HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 711 - Amendments of 1999 to Sign Chapter of Zoning Ordinance1
ORDINANCE NO. 711,
2 AMENDMENTS OF 1999 TO SIGN CHAPTER OF ZONING ORDINANCE
3 An ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL RELATING TO PLANNING AND ZONING
4 AND TO SIGNS:
5 [§ 1] AMENDMENTS CLARIFYING PURPOSE OF SIGN STANDARDS ;
6 [§ 2] AMENDMENTS DEFINING STANDARDS FOR SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL,
7 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES, INCLUDING MULTI -TENANT
8 BUILDINGS AND READER BOARD SIGNS;
9 [§ 3] AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TEMPORARY SIGNS
10 AND AUTHORIZATION OF A CLASS OF NEW TEMPORARY SIGN FOR A
11 NEW BUSINESS;
12 [§ 4] AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SIGNS OTHERWISE EXEMPT
13 FROM PERMITTING;
14 [§ 5] AMENDMENTS TO TREATMENT OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS;
15 [§ 6] AMENDMENTS TO SECTION RESPECTING PROHIBITED SIGNS;
16 [§ 7] AMENDMENTS TO ILLUMINATED SIGNS PROVISION;
17 [§ 8] AMENDMENTS TO SECTION RESPECTING APPLICATIONS FOR SIGN PERMITS,
18 AND SCOPE OF PERMITTED ACTION;
19 [§ 9] REMOVAL AND IMPOUNDING OF ILLEGAL SIGNS;
20 [§ 10] REMOVING SIGNS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SCENIC ROUTE
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22 [§ 11] AMENDMENTS CLARIFYING THE DEFININTION OF READER BOARD SIGNS;
23 [§ 12] PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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25 Section 1. McCall City Code 3-24-010, respecting purposes of sign regulation, is amended to
26 read as follows in that specific format required by Idaho Code, that is, with new language
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28 3-24-010. PURPOSES. It is the intent of this Chapter
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42 4E4 To regulato tho sizos, location, charactor and othor portinont foaturos of all oxtorior cigns
To provide standards with which the business owner or nonprofit entity may identify the business
or entity in a manner consistent with the welfare of the business or entity as part of the Planning
Jurisdiction, which is directly dependent upon the economic health of the entire community.
To preserve property values and improve traffic safety within commercial and residential areas
of the Planning Jurisdiction, as well as to enhance enjoyment of McCall's natural beauty, by
controlling the use of signs and their motion and illumination.
To improve business opportunity as a result of the increased attractiveness of the Planning
Jurisdiction and resulting protection and enhancement of the tourist trade as well as the rest
of the economy of the area.
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To reduce undue confusion between signs.
To prevent conflicts and confusion between advertising signs and traffic control signs or
signals.
5 ()n To prevent possible harm from outdoor signs suspended from or placed on top of
6 structures and otherwise erected above the ground and especially where susceptible to
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8 M Not to regulate the content of speech, other than that speech of an obscene nature, but
9 only the place and manner.
10 Section 2. McCall City Code Section 3-24-020 respecting sign standards applicable to all zones
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13 3-24-020. SIGN STANDARDS BY ZONE
14 (A) General Standards Applicable to All Zones.
15 1. The following sign standards by zone are intended to include every zone in the
16 Planning Jurisdiction. The zones are as defined by this Title. Only signs as -described in
17 this Section, or in Section 3-24-030, Temporary
18 Signs, or in-aaa# Section 3-24-040, Exemptions, will he -are permitted in each particular
19 zone. The area of a sign shall be computed by adding up the square footage of the one,
20 both or all planes of it having words or graphics visible to the public. If a sign includes
21 silhouette designs or letters, whether cut out of the interior of a background, or
22 projecting beyond the edges of a background, or free-standing, the area of the sign
23 shall be computed to include the square -footage of a rectangle that would enclose such
24 designs. For example, should a sign flat against a building that is three feet on a side
25 (9 square feet) have a silhouette of a pine tree siiheaetta attached to and extending
26 above it, such -tea silhouette being one foot wide at the widest and 2 feet tall, then the
27 one foot by two foot rectangle which could enclose that4e4 silhouette shall be added to
28 the 9 square feet of the rest of the sign of which it is a part for a total of 11 square feet,
29 notwithstanding that some of that area in fact includes air around the ttaa silhouette.
30 2. If any zone is omitted from this Chapter, or if a new zone is created after March 24,
31 1994, no signs shall be permitted therein until this Chapter shall be amended to
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33 (B) Standards Applicable to Residential Zones.
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35 6. Signs in residential zones for Businesses with Conditional Use Permits or Existing as
36 a Nonconforming Use. The maximum sign area for businesses operating under a
37 conditional use permit or as a nonconforming use shall not exceed 24 square feet.
38 Such signs shall meet all other requirements set forth in MCC 3-24-020 (C). A more
39 restrictive condition in the approval of a conditional use shall govern over this
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41 (C) Standards Applicable to Commercial & Industrial Zones.
42 1. General. The regulations and specifications set forth horein in this subsection (C)
43 shall apply to Zone C- Commercial District, Zone GC- General Commercial
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47 (a) Signs may be flat wall signs and located anywhere on the surface of the
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1 (b) Signs may be projecting signs only
2 there is no building setback in the CB Zones, and then may project six feet
3 (6') or less beyond the street property Tine, but no closer than two feet (2')
4 to a curb line or other edge of the roadway where there is no curb, and
5 must have a minimum clearance of eight feet (8') above a
6 public sidewalk or nine feet above a walking path where there is not yet a
7 sidewalk, and 15 feet above driveways or alleys.
8 (c) When a projecting sign is closer than 12 feet to a corner of the property, its
9 projection shall be no more than a distance equal to 1/2 the horizontal
10 distance from the sign to that corner.
11 (d) Where a building does not cover the full area of the property, a one sign may
12 be freestanding, , and may be located anywhere on the
13 property. back of the stroot sotback lines. No portion of gsuch a sign may
14 extend more than 20 feet above the average ground level at tho base of
15 below the sign.
16 (e) Signs may be on the vertical faces of marquees and may project below the
17 lower edge of the marquee not more than twelve inches (12"). The bottom
18 of marquee signs shall be no less than eight feet (8') above the sidewalk or
19 grade at any point. No part of the sign shall project above the vertical
20 marquee face, nor shall the marquee be extended above the roof line
21 behind the marquee.
22 (f) Signs shall not project above the part of the roof -lines closest to the sign.
23 (g) Signs shall not be located on any property which is not the site of the
24 subject of the information on the sign, e. .for example, a sign advertising
25 a business may only appear on the same lot or parcel of real estate that
26 is the location of the business. However, an establishment which gains
27 legal access by way of an easement or common area, may place a sign
28 on an abutting property, with permission of the owner of such property.
29 Such a sign must comply with all provisions of this title, and the size of
30 said sign shall be deducted from that alloted to the property on which the
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32 (h) Signs may be incorporated into building awnings. In terms of calculating
33 sign size, the procedure shall be to calculate the area of the letters and
34 design according to the "silhouette" sign described in MCC 3-24-020 (A)
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36 /l. Content. Signs shall be identity signs only.
37 4. Multi -tenant Buildings or Plazas. Only one freestanding sign may be erected per
38 building or plaza and may not exceed 50 square feet in area per frontage street.
39 Such signs are referred to as "location sign (s)" in the rest of this paragraph 4. The
40 project sign may set forth the name of the building or plaza (called "project name in
41 the rest of this paragraph 4.), for one example, "Jones Shopping Center". Such
42 signage is in addition to allowable signage for individual businesses. Individual
43 businesses may be identified on the location sign, but may not exceed 8 square
44 feet per business. Signage on the location sign identifying individual businesses
45 shall be deducted from the total allowed for the business in question.
46 Signs for individual tenants may be wall mounted or hanging, but not projecting
47 unless over an interior walkway of the project. The portion of total signage
48 available to each tenant shall be determined by the building or plaza owner.
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50 5. Illumination. Illumination of signs is permitted, but only in accordance with the
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1 6. Reader Boards (Changeable Letter Signs). No more than 50% of any given sign face
2 may include a space for changeable letters, except as provided for in subsection (a)
3 below. Permitted reader board signs shall be of a high quality, and the letters used on
4 such signs shall be of a durable material such as lexan or acrylic plastic, with a
5 minimum thickness of 0.08 inches and a height not to exceed 9 inches.
6 (a) The Commission may allow an establishment to install a sign with more than 50%
7 of its face made up of reader board only upon making the following findings, and
8 after following the same procedures as for a Conditional Use Permit:
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(1) That special conditions and circumstances unique to the type of business, the
land, or structure, make compliance with MCC 3-24-020 (C) 6. an undue hardship.
In making its findings, the Commission shall take into consideration the products
offered by the establishment and whether the inventory changes on a regular
basis. The Commission may use the requirements for a variance (MCC 3-31-010)
as a guide in determining whether to grant a request under this section, though the
request need not meet all requirements of MCC 3-31-010.
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Gonoral. The regulations and specifications sot forth horoin shall apply to Zono I
Industrial District.
2. Sizo. There ehall bo pormittod in this Zono, for each industrial ostablishmont, one
foot for each lineal foot of building street frontago, or one half (1/2) square foot for
3. Location. Requiremonts shall bo the samo as spocifiod for tho Commercial
districts.
4. Content. Signs shall be idontity signs only.
5. Illumination. Illumination of signs is pormittod, but in accordanco with the roctrictions
specified in Section 3 21 7.
28 Section 3. McCall City Code Section 3-24-030 respecting temporary signs is amended to read in
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30 3-24-030. TEMPORARY SIGNS. The following signs shall be permitted anywhere within
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33 (B) Real Estate Signs.
34 1. Signs advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises
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36 a. For properties of GPO five contiguous acres or less, the total area of the
37 signage shall not exceed -five. 5 square feet-(44 on one face. A double
38 sided sign may have a total sign surface of 10 square feet.
39 b. For properties of ovor ono five to ten contiguous acres but less than ten
40 ages, the total area of the signage shall not exceed 16 square feet per
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42 c. For properties over 10 contiguous acres, the total area of the signage
43 shall not exceed 32 square feet per face;
44 d. For properties facing the lake front, the total area of the signage shall not
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46 2. Such signs shall be removed within seven days after the sale, rental or lease is
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48 3. "Open House" signs shall not exceed six square feet in total area. Opon Houso
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Open House signs shall be removed upon
completion of the "open house" but in no event shall the sign be in placed longer
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6 4. Illuminated, reflective and day-glo type materials shall not be permitted on any real
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8 5. Signs shall be maintained in good repair.
9 6. Real Estate signs shall not be placed withinor extend over public rights of
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12 (E) Show Window Signs. Show window signs in a window display of merchandise when
13 incorporated with such a display. They need not be related in content with the display, but
14 unsightly clutter of signs shall be avoided. A sign or signs shall be deemed an unsightly
15 clutter if it or they obscure more than 25% of any one window. Square footage of show
16 window signs shall not be included in the overall allowable square footage of external
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18 New Business Signs. With prior written notice to the Administrator and the code
19 enforcement officer, with their written concurrence that the business is new, and upon
20 payment of a fee set by Council from time to time by resolution, a new business may
21 display a temporary sign for not more than a total of 16 consecutive days to announce its
22 opening, which sign shall be on the premises where the business is located. -Such a sign
23 is in addition to the permanent sign and shall not be larger than a sign permitted to the
24 business.
25 Section 4. McCall City Code Section 3-24-040 respecting exempt signs is amended to read in
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27 3-24-040. EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. The following types of signs
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29 construction and safety rogulations building code requirements that would be applicable in the
30 absence of this Chapter; but shall be subject to any standards in this Chapter made expressly
31 applicable to exempt signs and to-adthe following requirements:
32 (A) Public Signs. Signs of a non-commercial nature and in the public interest, erected by or
33 on the order of, a public officer in the performance of the public officers public duty, such
34 as safety signs, danger signs, trespassing signs, traffics control devices, memorial
35 plaques, signs of historical interest, informational signs, and the like. Such informational
36 signs may include directional signs advising persons upon main roads of through routes
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1. Signs sotting forth the namo or any simplo announcemont for any public,
of that institution up to an aroa of 21 square feet.
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3. If building mounted, thoco signs shall bo flat wall signs and shall not project
abovo tho roof lino. If ground mountod, tho top chall bo no moro than cix foot (6')
to pormit vehicles to pass bonoath the sign.
48 {�)(B) Integral. Names of buildings, dates of erection, monumental citations, commemorative
49 tablets and the like when carved into stone, concrete or similar material or made of
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2 {44.gg Private Traffic Direction. Signs directing traffic movement onto a premise or within a
3 premise, such as "in," "out," and "one-way," not exceeding three square feet in area for
4 each sign, and containing no advertising whatsoever; or painted on paved areas, and
5 containing no advertising whatsoever; are permitted. Such signs may be illuminated in
6 accordance with the regulations specified in Section 3-24-070.
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1. Signs dirocting traffic movomont onto a promiso or within a promiso, not
2. Such signs may bo illuminatod in accordanco with tho rogulations specified in
Section 3 21 070, Signs, Illumination.
3. Horizontal directional cigns on and flush with pavod aroas aro oxompt from thoso
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13 (€42) Small Signs. One sign per business, not exceeding two square feet in area, attached flat against
14 the building, stationary and not illuminated, announcing only the name and occupation of building
15 tenant.
16E) Rental Signs. Signs on the premises announcing rooms for rent, table board, apartment
17 or house for rent, and not exceeding four square feet in area.
18 (-) Vehicles. Signs on a motor vehicles or the trailer part of a tractor-trailer,-,af-elgy-4441-14044d. 44
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21 public streets except while being used on the public streets, provided that:
22 1. Registered. The motor vehicle or trailer must be currently registered with the relevant
23 motor vehicle authorities and be currently, regularly, and principally used for a
24 transportation purpose other than display of such sign. Signs which would otherwise be
25 mounted on a building or in a freestanding frame may not be placed vertically on the
26 roof, hood, or trunk of a car, nor in the bed nor on the cap of a truck, unless being used
27 to transport the sign to a permanent location.
