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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 3