
$100.00 deposit prior to the installation of the
temporary signage as provided in item (viii) above.
(xii) The deposit shall be returned to the depositor upon
satisfactory removal of the temporary signage and the
expiration of the applicable permit.
(xiii) UnauthoriZed use of temporary signage shall be subject to
a doubling of any applicable permit fees and forfeiture
of the $100.00 deposit in addition to other sanctions as
provided herein.
SECTION 2:
Sections 9.117A(4) (j) and (k) of Ordinance No.
853, City Code of 1997, as amended, which currently
read as follows, to wit:
(a) A portable sign.
(k)
A sign which contains or consists of banners, pennants,
ribbons, streamers, strings of light bulbs, spinners or
similar devices, except as allowed by Section 9.117A(5)
(o) and Section 9.117A(3) (k)
is herewith repealed.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after thirty (30) days after its passage.
First Reading: June 14. 1993
Second Reading: June 28. 1993
Date of Passage: June 28. 199~
Offered By:
Seconded By:
Roll Call:
Peterson
~t~e t t i mann
(;l~rkin. Ruettimann. Peterson, Murzyn - aye
Nawrocki - nay
Donal~/J. MurzynWJ~., ~yor
o-A~ne St~dent;~ouncil Secretary
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