28 2. Located. The vehicle's location when not in use upon the public streets must be
29 consistent with the most logical implementation of the principal use of the vehicle; and
30 3. Not Actually Used as a Sign. A vehicle shall not be parked such that the principal
31 purpose of the vehicle, while parked, is that of a sign.
32 This subsection (F) shall be construed so as to prevent the use of vehicles for a sign except
33 under the foregoing circumstances.
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35 Section 5. McCall City Code Section 3-24-050 respecting nonconforming signs, is amended to
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37 3-24-050 NON -CONFORMING SIGNS. Where a lawful sign existed on the effective date of
38 the applicable regulations, that could not be lawfully installed under the terms of current regulations,
39 such sign may be continued so longs as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following
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with other ordinances of the City. At tho and of this period thoy shall be removed. Both the
(B) Any cign in violation of Soction 3 21 060, Prohibitod Signs, shall bo romoved, altorod or
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16 (A) No such nonconforming sign may be enlarged or altered, other than changing copy, in a way
17 which increases its nonconformity, but any sign may be altered to bring it into conformity.
18 (B) Should such nonconforming sign or nonconforming portion of sign be damaged to an extent
19 or require maintenance that would cost more than 50% of the sign's replacement cost at the
20 time of the damage or maintenance, it shall not be maintained or repaired, but shall be
21 removed or reconstructed in conformity with the provisions of this title.
22 (C) Should such nonconforming sign be moved for any reason for any distance whatsoever, it
23 shall thereafter conform to the then current regulations.
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25 Section 6. McCall City Code Section 3-24-060 respecting prohibited signs, is amended to read as
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27 3-24-060. PROHIBITED SIGNS. The following signs are prohibited:
28 (A) Signs that contain statements, words or pictures of an obscene or racist character.
29 (B) Signs that contain or are an imitation of an official traffic sign or signal or contain the
30 words "stop", "go slow", "caution", "danger", "warning", or similar words.
31 (C) Signs that are of a size, location, movement, content, coloring or manner of illumination
32 which may be confused with or construed as a traffic control device, or hide from view
33 any traffic or street sign or signal.
34 (D) Signs that advertise an activity, business, product or service not conducted, or no longer
35 conducted, on the premises upon which the sign is located.
36 (E) Signs that have a moving part which is a major attraction of the sign or constitutes more than
37 10% of the sign area.
38 (F) 1. Signs that include contain or consist of balloons, banners, flags, posters,
39 pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings of light bulbs, spinners or other similarly
40 moving devices. "Banner" for such purposes means a piece of plastic, paper or
41 cloth, commonly in a long strip, but no matter of what dimensions, bearing upon
42 it one or more or some combination of designs, mottoes, slogans, names,
43 advertisements, greetings, or the like. These devices when not part of any sign,
44 are similarly prohibited. United States or Idaho flags, and the flags of other states
45 or nations are permitted, and if displayed shall be displayedAbAitia-apw-eiariate•
46 respect in accord with the rules stated in Title 36, United States Code, Sections
47 173 through 176. Single flags (for example, not strung together on a line or
48 rope), decorative in nature and without advertising or lettering are permitted.
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1 other street or holiday decorations which the Administrator believes should be
2 permitted., and u Upon approval of those standards by the Commission, and
3 approval by Council by resolution with or without public hearing as Council then
4 determines appropriate, banners, flags, and street and holiday decorations
5 meeting those standards shall be permitted. Pending adoption of such standards
6 the following are permitted unless the Administrator determines that a violation of
7 the intent of this subsection (F) is occurring: landscape lighting; strings of small
8 clear bulbs in trees; and holiday decorations and like seasonal decorative lighting
9 and display.
10 the intent of this subsection (F) is occurring.
11 (G) Signs that swing or otherwise noticeably move as a result of wind pressure in a fashion
12 which may distract or and cause a danger to the public.
13 (H) Billboards as defined in Chapter 4, Definitions.
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Portable "Reader board", A -frame or other temporary signs not permitted by Section 3-24-020
(C) 6 or Section 3-24-030. "Portable" means not permanently mounted either to a building or the
ground. Signs mounted to the ground must meet the requirements of the building inspector with
reference to the building codes then in effect by the City of McCall and Area of City Impact.
Signs mounted in or on a motor vehicle
driver is in tho vohicio or if tho drivor is in tho ordinary court() of trado or bucinoss on tho promisor
not authorized by 3-24-040 (F).
Any sign erected without a prior permit after the date of applicable regulations; and any sign
required to be removed under Section 3-24-050.
26 Section 7. McCall City Code Section 3-24-070 respecting illuminated signs, is amended to read
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28 3-24-070. ILLUMINATION. The following rules apply to all illuminated signs; nothing in this
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30 (A) The light from or directed at any sign shall be so shaded, shielded or directed that the light
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(C) No colored lights shall be used at any location or in any manner that could be confused
with a traffic control device.
(D) Neither the direct, nor reflected light , shall tend to create a
traffic hazard to operators of motor vehicles on public thoroughfares.
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sup#ace•of any sign so as to expose the face of the source of illumination bulb, light or lamp to
any person driving or walking on a public street or adjacent property.
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PERMITS AND FEES.
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1 1. No sign- g siring a permit other than a temporary sign provided for in Section 3-
2 24-030 or an exempt sign provided for in Section 3-24-040 shall be erected,
3 altered or relocated without a sign permit issued by the Building Inspector. A sign
4 permit may be applied for on the form for a building permit. If a building permit as
5 such is required for the sign, such building permit will serve also as the sign
6 permit.
7 2. Electrical permits, when required, shall be obtained at the same time as the sign
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9 (B) Applications and conformance of construction to application.
10 1. The permit application shall contain the street address where the proposed sign will
11 be installed , the name and address of the sign owner
12 and of the sign erector, drawings showing the precise dimensions, colors, materials,
13 design and location of the sign and of any related support for the sign, and such other
14 pertinent information as the Administrator or the Building Inspector4AgicligeLoWcial-
15 may require to insure compliance with the McCall City Code.
16 2. Nothing shall be installed as part of or in association with a permitted sign that
17 was not shown on the application for the permit for the same, except incidental
18 fittings and connections, In this regard, nothing shall be considered incidental that
19 would be apparent when viewed from a property line of the property on which the
20 sign is erected.
21 3. If construction at or near a setback line or possibly inside a setback or off premises
22 cannot be ruled out in the opinion of the Administrator or the Building Inspector, an
23 actual survey must be submitted. The survey shall be an as -built survey of the
24 location sufficient to eliminate all doubt about building size, and the location of
25 existing and proposed improvements with respect to each other and the setback
26 lines. Such a sign with a proposed size close to the maximum permitted, must be
27 submitted to the Building Inspector for measurement prior to installation.
28 4. No sign permit is valid for the erection of any sign other than the one described in the
29 application. The erection of a sign differing from the sign represented in the
30 application, constitutes erection of a sign without a permit; and the sign is subject to
31 immediate seizure, and/or masking.
32 (C) Fees. Fees for sign permits shall be as fixed from time to time by the Council.
33 (D) 414:41ifisationExpiration of Permits. A sign permit shall become null and void if the work for
34 which the permit was issued has not begun within a period of 120 days from the date of the
35 permit and is not thereafter diligently pursued to completion.
36 (E) Permit Exceptions. The following operations shall not be considered as creating a sign
37 and therefore, shall not require a sign permit. All other signs require a permit. Any action
38 with a nonconforming sign must also comply with MCC 3-24-050.
39 1. Replacing Copy. Changing the words or numbers on a permitted, conforming sign to
40 words or numbers themselves not causing the sign to become unpermitted or
41 nonconforming, and repair, maintenance, or replacement without design change of a
42 sign which has a permit or is otherwise conforming, shall not be considered as
43 creating a sign. Changing the text on a legally existing 'reader board" shall not
44 require a permit. Owners are encouraged to contact the Administrator to discuss
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repair of a sign or a sign structure unless a structural change is made.
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3. Temporary Signs. Signs indicated in Section 3-24-030, Temporary Signs, and 3-
24-040, Exemptions are also exempt from permit requirements.
3 Section 9. McCall City Code Section 3-24-100 respecting removal of illegal signs, is amended
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INSPECTION, SAFETY, REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED OR OTHERWISE
ILLEGAL SIGNS, SAFETY IMPOUNDING, FORFEITURE.
7 (A) Maintenance. All signs and components thereof shall be kept in good repair and safe,
8 neat, clean and attractive condition. As provided in this Chapter, no new sign may be
9 erected without permit and approvals.
10 (B) Removal of Sign.
11 1. Any sign legally erected which comes to be in violation of this Chapter by reason of
12 casualty or failure to comply with paragraph (A) of this section above, shall be
13 repaired or replaced expeditiously. If repair or replacement is not undertaken within
14 7 days, and pursued with due diligence, the Administrator shall state so in a written
15 decision; and notice shall be sent to the last known address of the last known
16 owner in the utility records of the City, if there is any such address there, and
17 posted upon the sign itself. An appeal may be taken by the owner to the
18 Commission as from other decisions of the Administrator. The building official may
19 order the removal of any sign oroctod or maintainod in violation of this Titlo. Ho
20 shall givo 30 days notice in writing to tho ownor of such sign, or of the building,
21 structuro or premises on which such sign is located, to romovo tho sign or to bring it
22 into compliance. The Building Inspector may remove a sign immediately and
23 without notice if, in the Building Inspector's opinion, the condition of the sign is such
24 as to present an immediate threat to the safety of the public.
25 2. If the sign was illegally erected prior to the date of this ordinance on private
26 property, it shall be dealt with under the processes of paragraph 1. immediately
27 above.
28 3. If the sign was erected illegally after the date of this ordinance, that is, without
29 either or both of building or sign permit and of Administrator or Commission
30 approval, or if the owner has failed to respond to notice as above, or if there is no
31 known address for the last known Owner in the utility records of the City, a sign in
32 violation of this Chapter may be removed and impounded as evidence by a law
33 enforcement or code enforcement officer.
34 4. A temporary sign erected within the public rights of way may be impounded upon
35 discovery as evidence by a law enforcement or code enforcement officer.
36 5. A sign owner who re -offends, that is, who after warning or prosecution removes an
37 illegal sign, but who then puts the same or another functionally similar illegal sign
38 up in the same or any other location, the sign in violation of this Chapter may be
39 removed and impounded as evidence by a law enforcement or code enforcement
40 officer.
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(C) Abandoned Signs. A sign shall be removed by the owner or lessee of the premises upon
which the sign is located when the business which it advertises is no longer conducted on
the premises. If the owner or lessee fails to remove it within ten days after closing or
moving the business, the Administrator, Building Inspector, a law enforcement officer, or
a code enforcement officer may
remove it or cause it to be removed at the expense of the last owner of the same. Upon.
49 1:) Impounded Signs. An impounded sign may be retained by the City until completion of any
50 criminal prosecution or other court proceedings respecting the erection or maintenance of
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1 the sign; if an owner has re -offended after having been convicted of a violation in putting
2 up a sign, and the new offense involves the same sign or a sign which in pertinent
3 aspect(s) is a like sign, is forfeited to the City and subject to disposal as deemed
4 appropriate by the City Manager.
5 Section 10. McCall City Code Section 3-16-030 respecting signs in the Scenic Route District, is
6 amended to read as follows to conform to the preceding sections:
7 3-16-030. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, other
8 than for a sign, and prior to any clearing, grubbing, excavation, or other construction, the owner shall
9 apply for approval of a site plan. Procedures for the processing of the application shall be governed by
10 the procedural rules set out in subsection (G) below. No building permit shall be issued, nor any such
11 construction undertaken, until approval of the site plan.
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14 (G) If the construction relates to a new commercial or industrial building, or the enlargement of
15 an existing such building by 30% or more; or to a new residential building of 5,000 square
16 feet or more, or covering more than 30% of the lot on which located, or to an enlargement
17 of an existing residential building which is (or as a result of the enlargement will be) larger
18 than that; the procedure followed shall be identical to that for a conditional use. If the
19 construction relates to a sign, and In other cases not specifically addressed in this Section
20 , the procedure shall be to submit the matter to the Commission for
21 review without public hearing or notice other than agenda notice. No approval by Council is
22 required in either case unless there is an appeal to Council from the decision of the
23 Commission. If the construction relates to the modification of an existing, previously
24 approved sign, the procedure shall be to submit it to the Administrator for review. Approval
25 is required in any event.
26
27 Section 11. McCall City Code Section 3-4-010 respecting definitions of terms contained in the
28 McCall City Zoning Code is amended as follows:
29 3-4-020. MEANING OF TERMS OR WORDS
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31 114. Sign - Any device designed to inform or attract the attention of persons not on the
32 premises on which the sign is located.
33 a. Sign, On -Premises - Any sign calling attention to a business or profession
34 conducted, or a commodity or service sold or offered, upon the premises where
35 such sign is located.
36 b. Sign, Off -Premises - Any other sign.
37 c. Sign, Illuminated - Any sign illuminated by electricity, gas or other artificial light
38 including reflecting or phosphorescent light.
39 d. Sign, Lighting Device - Any light, string of lights or group of lights located or
40 arranged so as to cast illumination on a sign.
41 e. Sign, Projecting - Any sign which projects from the exterior of a building.
42 f. Sign, Reader Board — Any sign with moveable lettering.
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45 Section 12. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect within the City of McCall from and
46 after its passage, approval and publication as required by law; and within the Area of City
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1 Impact, from and after the later of its passage, approval and publication as required by law by the
2 the City, or the passage, approval and publication as required by law of an ordinance of the
3 County applying this ordinance to the Area of City Impact.
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5 Passed and approved %�( , 1999.
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1 ORDINANCE NO. 711,
2 AMENDMENTS OF 1999 TO SIGN CHAPTER OF ZONING ORDINANCE
3 An ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL RELATING TO PLANNING AND ZONING
4 AND TO SIGNS:
5 [§ 1] AMENDMENTS CLARIFYING PURPOSE OF SIGN STANDARDS;
6 [§ 2] AMENDMENTS DEFINING STANDARDS FOR SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL,
7 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES, INCLUDING MULTI -TENANT
8 BUILDINGS AND READER BOARD SIGNS;
9 [§ 3] AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TEMPORARY SIGNS
10 AND AUTHORIZATION OF A CLASS OF NEW TEMPORARY SIGN FOR A
11 NEW BUSINESS;
12 [§ 4] AMENDMENTS TO REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SIGNS OTHERWISE EXEMPT
13 FROM PERMITTING;
14 [§ 5] AMENDMENTS TO TREATMENT OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS;
15 [§ 6] AMENDMENTS TO SECTION RESPECTING PROHIBITED SIGNS;
16 [§ 7] AMENDMENTS TO ILLUMINATED SIGNS PROVISION;
17 [§ 8] AMENDMENTS TO SECTION RESPECTING APPLICATIONS FOR SIGN PERMITS,
18 AND SCOPE OF PERMITTED ACTION;
19 [§ 9] REMOVAL AND IMPOUNDING OF ILLEGAL SIGNS;
20 [§ 10] REMOVING SIGNS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE SCENIC ROUTE
21 DISTRICT;
22 [§ 11] AMENDMENTS CLARIFYING THE DEFININTION OF READER BOARD SIGNS;
23 [§ 12] PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
24
25 Section 1. McCall City Code 3-24-010, respecting purposes of sign regulation, is amended to
26 read as follows in that specific format required by Idaho Code, that is, with new language
27 underlined, and matter to be deleted struck through:
28 3-24-010. PURPOSES. It is the intent of this Chapter
29 (A) To provide standards with which the business owner or nonprofit entity may identify the business
30 or entity in a manner consistent with the welfare of the business or entity as part of the Planning
31 Jurisdiction, which is directly dependent upon the economic health of the entire community.
32 (B) To preserve property values and improve traffic safety within commercial and residential areas
33 of the Planning Jurisdiction, as well as to enhance enjoyment of McCall's natural beauty, by
34 controlling the use of signs and their motion and illumination.
35 (C) To improve business opportunity as a result of the increased attractiveness of the Planning
36 Jurisdiction and resulting protection and enhancement of the tourist trade as well as the rest
37 of the economy of the area.
38 (D) To protect the health, safety and general welfare of residents and visitors by establishing
39 standards for the placement and size of all exterior signs in the Planning Jurisdiction.
40 (E) To reduce undue confusion between signs. -
' 41 (F) To prevent conflicts and confusion between advertising signs and traffic control signs or
42 signals.
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1 (G) To prevent possible harm from outdoor signs suspended from or placed on top of
2 structures and otherwise erected above the ground and especially where susceptible to
3 high winds.
4 (H) Not to regulate the content of speech, other than that speech of an obscene nature, but
5 only the place and manner.
6 Section 2. McCall City Code Section 3-24-020 respecting sign standards applicable to all zones
7 is amended to read in pertinent part as follows and to add a new provision for standard design
8 permitted signs as follows:
9 3-24-020. SIGN STANDARDS BY ZONE
10 (A) General Standards Applicable to All Zones.
11 1. The following sign standards by zone are intended to include every zone in the
12 Planning Jurisdiction. The zones are as defined by this Title. Only signs described in
13 this Section, or in Section 3-24-030, Temporary Signs, or in Section 3-24-040,
14 Exemptions, are permitted in each particular zone. The area of a sign shall be
15 computed by adding up the square footage of the one, both or all planes of it having
16 words or graphics visible to the public. If a sign includes silhouette designs or letters,
17 whether cut out of the interior of a background, or projecting beyond the edges of a
18 background, or free-standing, the area of the sign shall be computed to include the
19 square -footage of a rectangle that would enclose such designs. For example, should a
20 sign flat against a building that is three feet on a side (9 square feet) have a silhouette
21 of a pine tree attached to and extending above it, such silhouette being one foot wide at
22 the widest and 2 feet tall, then the one foot by two foot rectangle which could enclose
23 that silhouette shall be added to the 9 square feet of the rest of the sign of which it is a
24 part for a total of 11 square feet, notwithstanding that some of that area in fact includes
25 air around the silhouette.
26 2. If any zone is omitted from this Chapter, or if a new zone is created after March 24,
27 1994, no signs shall be permitted therein until this Chapter shall be amended to
28 include this zone.
29 (B) Standards Applicable to Residential Zones.
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31 6. Signs in residential zones for Businesses with Conditional Use Permits or Existing as
32 a Nonconforming Use. The maximum sign area for businesses operating under a
33 conditional use permit or as a nonconforming use shall not exceed 24 square feet.
34 Such signs shall meet all other requirements set forth in MCC 3-24-020 (C). A more
35 restrictive condition in the approval of a conditional use shall govern over this
36 paragraph as to that conditional use.
37 (C) Standards Applicable to_Commercial & Industrial Zones.
38 1. General. The regulations and specifications set forth in this subsection (C) shall
39 apply to Zone C- Commercial District, Zone GC- General Commercial District,
40 Zone CB- Central Business District, and Zone I - Industrial.
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42 3. Location.
43 (a) Signs may be flat wall signs and located anywhere on the surface of the
44 building.
45 (b) Signs may be projecting signs only in the CB Zones, and then may project
46 six feet (6') or less beyond the street property line, but no closer than two
47 feet (2') to a curb line or other edge of the roadway where there is no curb,
48 and must have a minimum clearance of eight feet (8') above a public
49 sidewalk or nine feet above a walking path where there is not yet a
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1 sidewalk, and 15 feet above driveways or alleys.
2 (c) When a projecting sign is closer than 12 feet to a corner of the property, its
3 projection shall be no more than a distance equal to 1/2 the horizontal
4 distance from the sign to that corner.
5 (d) Where a building does not cover the full area of the property, a one sign may
6 be freestanding, and may be located anywhere on the property. Such a sign
7 may extend more than 20 feet above the average ground below the sign.
8 (e) Signs may be on the vertical faces of marquees and may project below the
9 lower edge of the marquee not more than twelve inches (12"). The bottom
10 of marquee signs shall be no less than eight feet (8') above the sidewalk or
11 grade at any point. No part of the sign shall project above the vertical
12 marquee face, nor shall the marquee be extended above the roofline
13 behind the marquee.
14 (f) Signs shall not project above the part of the roof closest to the sign.
15 (9) Signs shall not be located on any property which is not the site of the
16 subject of the information on the sign, for example, a sign advertising a
17 business may only appear on the same lot or parcel of real estate that is
18 the location of the business. However, an establishment which gains
19 legal access by way of an easement or common area, may place a sign
20 on an abutting property, with permission of the owner of such property.
21 Such a sign must comply with all provisions of this title, and the size of
22 said sign shall be deducted from that allotted to the property on which the
23 sign is located.
24 (h) Signs may be incorporated into building awnings. In terms of calculating
25 sign size, the procedure shall be to calculate the area of the letters and
26 design according to the "silhouette" sign described in MCC 3-24-020 (A)
27 1
28 4. Multi -tenant Buildings or Plazas. Only one freestanding sign may be erected per
29 building or plaza and may not exceed 50 square feet in area per frontage street.
30 Such signs are referred to as "location sign (s)" in the rest of this paragraph 4. The
31 project sign may set forth the name of the building or plaza (called "project name" in
32 the rest of this paragraph 4.), for one example, "Jones Shopping Center". Such
33 signage is in addition to allowable signage for individual businesses. Individual
34 businesses may be identified on the location sign, but may not exceed 8 square
35 feet per business. Signage on the location sign identifying individual businesses
36 shall be deducted from the total allowed for the business in question.
37 Signs for individual tenants may be wall mounted or hanging, but not projecting
38 unless over an interior walkway of the project. The portion of total signage
39 available to each tenant shall be determined by the building or plaza owner.
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41 5. Illumination. Illumination of signs is permitted, but only in accordance with the
42 restrictions specified in Section 3-24-070.
43 6. Reader Boards (Changeable Letter Signs). No more than 50% of any given sign face
44 may include a space for changeable letters, except as provided for in subsection (a)
45 below. Permitted reader board signs shall be of a high quality, and the letters used on
46 such signs shall be of a durable material such as lexan or acrylic plastic, with a
47 minimum thickness of 0.08 inches and a height not to exceed 9 inches.
48 (a) The Commission may allow an establishment to install a sign with more than 50%
49 of its face made up of reader board only upon making the following findings, and
50 after following the same procedures as for a Conditional Use Permit:
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1 (1) That special conditions and circumstances unique to the type of business, the
2 land, or structure, make compliance with MCC 3-24-020 (C) 6. an undue hardship.
3 In making its findings, the Commission shall take into consideration the products
4 offered by the establishment and whether the inventory changes on a regular
5 basis. The Commission may use the requirements for a variance (MCC 3-31-010)
6 as a guide in determining whether to grant a request under this section, though the
7 request need not meet all requirements of MCC 3-31-010.
8 Section 3. McCall City Code Section 3-24-030 respecting temporary signs is amended to read in
9 pertinent part as follows and to add new permitted temporary signs as follows:
10 3-24-030. TEMPORARY SIGNS. The following signs shall be permitted anywhere within
11 the Planning Jurisdiction and shall not require a permit:
12
13 (B) Real Estate Signs.
14 1. Signs advertising the sale, rental or lease of the premises or part of the premises
15 on which the signs are displayed:
16 a. For properties of five contiguous acres or less, the total area of the
17 signage shall not exceed 5 square feet on one face. A double -sided sign
18 may have a total sign surface of 10 square feet.
19 b. For properties of five to ten contiguous acres, the total area of the
20 signage shall not exceed 16 square feet per face;
21 c. For properties over 10 contiguous acres, the total area of the signage
22 shall not exceed 32 square feet per face;
23 d. For properties facing the lakefront, the total area of the signage shall not
24 exceed 16 square feet per face.
25 2. Such signs shall be removed within seven days after the sale, rental or lease is
26 documented and closed.
27 3. "Open House" signs shall not exceed six square feet in total area. Open House
28 signs shall be removed upon completion of the "open house" but in no event shall
29 the sign be in place longer than 48 hours.
30 4. Illuminated, reflective and Day-Glo type materials shall not be permitted on any real
31 estate signs.
32 5. Signs shall be maintained in good repair.
33 6. Real Estate signs shall not be placed within or extend over public rights of way.
34
35 (E) Show Window Signs. Show window signs in a window display of merchandise when
36 incorporated with such a display. They need not be related in content with the display, but
37 unsightly clutter of signs shall be avoided. A sign or signs shall be deemed an unsightly
38 clutter if it or they obscure more than 25% of any one window. Square footage of show
39 window signs shall not be included in the overall allowable square footage of external
40 signs.
41 (F) New Business Signs. With prior written notice to the Administrator and the code
42 enforcement officer, with their written concurrence that the business is new, and upon
43 payment of a fee set by Council from time to time by resolution, a new business may
44 display a temporary sign for not more than a total of 16 consecutive days to announce its
45 opening, which sign shall be on the premises where the business is located. -Such a sign
46 is in addition to the permanent sign and shall not be larger than a sign permitted to the
47 business.
48 Section 4. McCall City Code Section 3-24-040 respecting exempt signs is amended to read in
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1 pertinent part as follows:
2 3-24-040. EXEMPTIONS FROM PERMIT REQUIREMENTS. The following types of signs
3 are exempted from the permit requirements of this Chapter, except building code requirements
4 that would be applicable in the absence of this Chapter; but shall be subject to any standards in
5 this Chapter made expressly applicable to exempt signs and to the following requirements:
6 (A) Public Signs. Signs of a non-commercial nature and in the public interest, erected by or
7 on the order of, a public officer in the performance of the public officer's public duty, such
8 as safety signs, danger signs, trespassing signs, traffic control devices, memorial
9 plaques, signs of historical interest, informational signs, and the like. Such informational
10 signs may include directional signs advising persons upon main roads of through routes
11 and the direction to travel to various public buildings and facilities.
12 LE3) Integral. Names of buildings, dates of erection, monumental citations, commemorative
13 tablets and the like when carved into stone, concrete or similar material or made of
14 bronze, aluminum, or other permanent type construction, and made an integral part of the
15 structure.
16 n Private Traffic Direction. Signs directing traffic movement onto a premise or within a
17 premise, such as "in," "out," and "one-way," not exceeding three square feet in area for
18 each sign, and containing no advertising whatsoever; or painted on paved areas, and
19 containing no advertising whatsoever; are permitted. Such signs may be illuminated in
20 accordance with the regulations specified in Section 3-24-070.
21 n Small Signs. One sign per business, not exceeding two square feet in area, attached flat against
22 the building, stationary and not illuminated, announcing only the name and occupation of building
23 tenant.
24 LE) Rental Signs. Signs on the premises announcing rooms for rent, board, apartment or
25 house for rent, and not exceeding four square feet in area.
26 LD Vehicles. Signs on_a motor vehicle or the trailer part of a tractor -trailer, or on a vehicle generally
27 not visible from the public streets except while being used on the public streets, provided that:
28 1. Registered. The motor vehicle or trailer must be currently registered with the relevant
29 motor vehicle authorities and be currently, regularly, and principally used for a
30 transportation purpose other than display of such sign. Signs which would otherwise be
31 mounted on a building or in a freestanding frame may not be placed vertically on the
32 roof, hood, or trunk of a car, nor in the bed nor on the cap of a truck, unless being used
33 to transport the sign to a permanent location.
34 2. Located. The vehicle's location when not in use upon the public streets must be
35 consistent with the most logical implementation of the principal use of the vehicle; and
36 3. Not Actually Used as a Sign. A vehicle shall not be parked such that the principal
37 purpose of the vehicle, while parked, is that of a sign.
38 This subsection (F) shall be construed so as to prevent the use of vehicles for a sign except
39 under the foregoing circumstances.
40
41 Section 5. McCall City Code Section 3-24-050 respecting nonconforming signs, is amended to
42 read as follows:
43 3-24-050 NON -CONFORMING SIGNS. Where a lawful sign existed on the effective date of
44 the applicable regulations, that could not be lawfully installed under the terms of current regulations,
45 such sign may be continued so longs as it remains otherwise lawful, subject to the following
46 provisions:
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48 (A) No such nonconforming sign may be enlarged or altered, other than changing copy, in a way
49 which increases its nonconformity, but any sign may be altered to bring it into conformity.
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1 (B) Should such nonconforming sign or nonconforming portion of sign be damaged to an extent
2 or require maintenance that would cost more than 50% of the sign's replacement cost at the
3 time of the damage or maintenance, it shall not be maintained or repaired, but shall be
4 removed or reconstructed in conformity with the provisions of this title.
5 (C) Should such nonconforming sign be moved for any reason for any distance whatsoever, it
6 shall thereafter conform to the then current regulations.
7
8 Section 6. McCall City Code Section 3-24-060 respecting prohibited signs, is amended to read as
9 follows:
10 3-24-060. PROHIBITED SIGNS. The following signs are prohibited:
11 (A) Signs that contain statements, words or pictures of an obscene or racist character.
12 (B) Signs that contain or are an imitation of an official traffic sign or signal or contain the
13 words "stop", "go slow", "caution", "danger", "warning", or similar words.
14 (C) Signs that are of a size, location, movement, content, coloring or manner of illumination
15 which may be confused with or construed as a traffic control device, or hide from view
16 any traffic or street sign or signal.
17 (D) Signs that advertise an activity, business, product or service not conducted, or no longer
18 conducted, on the premises upon which the sign is located.
19 (E) Signs that have a moving part which is a major attraction of the sign or constitutes more than
20 10% of the sign area.
21 (F) 1. Signs that include or consist of balloons, banners, flags, posters, pennants,
22 ribbons, streamers, strings of light bulbs, spinners or other similarly moving
23 devices. "Banner" for such purposes means a piece of plastic, paper or cloth,
24 commonly in a long strip, but no matter of what dimensions, bearing upon it one
25 or more or some combination of designs, mottoes, slogans, names,
26 advertisements, greetings, or the like. These devices when not part of any sign,
27 are similarly prohibited. United States or Idaho flags, and the flags of other states
28 or nations are permitted, and if displayed shall be displayed in accord with the
29 rules stated in Title 36, United States Code, Sections 173 through 176. Single
30 flags (for example, not strung together on a line or rope), decorative in nature and
31 without advertising or lettering are permitted.
32 2. The Administrator may, after consultation with interested community
33 organizations, propose to the Commission standards for banners, flags, or other
34 street or holiday decorations which the Administrator believes should be
35 permitted. Upon approval of those standards by the Commission, and approval
36 by Council by resolution with or without public hearing as Council then
37 determines appropriate, banners, flags, and street and holiday decorations
38 meeting those standards shall be permitted. Pending adoption of such standards
39 the following are permitted unless the Administrator determines that a violation of
40 the intent of this subsection (F) is occurring: landscape lighting; strings of small
41 clear bulbs in trees; and holiday decorations and like seasonal decorative lighting
42 and display.
43 (G) Signs that swing or otherwise noticeably move as a result of wind pressure in a fashion
44 which may distract or and cause a danger to the public.
45 (H) Billboards as defined in Chapter 4, Definitions.
46 (1) Portable "Reader board", A -frame or other temporary signs not permitted by Section 3-24-020
47 (C) 6 or Section 3-24-030. "Portable" means not permanently mounted either to a building or the
48 ground. Signs mounted to the ground must meet the requirements of the building inspector with
49 reference to the building codes then in effect by the City of McCall and Area of City Impact.
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1 2 p e r m i t t e d .
1 3 ( C ) N o c o l o r e d l i g h t s s h a l l b e u s e d a t a n y l o c a t i o n o r i n a n y m a n n e r t h a t c o u l d b e c o n f u s e d
1 4 w i t h a t r a f f i c c o n t r o l d e v i c e .
1 5 ( D ) N e i t h e r t h e d i r e c t , n o r r e f l e c t e d l i g h t , s h a l l t e n d t o c r e a t e a t r a f f i c h a z a r d t o o p e r a t o r s o f
1 6 m o t o r v e h i c l e s o n p u b l i c t h o r o u g h f a r e s .
1 7 ( E ) N o s o u r c e o f i l l u m i n a t i o n s h a l l b e u s e d o n a n y s i g n s o a s t o e x p o s e t h e f a c e o f t h e s o u r c e o f
1 8 i l l u m i n a t i o n t o a n y p e r s o n d r i v i n g o r w a l k i n g o n a p u b l i c s t r e e t o r a d j a c e n t p r o p e r t y .
1 9 S e c t i o n 8 . M c C a l l C i t y C o d e S e c t i o n 3 - 2 4 - 0 8 0 r e s p e c t i n g p e r m i t s f o r s i g n s , i s a m e n d e d t o r e a d
2 0 a s f o l l o w s :
2 1 3 - 2 4 - 0 8 0 . P E R M I T S A N D F E E S .
2 2 ( A ) P e r m i t R e q u i r e m e n t s .
2 3 1 . N o s i g n o t h e r t h a n a t e m p o r a r y s i g n p r o v i d e d f o r i n S e c t i o n 3 - 2 4 - 0 3 0 o r a n
2 4 e x e m p t s i g n p r o v i d e d f o r i n S e c t i o n 3 - 2 4 - 0 4 0 s h a l l b e e r e c t e d , a l t e r e d o r
2 5 r e l o c a t e d w i t h o u t a s i g n p e r m i t i s s u e d b y t h e B u i l d i n g I n s p e c t o r . A s i g n p e r m i t
2 6 m a y b e a p p l i e d f o r o n t h e f o r m f o r a b u i l d i n g p e r m i t . I f a b u i l d i n g p e r m i t a s s u c h i s
2 7 r e q u i r e d f o r t h e s i g n , s u c h b u i l d i n g p e r m i t w i l l s e r v e a l s o a s t h e s i g n p e r m i t .
2 8 2 . E l e c t r i c a l p e r m i t s , w h e n r e q u i r e d , s h a l l b e o b t a i n e d a t t h e s a m e t i m e a s t h e s i g n
2 9 p e r m i t .
3 0 ( B ) A p p l i c a t i o n s a n d c o n f o r m a n c e o f c o n s t r u c t i o n t o a p p l i c a t i o n .
3 1 1 . T h e p e r m i t a p p l i c a t i o n s h a l l c o n t a i n t h e s t r e e t a d d r e s s w h e r e t h e p r o p o s e d s i g n w i l l
3 2 b e i n s t a l l e d , t h e n a m e a n d a d d r e s s o f t h e s i g n o w n e r a n d o f t h e s i g n e r e c t o r ,
3 3 d r a w i n g s s h o w i n g t h e p r e c i s e d i m e n s i o n s , c o l o r s , m a t e r i a l s , a n d l o c a t i o n o f t h e s i g n
3 4 a n d o f a n y r e l a t e d s u p p o r t f o r t h e s i g n , a n d s u c h o t h e r p e r t i n e n t i n f o r m a t i o n a s t h e
3 5 A d m i n i s t r a t o r o r t h e B u i l d i n g I n s p e c t o r m a y r e q u i r e t o i n s u r e c o m p l i a n c e w i t h t h e
3 6 M c C a l l C i t y C o d e .
3 7 2 . N o t h i n g s h a l l b e i n s t a l l e d a s p a r t o f o r i n a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h a p e r m i t t e d s i g n t h a t
3 8 w a s n o t s h o w n o n t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r t h e p e r m i t f o r t h e s a m e , e x c e p t i n c i d e n t a l
3 9 f i t t i n g s a n d c o n n e c t i o n s , I n t h i s r e g a r d , n o t h i n g s h a l l b e c o n s i d e r e d i n c i d e n t a l t h a t
4 0 w o u l d b e a p p a r e n t w h e n v i e w e d f r o m a p r o p e r t y l i n e o f t h e p r o p e r t y o n w h i c h t h e
4 1 s i g n i s e r e c t e d .
4 2 3 . I f c o n s t r u c t i o n a t o r n e a r a s e t b a c k l i n e o r p o s s i b l y i n s i d e a s e t b a c k o r o f f p r e m i s e s
4 3 c a n n o t b e r u l e d o u t i n t h e o p i n i o n o f t h e A d m i n i s t r a t o r o r t h e B u i l d i n g I n s p e c t o r , a n
4 4 a c t u a l s u r v e y m u s t b e s u b m i t t e d . T h e s u r v e y s h a l l b e a n a s - b u i l t s u r v e y o f t h e
4 5 l o c a t i o n s u f f i c i e n t t o e l i m i n a t e a l l d o u b t a b o u t b u i l d i n g s i z e , a n d t h e l o c a t i o n o f
4 6 e x i s t i n g a n d p r o p o s e d i m p r o v e m e n t s w i t h r e s p e c t t o e a c h o t h e r a n d t h e s e t b a c k
4 7 l i n e s . S u c h a s i g n w i t h a p r o p o s e d s i z e c l o s e t o t h e m a x i m u m p e r m i t t e d , m u s t b e
4 8 s u b m i t t e d t o t h e B u i l d i n g I n s p e c t o r f o r m e a s u r e m e n t p r i o r t o i n s t a l l a t i o n .
S i g n A m e n d m e n t s P r e p a r e d f o r P u b l i c H e a r i n g b e f o r e C i t y C o u n c i l & C o u n t y C o m m i s s i o n e r s o n J u l y 6 , 1 9 9 9
N o t e : u n d e r l i n e d t e x t i s p r o p o s e d t o b e a d d e d , i s p r o p o s e d t o b e d e l e t e d .
P a g e 7 o f 1 0
1 4. No sign permit is valid for the erection of any sign other than the one described in the
2 application. The erection of a sign differing from the sign represented in the
3 application, constitutes erection of a sign without a permit; and the sign is subject to
4 immediate seizure, and/or masking.
5 (C) Fees. Fees for sign permits shall be as fixed from time to time by the Council.
6 (D) Expiration of Permits. A sign permit shall become null and void if the work for which the
7 permit was issued has not begun within a period of 120 days from the date of the permit
8 and is not thereafter diligently pursued to completion.
9 (E) Permit Exceptions. The following operations shall not be considered as creating a sign
10 and therefore, shall not require a sign permit. All other signs require a permit. Any action
11 with a nonconforming sign must also comply with MCC 3-24-050.
12 1. Replacing Copy. Changing the words or numbers on a permitted, conforming sign to
13 words or numbers themselves not causing the sign to become unpermitted or
14 nonconforming, and repair, maintenance, or replacement without design change of a
15 sign which has a permit or is otherwise conforming, shall not be considered as
16 creating a sign. Changing the text on a legally existing "reader board" shall not
17 require a permit. Owners are encouraged to contact the Administrator to discuss
18 whether or not contemplated changes are lawful without a permit.
19 2. Maintenance, painting, repainting, cleaning and other normal maintenance and
20 repair of a sign or a sign structure unless a structural change is made.
21 3. Temporary Signs. Signs indicated in Section 3-24-030, Temporary Signs, and 3-
22 24-040, Exemptions are also exempt from permit requirements.
23 Section 9. McCall City Code Section 3-24-100 respecting removal of illegal signs, is amended
24 to read as follows:
25 3-24-100. SAFETY, REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED OR OTHERWISE ILLEGAL SIGNS,
26 IMPOUNDING, FORFEITURE.
27 (A) Maintenance. All signs and components thereof shall be kept in good repair and safe,
28 neat, clean and attractive condition. As provided in this Chapter, no new sign may be
29 erected without permit and approvals.
30 (B) Removal of Sign.
31 1. Any sign legally erected which comes to be in violation of this Chapter by reason of
32 casualty or failure to comply with paragraph (A) of this section above, shall be
33 repaired or replaced expeditiously. If repair or replacement is not undertaken within
34 7 days, and pursued with due diligence, the Administrator shall state so in a written
35 decision; and notice shall be sent to the last known address of the last known
36 owner in the utility records of the City, if there is any such address there, and
37 posted upon the sign itself. An appeal may be taken by the owner to the
38 Commission as from other decisions of the Administrator. The Building Inspector
39 may remove a sign immediately and without notice if, in the Building Inspector's
40 opinion, the condition of the sign is such as to present an immediate threat to the
41 safety of the public.
42 2. If the sign was illegally erected prior to the date of this ordinance on private
43 property, it shall be dealt with under the processes of paragraph 1. immediately
44 above.
45 3. If the sign was erected illegally after the date of this ordinance, that is, without
46 either or both of building or sign permit and of Administrator or Commission
47 approval, or if the owner has failed to respond to notice as above, or if there is no
48 known address for the last known Owner in the utility records of the City, a sign in
49 violation of this Chapter may be removed and impounded as evidence by a law
50 enforcement or code enforcement officer.
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4. A temporary sign erected within the public rights of way may be impounded upon
discovery as evidence by a law enforcement or code enforcement officer.
3 5. A sign owner who re -offends, that is, who after warning or prosecution removes an
4 illegal sign, but who then puts the same or another functionally similar illegal sign
5 up in the same or any other location, the sign in violation of this Chapter may be
6 removed and impounded as evidence by a law enforcement or code enforcement
7 officer.
8 (C) Abandoned Signs. A sign shall be removed by the owner or lessee of the premises upon
9 which the sign is located when the business which it advertises is no longer conducted on
10 the premises. If the owner or lessee fails to remove it within ten days after closing or
11 moving the business, the Administrator, Building Inspector, a law enforcement officer, or a
12 code enforcement officer may remove it or cause it to be removed at the expense of the last
13 owner of the same.
14 (D) Impounded Signs. An impounded sign may be retained by the City until completion of any
15 criminal prosecution or other court proceedings respecting the erection or maintenance of the
16 sign; if an owner has re -offended after having been convicted of a violation in putting up a sign,
17 and the new offense involves the same sign or a sign which in pertinent aspect(s) is a like sign, is
18 forfeited to the City and subject to disposal as deemed appropriate by the City Manager.
19 Section 10. McCall City Code Section 3-16-030 respecting signs in the Scenic Route District, is
20 amended to read as follows to conform to the preceding sections:
21 3-16-030. REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, other
22 than for a sign, and prior to any clearing, grubbing, excavation, or other construction, the owner shall
23 apply for approval of a site plan. Procedures for the processing of the application shall be governed by
24 the procedural rules set out in subsection (G) below. No building permit shall be issued, nor any such
25 construction undertaken, until approval of the site plan.
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28 (G) If the construction relates to a new commercial or industrial building, or the enlargement of
29 an existing such building by 30% or more; or to a new residential building of 5,000 square
30 feet or more, or covering more than 30% of the lot on which located, or to an enlargement
31 of an existing residential building which is (or as a result of the enlargement will be) larger
32 than that; the procedure followed shall be identical to that for a conditional use. If the
33 construction relates to a case not specifically addressed in this Section, the procedure shall
34 be to submit the matter to the Commission for review without public hearing or notice other
35 than agenda notice. No approval by Council is required in either case unless there is an
36 appeal to Council from the decision of the Commission. If the construction relates to the
37 modification of an existing, previously approved sign, the procedure shall be to submit it to
38 the Administrator for review. Approval is required in any event.
39
40 Section 11. McCall City Code Section 3-4-010 respecting definitions of terms contained in the
41 McCall City Zoning Code is amended as follows:
42 3-4-020. MEANING OF TERMS OR WORDS
43
44 114. Sign - Any device designed to inform or attract the attention of persons not on the
45 premises on which the sign is located.
46 a. Sign, On -Premises - Any sign calling attention to a business or profession
47 conducted, or a commodity or service sold or offered, upon the premises where
48 such sign is located.
49 b. Sign, Off -Premises - Any other sign.
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1 c. Sign, Illuminated - Any sign illuminated by electricity, gas or other artificial light
2 including reflecting or phosphorescent light.
3 d. Sign, Lighting Device - Any light, string of lights or group of lights located or
4 arranged so as to cast illumination on a sign.
5 e. Sign, Projecting - Any sign which projects from the exterior of a building.
6 f. Sign, Reader Board — Any sign with moveable lettering.
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15 Passed and approved 7, 1999.
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18 ; Kirk L. Eimers, Mayor
Section 12. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect within the City of McCall from and
after its passage, approval and publication as required by law; and within the Area of City
Impact, from and after the later of its passage, approval and publication as required by law by the
the City, or the passage, approval and publication as required by law of an ordinance of the
County applying this ordinance to the Area of City Impact.
19 - ATTEST:
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23 Cherry W bury, City Clerk
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JUI,, -13' 99 (TUE) 12: 52 MOORE Si. MCFADDEN CTD
TEL:208 331 1202 P,002
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 711
AMENDMENTS OF 1999 TO SICK CHAPTER OF ZONING ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF McCALL RELATING TO PLANNING AND
ZONING AND TO SIGNS; CLARIFYING PURPOSE OF ORDINANCE; AIVIENDING
STANDARDS FOR SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL., COMMERCIAL ANTI INDUSTRIAL
ZONES, INCLUDING MULTI-TFNANT BUILDINGS AND READER BOARD SIGNS;
AMENDING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TEMPORARY SIGNS AND
AUTHORWINC TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR A NEW BUSINESS; AMENDING
REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO SIGNS (WHERWISE EXEMPT FROM
PERMITTING; AMENDING TREATMENT OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS; A.MENDMG
SECTION .FOR PROFITED SIGNS; AMENDING PROVISIONS FOR. ILLUMINATED
SIGNS; AMENDING SECTIONS FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SIGN PENS, AND
SCOPE OF PERMITTED ACTION; PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL AND
IMPOUNDMENT OF ILLEGAL SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF SEMIS FROM
THE SCENIC ROUTE DISTRICT; AMENDING TfiE DEFINITION OF READER BOARD
SIGNS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
A teary of the principal. provisions of Ordinance No. 711 of the City of McCall,
Valley County, Idaho, ,adopted on July 6, 1999, is as follows:
Sec, ion 1: The purposes of the ordinance wherever amended is to provide
consistency with the businesses or entities in tiie planning jurisdiction; to preserve property
values and improve safety; to enhance the City of McCall's natural beauty; to improve
business opportunities; and to Protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the
planning jurisdiction; but not with, Certain exceptions, to regulate the contents of speech but
only the place and manner.
Section 2: This section establishes a maximum sign area for businesses
operating in residential zones not to exceed twenty-four square feet (241); amends requirements
for signs in commercial and industrial zones that a sign can be placed on the abutting property
with permission of the property owner when access is by easement or common area;
establishes the slaudaods for signs in multi -tenant buildings or plazas, which signs shall not
exceed fifty square feet (50') per frontage street; allows for reader hoards of no more than
fifty percent (50%) of any given sign face for changeable letters; and allows for specific
conditions when an anta Fester than fifty percent (50 %) shall be allowed.
Section 3: This section addresses temporary signs and' allows for real estate
signs of five (5) square feet on one race if the property is five contiguous acres or less; 16
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square feet of acreage for five to ten contiguous acres; 32 square feet for ten contiguous acres;
provides that properties facing the lake ant shall not exceed 16 square feet; show windows
may not obscure more than twenty-five percent (25 %) of one winduw; and new business signs
way run for total of sixteen (16) consecutive days to announce its opening.
Section 4; This section provides . for exemptions • to the ordinance which
continues an exemption for public signs for nun-wwnlercial public interest matters such as
safety signs, danger signs, and that such informational signs include directional signs advising
persons upon main roads of through routes and directions of travel; provides that private tattle
directional signs may be allowed with directions such as "in, out, and one-way." but with no
advertising whatsoever; xlluws for signs on motor vehicles or trailer part of a tractor trailer
provided that the vehicle is currently registered, the vehicle is located on a public street when
not in use, and the vehicle is not actually used as a sign.
Section 5; This section addresses non-conforraing signs which may be continued
so long as they otherwise remains lawful, provided the non-conformance may not be enlarged
or altered, not damaged beyond fifty percent (50%) of its replacement costs, and cannot be
moved any distance whatsoever.
Section 6: This section prohibits signs including signs containing racist words or
pictures, clarifies the prohibition against banner or flag signs, including a_definniuu of banner,
and controls portable reader boards with the defmition,of portable.
Section 7. This section addresses illumination and allows for illumination.only
when the sign is otherwise authorized with light directed at sign that is not reasonably
objectionable, does not allow rotating, and prohibits the source of illumination from shining
directly on a person driving or walking.
Section 8: This section addresses permits and fees and establishes that no sign
other than temporary signs shall be erecter] without a permit and provides the information
required by an application, including the street address where the sign will be installed, and
establishes the criteria for when a survey will be required; allows for the expiration of permits
within one hundred. twenty (120) days if the sign is not diligently pursued to completion; and
establishes exceptions for permits for non -conforming signs.
Section 9: This section addresses the removal of prohibited or otherwise illegal
signs by allowing for removal of the sign when a violation has not begun to be repaired within
seven (7) days, allows for signs that were illegally erected before the day of the ordinance, and
signs illegally constructed after the date of the ordinance; provide for removal' of temporary
signs within the public way; and allows for when a sign owner reaffends by replacing an
illegal sign; allows that abandoned signs may be impounded within ten (1.0) days after the
closing of a business; and establishes that impounded signs may be retained by the City until .
completion of a criminal prosecution.
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Section 10: This section addresses signs in she scenic route district and removes
the requirement for a permit.
Section 11: 'This section provides a definition for "sign, reader board" as „any
sign writh movable lettering."
Section 12: this section provides an effective dace upon the ordinal= passage,
approval, and publication.
The Lull text of Ordinance No. 711 is available at the office of the City of McCall, and
will be provided to any person upon request during regular office Fours.
DATED as of the 11" day of luly, 1999.
AT ES't:
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Crry OF Mcr-all
Valley County, Idaho
BY 41
Mayor
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TEL:208 331 1202 P, 005
CERTIFICATION OF CITY ATTORNEY
As city. attorney for and legal advisor to the City of McCall, Idaho, I hereby certify
that I have reviewed the foregoing Summary of Ordinal -in- No. 711 of the City of McCall,
adopted on July ; 1999, and that the same is true and complete and provides adequate
notice to the public of the contents of the ordinance.
DATED as of the rJ day of July, 1999.
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Publisher's Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF IDAHO
.SS
County of Valley
I, Carol J. Wright, being duly sworn and say, I am the receptionist of
The Star -News, a weekly newspaper published at McCall, in the County of
Valley,. State of Idaho; that said newspaper is in general circulation in the
county of afore said and is a legal newspaper; that the PUBLIC NOTICE, a
copy of which is enclosed hereto and is a part hereof, was published in said
newspaper once a week for a period of one week in the regular and entire
issue of every number there of during the period of time of publication, and was
published in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement; and that publica-
tion of such notice began June 17, 1999 and ended June 17, 1999.
Subscribed and stern before this the 25th day of June, 1999.
STATE OF IDAHO
COUNTY OF VALLEY
On this 25th day of June, in the year of 1999, before me, a Notary
Public, personally appeared Carol J. Wright, known or identified to me to be the
person whose name subscribed to the within instrument, and being by me first
duly sworn, declared that the statements therein are true, and acknowledged to
me that she executed the same.
Tom Grote
Notary Public for Idaho
Residing at McCall, Idaho
Commission Expires: 1999
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ORDINANCE NO.711
McCall City Council and the Valley
Board of County Commissioners will
ublic hearing on Tuesday, July 6, 1999
i in the lower level meeting room at
City Hall.
ENDMENTS OF 1999 TO SIGN
'ER OF ZONING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
.L RELATING TO PLANNING AND
G AND TO SIGNS:
I amendments clarifying purpose of
idards ;
I amendments defining standards for
residential, commercial and industrial
ncluding multi -tenant buildings and
oard signs;
I amendments to requirements appli-
temporary signs and authorization of a
lew temporary sign for a new business;
amendments to requirements appli-
o signs otherwise exempt from
g,
amendments to treatment of non-
iing signs;
amendments to section respecting
ed signs;
amendments to illuminated signs
n;
amendments to section respecting
eons for sign permits, and scope of
d,
(al and impounding of illegal
)] removing signs from the provisions
enic route district;
] amendments clarifying the
on of reader board signs;
!] providing for an effective date.
on 1. McCall City Code 3-24-010,
ig purposes of sign regulation, is
l to read as follows in that specific
equired by Idaho Code, that is, with
guage underlined, and matter to be
truck through:
-010. PURPOSES. It is the intent of
7ter
To provide standards with which
less owner or nonprofit entity may
the business or entity in a manner
tt with the welfare of the business or
cart of the PlanningJurisdiction, which
y dependent upon the economic health
tire community.
To preserve property values and
traffic safety within commercial and
al areas of the Planning Jurisdiction,
s to enhance enjoyment of McCall's
eauty, by controlling the use of signs
motion and illumination,
To improve business opportunity
t of the increased attractiveness of the
Jurisdiction and resulting protection
ncement of the tourist trade as well as
,f the economy of the area.
Terestablial, ata,n}rrds to npalate
a, s,g„s sO sa to ptvt, ct th Lcalth,
,d ge„e,al .v,lfare „f ,a a;d ,,ta al
To protect the health, safety and
He f residents and visitors by
ards for the placement and
1 e signs in the Planning Juris-
ferreptatethesize �a❑v,rcfia,
oth rp rt,ncatftiaw,eS falleAt,,; ,
he Planning Jthisd;et,o,t.
1 To reduce undue confusion and
> e,,,,,p,titiva between signs.
1 To prevent conflicts and confusion
advertising signs and traffic control
ienals.
full area of the property, a one sign may be
freestanding, org,ea„d sapportcd, and may be
located anywhere on the property. La, k of tl,
st,e.,t sctLack lines. Noportion ofSsueh a sign
may extend np-to more than 20 feet above the
average ground level at tl, Lase of below the
sign.
(e) Signs may be on the vertical faces
of marquees and may project below the lower
edge of the marquee not more than twelve
inches (12"). The bottom of marquee signs
shall be no less than eight feet (8') above the
sidewalk or grade at any point. No part of the
sign shall project above the vertical marquee
face, nor shall the marquee be extended above
the roof line behind the marquee.
(0 Signs shall not project above the
part of the roof -lines closest to the sign.
g Signs shall not be located on any
property which is not the site of the subject of
the information on the sign, egfor example, a
sign advertising a business may only appear on
the same lot or'parcel of real estate that is the
location of the business. However, an estab-
lishment which gains legal access by way of an
easement or common area, may place a sign on
an abutting property, with permission of the
owner of such property. Such a sign must,
comply with all provisions of this title, and the
size of said sign shall be deducted from that
alloted to the property on which the sign is
located.
h Signs may be incorporated into
building awnings. In terms of calculating sign
size, theprocedure shall be to calculate the area
of the letters and design according to the "sil-
houette" sign described in MCC 3-24-020 (A)
1.
4. Content. Signs shall be identity signs
only.
4. Multi -tenant Buildings or Plazas.
Only one freestanding sign may be erected per
building or plaza and may not exceed 50 square
feet in area per frontage street. Such signs are
referred to as "location sign (s)" in the rest of
this paragraph 7. The project sign may set forth
the name of the building or plaza (called "project
name" in the rest of this paragraph 7.), for one
example, "Jones Shopping Center". Such
signage is in addition to allowable signage for
individual businesses. Individual businesses
may be identified on the location sign, but may
not exceed 8 square feet per business. Signage
on the location sign identifying individual busi-
nesses shall be deducted from the total allowed
for the business in question.
Signs for individual tenants may be wall
mounted or hanging, but not projecting unless
over an interior walkway of the project. The
portion of total signage available to each tenant
shall be determined by the building or plaza
owner.
5 Illumination, Illumination of signs
is permitted, but only in accordance with the
restrictions specified in Section 3-24-070
6 Reader Boards (Changeable Letter
Signs). No more than 50% of any given sign
face may include a space for changeable letters,
except as provided for in subsection (a) below,
Permitted reader board signs shall be of a high
quality, and the letters used on such signs shall
be of a durable material such as lexan or acrylic
plastic, with a minimum thickness of 0.08
inches and a height not to exceed 9 inches.
a The Commission may allow an es-
tablishment to irtstall a sign with more than
50% of its face made up of reader board only
upon makingthe following findings, and after
following the same procedures as for a Condi-
tional Use Permit:
(1) That special conditions and circum-
stances unique to the type of business, the land,
or structure, make compliance with MCC 3-24-
020 (C) 6. an undue hardship. In' making its
findings, the Commission shall take into con-
sideration the products offered by the
establishment and whether the inventory
changes on a regular basis. The Commission
may use the requirements for a variance (MCC
3-31-010) as a guide in determining whether to
grant a request under this section, though the
request need not meet all requirements of MCC
3-31-010.
(B) Indn,t.;a1 Ze„ea.
1. General.Theregulationc and cneri-
of signs are exempted from all th,, N,
thepermit requirements of this Chapter, except
5 . vnahrn Lan aaessfctrregnIations build-
ingcode requirements that would be applicable
in the absence of this Chapter; but shall be
subject to any standards in this Chapter made
expressly applicable to exempt signs and tc and
the following requirements:
(A) Public Signs. Signs of a non-com-
mercial nature and in the public interest, erected
by or on the order of, a public officer in the
performance of the public officer's public duty,
such as safety signs, danger signs, trespassing
signs, traffic sis„s control devices, memorial
plaques, signs of historical interest, informa-
tional signs, and the like. Such informational
signs may include directional signs advising
persons upon main roads of through routes and
the direction to travel to various public build-
ings and facilities.
(B) Institutional.
1. Signs setting forth the name or any
simple announcement for any public, chari-
table, educational or religious institution located
entirely within the premises of that institution
up to an area of 24 square feet.
2. Such signs may be illuminated in
accordance with the regulations specified in
Section 3-24-7, Signs, Illumination.
3. If building mounted, these signs
shall be flat wall signs and shall not project
above the roof line. If ground mounted, the top
shall be no more than six feet (6') above ground
level, except when mounted upon a bona fide
gateway at a height to permit vehicles to pass
beneath the sign.
(e)(B) Integral. Names of buildings, dates
of erection, monumental citations, commemo-
rative tablets and the like when carved into
stone, concrete or similar material or made of
bronze, aluminum, or other permanent type
construction, and made an integral part of the
structure.
(-139n Private Traffic Direction. Signs di-
recting traffic movement onto a premise or
within a premise, such as "in." "out," and "one-
way," not exceeding three square feet in area
for each sign, and containing no advertising
whatsoever; or painted on paved areas, and
containing no advertising whatsoever; are per-
mitted. Such signs may be illuminated in
accordance with the regulations specified in
Section 3-24-070.
1. Signs directing traffic movement
onto a premise or within a premise, not exceed-
ing three square feet in area for each sign.
2. Such signs may be illuminated in
accordance with the regulations specified in
Section 3-24-070, Signs, Illumination.
3. Horizontal directional signs on and
flush with paved areas are exempt from these
standards.
. (E)(D) Small Signs. One sign per business,
not exceeding two square feet in area, attached
flat against the building, stationary and not
illuminated, announcing only the name and
occupation of building tenant.
(17LE,Z Rental Signs. Signs on the premises
announcing rooms for rent, table -board, apart-
ment or house for rent, and not exceeding four ,
square feet in area.
(6- (E1 Vehicles. Signs on a motor vehicles
or the trailer part of a tractor -trailer of any
, prov;d, d tLe sign s pa;nh l a, attached
l lV a
data n„t pj [ er cAt, n,i b ye„a the . or
or on a vehicle generally
not visible from the public streets except while
being used on the public streets, provided that
I. Registered. The motor vehicle or
trailer must be currently registered with the
relevant motor vehicle authorities and be cur-
rently, regularly, and principally used for a
transportation purpose other than display of
such sign. Signs which would otherwise be
mounted on a building or in a freestanding
frame may not be placed vertically on the roof,
hood, or trunk of a car, nor in the bed nor on the
cap of a truck, unless being used to transport the
sign to a permanent location.
2. LocatedThe vehicle's location
when not in use upon the public streets must be
consistent with the most logical implementa-
tion of the principal use of the vehicle; and
.i Nnt Artnally TTceri ac a .Cian A
consist of balloons, banners flags, posters,
pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings of light
bulbs, spinners or other similarly moving &-
vices. "Banner" for such purposes means a
piece of plastic, paper or cloth commonly in a
long strip, but no matter of what dimensions,
bearing upon it one or more or some combina-
tion of designs, mottoes slogans, names,
advertisements. greetings, or the like. These
devices when not part of any sign, are similarly
prohibited. United States or Idaho flags, and
the flags of other states or nations are permit-
ted, and if displayed shall be displayed -with
app l ,;at, ,wl , t in accord with the rules
stated in Title 36 United States Code Sections
173 through 176. Single flags (for example, not
strung together on a line or rope), decorative in
nature and without advertising or lettering are
permitted.
2 The Administrator may, after con-
sultation with interested community
organizations, propose to the Commission stan-
dards for otherbanners, flags, or other street or
holiday decorations which the Administrator
believes should be permitted_7and—tr_i pon
approval of those standards by the Commis-
sion, and, approval by Council by resolution
with or without public hearing as Council then
determines appropriate, banners, flags and
street and holiday decorations meeting those
standards shall be permitted. Pending adoption
of such standards the following are permitted
unless the Administrator determines that a vio-
lation of the intent of this subsection (F) is
occurring: landscape lighting; strings of small
clear bulbs in trees- and holiday decorations
and like seasonal decorative lighting and dis-
�18 w, 1..,,u;ttud uulwa tl,c A.luuu;ahalu,
uun..a tlla a r aJ at;ua of tln. ;stud of llua
subsection (I) ;s Otcu,,;ng.
(G) Signs that swing or otherwise no-
ticeably move as a result of wind pressure in a
fashion which may distract or and cause a
danger to the public.
(H) Billboards as defined in Chapter 4,
Definitions.
I Portable "Reader board", A -frame
or other temporary signs not permitted by Sec-
tion 3-24-020 (C) 6 or Section 3-24-030.
"Portable" means not permanently mounted
eithertoabuilding ortheground. Signs mounted
to the ground must meet the requirements of the
building inspector with reference to the build-
ing codes then in effect by the City of McCall
and Area of City Impact. -
(J) Signs mounted in or on a motor
vehicle pa, k..I La. ..,,,1, d „ th,,, l mu at da.
1,�,,,, o, lnrrincss—prcrnises oft I buain,a
adVc,t;acdO,of;lauwuG,84.h; l,al,all„vtL,
Wua;aluad wmtlw„la,l ;f tL, aluvu ;a m ll,,
p,u,us.,
parked not authorized by 3-24-040 (G).
(K) In the Impact Area, any other sign
which is prohibited by County ordinance,
whether or not such County ordinance is other-
wise applicable to the Planning Jurisdiction.
(K) Any sign erected without a prior
permit after the date of applicable regulations;
and any sign required to be removed under
Section 3-24-050.
Section 7. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
070 respecting illuminated signs, is amended to
read as follows:
3-24-070. ILLUMINATION. The follow-
ing rules apply to all illuminated signs; nothing
in this section shall be taken to authorize a sign
not authorized in another section under this
Chapter,
(A) The light from or directed at any
sign shall be so shaded, shielded or directed
that the light intensity or brightness will not be
reasonably objectionable to persons in the sur-
rounding areas.
(B) No light associated with a sign shall
have -blinking, flashing, rotate, or fluttering
brigh.
Beacon lights are not permitted.
(C) ' No colored lights shall be used at
any location or in any manner that could be
confused with a traffic control device.
(D) Neither the direct, norreflected light
f.,,n,p.;.ua.ylsl.taeu...,,a,shall tendtocreate .
a traffic hazard to operators of motor vehicles
duo espec,auy, wnere suscepuote to
loot to regulate the content of speech,
In that speech of an obscene nature, but
place and mariner.
ion 2. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
lecting sign standards applicable to all
amended to read in pertinent part as
Ind to add a new provision for standard
err=" -' signs as follows:
-0: iN STANDARDS BY ZONE
al Standards Applicable to
;s.
The following sign standards by
intended to include every zone in the
Jurisdiction. The zones are as defined
rifle. Only signs ns-described in this
or Le.. ;u and a, muy Lc d ,c„L I ist
:ction 3-24-030, Temporary Signsur
action 3-24-040, Exemptions, will L
itted in each particular zone. The area
shall be computed by adding up the
totage of the one, both or all planes of
words or graphics visible to the pub -
sign includes silhouette designs or
vhether cut out of the interior of a
Ind, or projecting beyond the edges of
ound, or free-standing, the area of the
1 be computed to include the square -
if a rectangle that would enclose such
For example, should a sign flat against
g that is three feet on a side (9 square
e a silhouette of a pine tree .,11Leuctt.,
to and extending above it, such -tree
being one foot wide at the widest and
1, then the one foot by two foot rect-
ich could enclose that -tree silhouette
dded to the 9 square feet of the rest of
of which it is a part for a total of 11
et, notwithstanding that some of that
ct includes air around the tree silhou-
If any zone is omitted from this
or if a new zone is created after March
, no signs shall be permitted therein
Chapter shall be amended to include
Standards Applicable to Residen-
s.
n residential zones for Susi-
th Lonu„ional Use Permits or Existing
:onforming Use, The maximum sign
Businesses operating under a condi-
: permit or as a nonconforminguse
exceed 24 square feet. Such signs
•t all other requirements set forth in
4-020 (C), A more restrictive condi-
approval of a conditional use shall
ver this paragraph as to that condi-
s Standards Applicable to Commer-
lustrial Zones.
General. The regulations and speci-
tet forth herein in this subsection (C1
fy to Zone C- Commercial District,
- General Commercial District, and
Central Business District, and Zone
ial.
Location.
Signs may be flat wall signs and
iywhere on the surface of the build -
Signs may be projecting signs only
It. t6c appheal l., ze,.;,,gthe,e s rti
r.tbaekinthe CBZones and then may
t feet (6') or less beyond the street
ire, but no closer than two feet (2') to
: or other edge of the roadway where
o curb, and must have a minimum
of eight feet (8') above th., cu. b lane
tlic sidewalk or nine feet above a
Ith where there is not yet a sidewalk,
:t above driveways or alleys.
When a projecting sign is closer
mt. to a comer of the property, its
shall he no more than a distance
/2 irizontal distance from the
Lt c
R HMG a building does not cover the
mts Lone, for ,each industrial establishment,
one identity sign for each street frontage, each
with a maximum area of one square foot for
each lineal foot of building street frontage, or
one half (1/2) square foot for each lineal foot of
property street frontage whichever is greater.
3. Location. Requirements shall be the
same as specified for the Commercial districts.
4. Content. Signs shall be identity
signs only.
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is p .,,.hood, bat ;n a....o,.l.m.,c *Air thereat. le• Oh; ;n Sc.,Gen 3-24-7.
Section 3. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
030 respecting temporary signs is amended to
read in pertinent part as follows and to add new
permitted temporary signs as follows:
3-24-030. TEMPORARY SIGNS. The
following signs shall be permitted anywhere
within the Planning Jurisdiction and shall not
require a permit:
(B) Real Estate Signs.
1. Signs advertising the sale, rental or
lease of the premises or part of the premises on
which the signs are displayed:
a. For properties of are five contigu-
ous acres or less, the total area of the signage
shall not exceed -Frye 5 square feet-(-51-) on one
face. A double sided sign may have a total sign
surface of 10 square feet.
b. For properties of vvc, five to
ten contiguous acres but I,,,, d,a., tom„ a... ,, the
total area of the signage shall not exceed 16
square feet per face;
c. For properties over 10 contiguous
acres, the total area of the signage shall not
exceed 32 square feet per face; •
d. For properties facing the lake front,
the total area of the signage shall not exceed 16
square feet per face.
2. Such signs shall be removed within
seven days after the sale, rental or lease is
documented and closed.
3. "Open House" signs shall not ex-
ceed six square feet in total area. epen-Hoese
,;guS p.ov..11ag du....tmars u,
gilt,., pe,ty•
aalc p,.,d;d. l Eres,;e,. ;, aLta;,,
U..,p..,ty.,w.,,, "pe„ aLosep,epc,ty tLc,:gn(,)
i, pla.,ed. Open House signs shall be removed
upon completion of the "open house" but in no
event shall the sign be in placed longer than 24
48 hours.
4. Illuminated, reflective and day-glo
type materials shall not be permitted on any real
estate signs.
5. Signs shall be maintained in good
repair.
6. Real Estate signs shall not be placed
within -open or extend over public rights of
way.
(E) Show Window Signs. Show win-
dow signs in a window display of merchandise
when incorporated with such a display. They
need not be related in content with the display,
but unsightly clutter of signs shall be avoided.
A sign or signs shall be deemed an unsightly
clutter if it or they obscure more than 25% of
any one window. Square footage of show
window signs shall not be included in the
overall allowable square footage of external
si ns
jE New Business Signs. With prior
written notice to the Administrator and the
code enforcement officer. with their written
concurrence that the business is new, and upon
payment of a fee set by Council from time to
time by resolution, a new business may display
a temporary sign for not more than a total of 16
consecutive days to announce its opening, which
sign shall be on the premises where the busi-
ness is located. -Such asign is in addition to the
permanent sign and shall not be larger than a
sign permitted to the business
Section 4. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
040 respecting exempt signs is amended to read
in pertinent part as follows: .
3-24-040. EXEMPTIONS FROM PER-
MIT REQUIREMENTS. The following types
This subsection (F) shall be construed so as
to prevent the use of vehicles for a sign except
under the foregoing circumstances.
Section 5. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
050 respecting nonconforming signs, is
amended to read as follows: .
3-24-050 NON -CONFORMING
SIGNS. Where a lawful sign existed on the
effective date of the applicable regulations, that
could not be lawfully installed under the terms
of current regulations, such sign may be contin-
ued so longs as it remains otherwise lawful,
subject to the following provisions:
(A) Signs existing on March 24, 1994
and not conforming may be continued for a
period of three years from the date of their.
construction or 18 months from March 24,
1994, whichever is longer, if properly repaired
and maintained as provided in this Code and are
in conformance with other ordinances of the
City. At the end of this period they shall be
removed. Both the owner and the occupant of
the property are responsible for removal.
(B) Any sign in violation of Section 3-
24-060, Prohibited Signs, shall. be removed,
altered or repaired in accordance with the pro-
visions of this Title within 60 days after March
24, 1994.
(C) Non -conforming signs which are
structurally altered, relocated, or replaced shall
comply immediately with all provisions of this
Code.
(D) Any sign in violation of Section 3-
24-030, Temporary Signs, shall be removed,
altered or repaired within 30 days after March
24, 1994.
(E) Non -Conforming Uses. Signage
associated with any nonconforming building
or land use shall, nevertheless, comply with all
the provisions of this Chapter applicable to the
zone in which the nonconforming building or
use would be conforming. If there is more than
one such zone, the most restrictive regulations
among those of the two or more other zones
shall apply.
(F) I„th. cv cntas.g.,saot, Caw V, y
cc ap;rat;en of d,e t:..t. p.ev;d d,a
nn,00c l as p,e,r;d. d .n 3-24 100.
(A) No such nonconforming sign may
be enlarged or altered, other than changing
copy, in a way which increases its nonconfor-
mity, but any sign may be altered to bring it into
conformity.
(B) Should such nonconforming sign
or nonconforming portion of sign be damaged
to an extent or require maintenance that would
cost more than 50% of the sign's replacement
cost at the time of the damage or maintenance
it shall not be maintained or repaired, but shall
be removed or reconstructed in conformity
with the provisions of this title
(C) Should such nonconforming sign
be moved for any reason for any distance what-
soever, it shall thereafter conform to the then
current regulations.
Section 6. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
060 respecting prohibited signs, is amended to
read as follows:
3-24-060. PROHIBITED SIGNS. The fol-
lowing signs are prohibited:
(A) Signs that contain statements, words
or pictures of an obscene or racist character.
(B) • Signs that contain or are an imita-
tion of an official traffic sign or signal or
contain the words "stop", "go slow", "caution",
"danger", "warning", or similar words.
(C) Signs that are of a. size, location,
movement, content, coloring or manner of illu-
mination which may be confused with or
construed as a traffic control device, or hide
from view any traffic or street sign or signal.
(D) Signs that advertise an activity, busi-
ness, product or service not conducted, or no
longer conducted, on the premises upon which
the sign is located,
(E) Signs that have a moving part which
is a major attraction of the sign or constitutes
more than 10% of the sign area.
(F) 1 Signs that include c.,ntaLr or
lye.ace, d I5 watt, shall be used or the
ie. ad. fac.. 4 any sign so as to expose the
face of the source of illumination ba}b light or
famp-to any person driving or walking on a
public street or adjacent property.
(F) "Reader boards", i.e. signs with
movable lettering, may be attached to build-
ings, and may be illuminated, but must meet all
sign area requirements.
Section 8. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
080 respecting permits for signs, is amended to
read as follows:
3-24-080. PERMITS AND FEES.
(A) Permit Requirements.
I. No sign rcga;.;ng a p..,,,;t other
than a temporary sign provided for in Section 3-
24-030 or an exempt sign provided for in Section
3-24-040 shall be erected, altered or relocated
without a sign permit issued by the Building
Inspector. A sign permit may be applied for on
the form for a building permit. If a building
permit as such is required for the sign, such
building permit will serve also as the sign
permit.
2. Electrical permits, when required,
shall be obtained at the same time as the sign
permit.
(B) Applications and conformance of
construction to application.
1 The permit application shall con-
tain the street address where the proposed sign,
will be installed-hr...,Cu. ufthe 3.gn-strnctme,
the name and address of the sign owner and of
the sign erector, drawings showing the precise
dimensions, colors, materials, design and loca-
tion of the sign and of any related support for
the sign, and such other pertinent information
as the Administrator or the Building Inspector
bnildingoffteial may require to insure compli-
ance with the McCall City Code.
2 Nothing shall be installed as part of
or in association with a permitted sign that was
not shown on the application for the permit for
the same, except incidental fittings and connec-
tions, In this regard, nothing shall beconsidered
incidental that would be apparent when viewed
from a property line of the property on which
the sign is erected.
3. If construction at or near a setback
line or possibly inside a setback or off premises
cannot be ruled out in the opinion of the Ad-
ministrator or the Building Inspector, an actual
survey must be submitted. The survey shall be
an as -built survey of the location sufficent to
eliminate all doubt about building size, and the
location of existing and proposed improve-
ments with respect to each other and the setback
lines. Such a sign with a proposed size close to
the maximum permitted, must be submitted to
the Buildin Ins ector for measurement n• it
to installation.
4 No sign permit is valid for the erec-
tion of any sign other than the one described in.
the application. The erection of a sign differing
from the sign represented in the application,
constitutes erection of a sign without a permit;
and the sign is subject to immediate seizure,
and/or masking.
(C) Fees. Fees for sign permits shall be
as fixed from time to time by the Council.
(D) Nulliftcatie,rExpiration ofPermits.
A sign permit shall become null and void if the
work for which the permit was issued has not
begun within a period of 120 days from the date
of the permit and is not thereafter diligently
pursued to completion.
(E) Permit Exceptions. The following
operations shall not be considered as creating a
sign and therefore, shall not require a sign
permit. All other signs require a permit. Anv
action with a nonconforming sign must also
comply with MCC 3-24-050
1. Replacing Copy. Changing the
words or numbers on a permitted, conforming
sign to words or numbers themselves not caus-
ing the sign to become unpermitted or
nonconforming, and repair, maintenance, or
replacement without design change of a sign
(Continued on Page 13)
. (Continued from Page 12) enforcement or code enforcement officer.
which has apermitor is otherwise c onformin g,, 4 A temporary sign erected within
shall not be considered as creating a sign.. • the public rights of way may. be 'impounded
Changing the text on a legally existing "reader upon discovery as evidence by a law enforee-
board" shall not require a•permit: Owners are ment or code enforcement officer.
•
• ----waged to contact the Administrator to 5. A sign owner who re -offends; that
ss whether or not contemplated changes • is, who after warning or prosecution removes
wful without a permit. an illegal sign, but who then puts the same. or '
Replacing Copy. The changing of the ad- . another functionally similar illegal sign tip in '
vertising copy of message on an approved the same or a y other .location, the sign in
painted or printed sign or on a theater marquee violation of this Chapter may be removed and
and similar ap-proved signs which are specify- impounded as evidence by a law enforcement •
cally designed for the use of replaceable copy. or cede enforcement officer.
2. Maintenance, painting, repainting, . (C) Abandoned Signs. A sign, shall be
cleaning and other normal. maintenance_ and removed bytheownerorlessee ofthe premises
repair. of a • sign or• a sign. structure unless a upon which the sign is located when the busi-
Structural change is made. ness which it advertises is no longer conducted
•
3,. • - Temporary SignS. Signs indicated on the premises. If the owner or lessee fails.to
in Section 3-24-030, Temporary Signs, and 3= remove it within ten days after closing or mov- _
244)40, • Exemptions are also exempt. from . ing the business, the Administrator. Building
permit requirements. • .. . Inspector. a law enforcement officer, Ora code .
• Section 9. McCall City Code Section 3-24- enforcement officer may yLall 6' tL.. tt t
remove it or
100 respecting removal of illegal signs, " �s. . • amended to read as follows: cause it to be removed at the expense of the last
3-24-100: I Pt S P): C T ION , owner of the same.
SAFETY, REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED OR
.OTHERWISE ILLEGAL SIGNS, SAFETY r-erdin s; n "t ost f., th...esenta
ti
IMPOUNDING,FORFEITURE: t .. 6.
•
• (A)' Maintenance. Allsignsand compo- ID) Impounded Signs. An impounded.•
nents thereof shall be.kept in good repair and sign may be retained by the City until comple-
safe, neat; clean 'and attractive condition. As Lion of any criminal prosecution or other•court
provided in this Chapter, no new sign may be proceedings respecting the erection or mainte
erected without permit and approvals. • nance of the sip; if an owner has re -offended-
. .. (B) Removal of Sign. • after having been convicted of a violation•in
I. Any sign legally erected which . putting up a sign, and the new offense involves
comes to be in violation of this Chapter by the same sign or a sign which in pertinent .
reason of casualty or failure 'to comply with •aspect(s) is a like sign. is forfeited to the City
paragraph (A) of this section above, shall be and subject to disposal as deemed appropriate
repairedor replaced•expeditiously. If repair or by the City Manager.
replacement is not undertaken within 7 days, . Section 10. McCall City Code Section 37
and pursued with due diligence, the Adminis- 16-030 respecting 'signs in the Scenic Rbute
trator shall state so in.a written •decision; and District, is amended to read as follows to con-
• notice shall besent to the last known address of form to the preceding sections:
the last known owner in the utility records of • 3-16-030. REQUIREMENTS FOR DE-
e City, if there is any such address there, and VELOPMENT. Prior to the issuanee of a
>sted upon the sign itself. An appeal may be building permit,.otherthan for a sign, and prior
taken _by the owner.to the Commission as from to any clearing, grubbing, excavation, or other
other decisions oftheAdreinistrator:ThcbAel construction, the owner shall apply for ap-
proval of a site plan: Procedures, for the
t ,.,. t,.1.,. ,aa,ntn,.,c1,n ti.elat;e.,-0 d,.s T;tl.,: processing of the application shall be governed .
..r.w.,ting-He-the by the procedural toles set out in subsection (G)'
�.� - - - below. No.building permit shall be issued, nor.
any such construction undertaken, until ap-;
proval of the site plan. •
(G) If the construction relates to a new
commercial or industrial building, or the en-
largement of an existing such building by 30%r
• ur py ,o•l.,. h �a h ��g„ ,J lu. at. ai, Lal
t..,re V,. tl,g ;t ;nto cey.,phan. c.
"_The Building Inspector may remove •a sign
immediately. and• without notice if, in the Build-
ing Inspector's opinion; the. condition of the
sign -is such as to present an immediate threat to or more; or to 'a new residential. bin . mg
the safety of the public. • • 5,000: squarefeet or more, or covering more
2.. If the sign was illegally erected' than 30% of the.lot on which located, or to an
•
prior to the date of this ordinance on private enlargement of an existing residential building
property, it shall be dealt with under the pro- which is (or as a result of the: enlargement will:
cesses of paragraph 1. immediately above. • be) larger than that; the procedure followed
3. • If the sign • was erected illegally shall be identical to that for a conditional use. If
after the date of this ordinance, that is, without the construction relates to a sigti;-and-hrother.
either or both of building or sign permit and of . cases not specifically addressed in this Section
• Administrator or Commission approval. or if thcp,c,,cd;ng sent...nee, the procedure shall be
the owner has failed to respond to notice as to submit _the matter to the Commission for.
above• or if there is no known address for the review without public hearing or Notice other
last known Owner in the utility records of the than agenda notice: No approval by Council is
City, a sign in violation of this Chapter may tie required in either case unless there rs.an appeal
removed and impounded as evidence by a law to Council from the decision of the Commis-
sion, If the construction relates to the modifica-
tion of an existing, previously approved sign,
the procedure shall be to submit it to the Ad-
ministrator for review. Approval is required in
any event. •
Section 11. McCall City Code Section 3-4-
010 respecting definitions of terms contained
in the McCall City Zoning Code is amended as
follows: - .
•
3-4-020. MEANING OF TERMS OR
WORDS:
• 114. Sign - Any device designed to in-
form or attract the 'attention persons not on.
the premises on which the sign is located.
.a. • Sign, On -Premises - Any sign call-
ing attention to a business or profession
conducted, or a commodity or service sold or
offered, upon the premises where such sign is
located.
b. Sign, Off -Premises -Any othersign.
c. • Sign;Illuminated- Any sign .illumi-
nated byy electricity, gas or other artificial light
including reflecting or phosphorescent light:
d. Sign, Lighting, Device - Any light,
string of lights or group of lights located or•
arranged so as to cast illumination on a sign.:..
e Sign,. Projecting - Any sign which
• projects from the exterior of a building.
f • Sign. Reader Board -Any sign with .
moveable lettering..
•
Section 12. This Ordinance shall be in full:
force and effect within the City of McCall from
and after its passage, approval and publication
as required by law; and within'the Area of City
Impact, from•and after the later of its passage,
approval and publication as required by law by
the the City, or the passage,approval and
publication as required by law of an ordinance
of the County applying this ordinance to the
Area of City Impact.
Sign Amendments- Prepared for Public.
Hearing before City Council & County Com-
missioners on July 6, 1999.
Note: Underlined 'text is proposed to be
added, Sttikethtough-text is proposed to be ,
deleted.
Kirk L. Eimers, Mayor •
ATTEST:•
Cherry Woodbury, City Clerk ltc6/17
Publisher's Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF IDAHO
.SS
County of Valley
I, Carol J. Wright, being duly sworn and say, I am the receptionist of
The Star -News, a weekly newspaper published at McCall, in the County of
Valley, State of Idaho; that said newspaper is in general circulation in the
county of afore said and is a legal newspaper; that the PUBLIC NOTICE, a
copy of which is enclosed hereto and is a part hereof, was published in said
newspaper once a week for a period of one week in the regular and entire
issue of every number there of during the period of time of publication, and was
published in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement; and that publica-
tion of such notice began July 15, 1999 and ended July 15, 1999.
Subscribed and srn beforcWne this the 16th day of July, 1999.
STATE OF IDAHO
COUNTY OF VALLEY
On this 16th day of July, in the year of 1999, before me, a Notary
Public, personally appeared Carol J. Wright, known or identified to me to be the
person whose name subscribed to the within instrument, and being by me first
duly sworn, declared that the statements therein are true, and acknowledged to
me that she executed the same.
®u8�
Tom Grote
Notary Public for Idaho
Residing at McCall, Idaho
Commission Expires: 1999
O Vey
SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO.711
AMENDMENTS OF 1999 TO SIGN
C ANCE
AN ORDINANCE OF THER OF ZONING INCITY OF
McCALL RELATING TO PLANNING AND
ZONING AND TO SIGNS; CLARIFYING
PURPOSE OF ORDINANCE; AMENDING.
STANDARDS FOR SIGNS IN RESIDEN-
TIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
ZONES, INCLUDING MULTI -TENANT
BUILDINGS AND READER BOARD
SIGNS ;AMENDING REQUIREMENTS AP-
PLICABLE TO TEMPORARY SIGNS AND
AUTHORIZING TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR
ANEW BUSINESS; AMENDING REQUIRE-
MENTS APPLICABLE TO SIGNS
OTHERWISE EXEMPT FROM PERMIT-
TING; AMENDING TREATMENT OF
NONCONFORMING SIGNS; AMENDING
SECTION FOR PROHIBITED •SIGNS;
AMENDING PROVISIONS FOR ILLUMI-
NATED SIGNS; AMENDING SECTIONS
FOR APPLICATIONS FOR SIGN PERMITS,
AND SCOPE OF PERMITTED ACTION;
PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL AND IM-
POUNDMENT OF'ILLEGAL SIGNS;
PROVIDING_ FOR REMOVAL OF SIGNS
FROM THE SCENIC ROUTE DISTRICT;
AMENDING THE' DEFINITION OF
READER BOARD SIGNS; AND PROVID-
. ING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
A summary of the principal provisions of
Ordinance. No. 711 of the City of McCall,
Valley County, Idaho, adopted on July 6, 1999,
is as follows:
Section 1: The purposes of the ordinance
wherever amended is to provide consistency
with the businesses or entities in the planning
jurisdiction; to preserve property values and
improve safety; to enhance the City of McCall's
natural beauty; to improve business opportuni-
ties; and to protect the health, safety, and welfare
of the citizens of the planning jurisdiction; but
not with, certain exceptions, to regulate the
contents of speech but only the place and man-
ner.
Section 2: This section establishes a maxi-
mum sign area for businesses operating in
residential zones not to exceed twenty-four
square feet (24'); amends requirements for signs
in commercial and industrial zones that a sign
•
can be placed on the abutting property with
permission of the property owner when access
is by easement or common area; establishes the
standards for signs in multi -tenant buildings or
plazas, which signs shall not exceed fifty square
feet (50') per frontage street; allows for reader
boards of no more than fifty percent (50%) of
any given sign face for changeable letters; and
allows for specific conditions when an area
greater than fifty percent (50%) shall be al-
lowed. .
Section 3: This section addresses tempo-
rary signs and allows for real estate signs of five
(5) square feet on one face if the property is five
contiguous acres or less; 16 square feet of
acreage for five to ten contiguous acres; 32
square feet for ten contiguous acres; provides
that properties facing the lakefront shall not
exceed 16 square feet; show windows may not
obscure more than twenty-five percent (25%)
of one window; and new business signs may
run for a total of sixteen (16) consecutive days
to announce its opening.
Section 4: This section provides for ex-
emptions to the ordinance which continues an
exemption for public signs for non-commer-
cial public interest matters such as safety signs,
danger signs, and that such informational signs
• include directional signs advising persons upon
main roads of through routes and directions of
travel; provides that private traffic directional
signs may be allowed with directions such as
"in, out; and one-way," but with no advertising
whatsoever; allows for signs on motor vehicles
or trailer part of a tractor trailer provided that
the vehicle is currently registered, the vehicle is
located on a public street when not in use, and
the vehicle is not actually used as a sign.
Section 5: This sectionaddresses non-
conforming signs which may be continued so
long as they otherwise remains lawful, pro-
vided the non-conformance may not be enlarged
or altered, not damaged beyond fifty percent
(50%) of its replacement costs, and cannot be
moved any distance whatsoever.
Section 6: This section prohibits signs
including signs containing racist words or pic-
tures, clarifies the prohibition against banner or
flag signs, including a definition of banner, and
controls portable reader boards with the defini-
tion of portable.
Section : This section addresses illumina-
tion and allows for illumination only when the
sign is otherwise authorized with light directed
at signthat is not reasonably objectionable,
does not allow rotating, and prohibits the source
of illumination from shining directly on a per-
son driving or walking.
Section 8: This section addresses permits
and fees and establishes that no sign other than
temporary signs shall be erected without a
permit and provides the information required
by an application, including the street address
where the sign will be installed, and establishes
the criteria for when a survey will be required;
allows for the expiration of permits within one.
hundred twenty (120) days if the -sign is not
diligently pursued to completion; and estab-
lishes exceptions for permits for
• non -conforming. signs.
Section 9: This section addresses the re-
moval of prohibited or otherwise illegal signs
by allowing for removal of the. sign when a
violation has not begun to be repaired within
seven (7) days, allows for signs that were
illegally erected before the day of the ordi-
nance, and signs illegally constructed after the
date of the ordinance; provide for removal of
temporary signs within the public way; and
allows for when a sign owner reoffends by
replacing an illegal' sign; allows that aban-
doned signs may be impounded within ten (10)
days after the closing of a business; and estab-
lishes that impounded signs may be retained by .
the City until completion of a criminal prosecu-
tion:
Section 10: This section addresses signs in
a. the scenic route district and removes the re-
�uirement for a permit.
Section 11: This section provides a defini
:ion for "sign, reader board" as "any sign with
movable lettering."
• Section 12: this section provides an effec-
tive date upon the ordinance passage, approval,
and publication.
The full text of Ordinance No. 711 is avail
able at the office of the City of McCall, and will
be provided to any person upon request during .
regular office hours.
DATED as of thel3th day of July, 1999.
CITY OF McCall
Valley County, Idaho
By: KirkBimers
Mayor
ATTEST:
Cherry Woodbury.
City Clerk
CERTIFICATION OF CITY ATTORNEY
As city attorney for and legal advisor to the
City of McCall, Idaho, I hereby certify that I
have reviewed the foregoing Summary of Or-
dinance No. 711 of the City of McCall, adopted
on July 6, 1999, and that the same is true and
complete and provides adequate notice to the
public of the contents of the ordinance.
DATED as of the 13th day of July, 1999.
Dave Bieter
City Attomey
lte7/15
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ORDINANCES
These notices give the public a look at
the exact contents of ordinances local
governments are considering for adoption
in case you have concerns or wish to
comment. •
ORDINANCE NO.711
The McCall City Council and the Valley
County Board of County Commissioners will
hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 6, 1999
at 7 pm in the lower level meeting room at
McCall City Hall.
AMENDMENTS OF 1999 TO SIGN
CHAPTER OF ZONING ORDINANCE
An ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
McCALL RELATING TO PLANNING AND
ZONING AND TO SIGNS:
[§. I] amendments clarifying purpose of
sign standards ;
[§ 2] amendments defining standards for
signs in residential, commercial and industrial
zones, including multi -tenant buildings and
reader board signs;
[§ 3] amendments torequirementsappli-
cable to temporary signs and authorization of a
class of new temporary sign for anew business;
[§ 4] amendments to requirementsappli-
cable to signs otherwise exempt from
permitting;
[§ 5] amendments to treatment of non-
conforming signs;
[§ 6] amendments to section respecting,
prohibited signs;
[§ 7] amendments to illuminated signs
provision;
[§ 8] amendments to section respecting
applications for sign permits, and scope of
permitted action;
[§ 9] removal and impounding of illegal
signs;
[§ 10] removing signs fromtheprovisions
of the xenic route district;
[§ II] amendments clarifying the
deftnintion of reader board signs;
[§ 12] providing for an effective date.
Section I. McCall City Code 3-24-010,
respecting purposes of sign regulation, is
amended to read as follows in that specific
format' required by Idaho Code, that is, with
new language underlined, and matter to be
deleted struck through:
3-24-010. PURPOSES. It is the intent of
this Chapter
LAl To provide standards with which
the business owner or nonprofit enti y'may
identify_ the business or entity in a manner
consistent with the welfare of the business or
entity aspen ofthePlanningJurisdiction which
is directly dependent upon the economic health
of the entire community.
al To Preserve Meetly values and
improve traffic safety within commercial and
residential areas of the Planning Jurisdiction
as well as to enhance enjoyment of McCall's
natural beau y. by controlling the use of signs
and their motion and illumination
LC) To improve business opportunity
as a result of the increased attractiveness of the
Planning Jurisdiction and resulting protection
and enhancement of the tourist trade as well as
the rest of the .ono y of the area
(h)f]?]To ant"bl: L ,t"„JmJ t ,aKvl to
till a.,ta„g, a:K,n., "= lv vnt,taat tLa La"Ith,
syfalr ",d Ka„h."1 wdfma gf s:Jan,ts a,lU
To protect the health safety and
general welfare of residents and visitors by
establishing standards for the Placement and
size of all exterior signs in the Planning Inns-
dic�p
aatan "n,J atLa, pa,Gtnh,ntF .,t".gnat( "Il a..lan:.n
(C-jfEl To reduce undue confusion and
between. signs.
(DM To prevent conflicts and contusion
between advertising signs and traffic control
signs or signals.
(B O] To prevent possible harm from out-
door signs suspended from or placed on top of
structures and otherwise erected above the
ground and especially where susceptible to
high winds. 1
CH) Nottoregulatethecontentof speech
other than that speech of an obscene nature, but
only the place and manner
Section 2. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
020 respecting sign standards applicable to all
zones is amended to read in pertinent pan as
follows and to add anew provision forstandard
design permitted signs as follows:
3-24-020. SIGN STANDARDSBYZONE
(A) General Standards Applicable to
All Zones.
1. The following sign standards by
zone are intended to include every zone in the
Planning Jurisdiction. The zones areas defined
by this Title. Only signs as-0escnbedj> this
full area of the property, a one sign may be
freestanding, on K,o"„J sgvP..,hJ, and may be
located anywhere on the property. b.,aA of tine
No pinion of5such a sign
may extend upto more than 20 feel above the
average ground level "t tlna Lase -of below the
sign.
(e) • Signs may be on the vertical faces
of marquees and may project below the lower
edge of the marquee not more than twelve
inches (12"). The bottom of marquee signs
shall be no less than eight feet (8') above the
sidewalk or grade at any point. No pan of the
sign shall project above the vertical marquee
face nor shall the mar.. be extended above
the roof line behind the manatee. .
(f) Signs shall not project above the
part of the roof -lines closest to the sign.
g Signs shall not be located on any
property which is not the site of the subject of
the information on the sign, ellor example a
sign advertising a business may only appear on
the same lot or parcel of real estate that is the
location of the business However. an estab-
lishment which gains legal access by way of an
easement or common area may place a sign on
an abuttine property. with nermission of the
owner of such property Such a lien must
comply with all provisions of this title. and the
size of said sign shall be deducted from that
alloted to the property on which the sign is
located
h Signs may be•incorporated into
building awnines. In terms of calculating sign
size the procedure shall be tocalculate the area
of the letters and design according to the "sil-
houette' sien described in MCC 3-24-020 (Al
L 4. Content.Signsshallbe identitysigns
only.
4. Multi -tenant Buildings or Plazas.
Only one freestanding sign may be erected per
building or plaza and may not exceed 50 square
fat in area per frontage street. Such signs are
referred to as "location sign (s)" in the rest of
this paragraph 7. The project sign may set forth
the name of the building orplaza (called"project
name" in the rest of this paragraph 7.), for one
example, "Jones Shopping Center". Such
signage is in addition to allowable signage for
individual businesses. Individual businesses
may be identified on the location sign, but may
not exceed 8 square feet Per business. Signage
on the location sign identtfytngindividualbusi-
nesses shall be deducted from the total allowed
for the business in question.
Signs for individual tenants may be wall
mounted or hanging, but not projecting unless
over an interior walkway of the project. The
portion of total signage available to each tenant
shall be determined by the building or plaza'
owner.
5 Illumination. Illumination of signs
is permitted, but on y in accordance with the
restrictions specified in Section 3-24-279;
6 Reader Boards(Chaneeable Latter
Signs). No more than 50% of any given sign
face may include a space for changeable letters
except as provided for in subsection (a) below
Permitted reader board signs shall be of a high
quality. and the letters used on such signs shall
be of a durable material such as lex. or acrylic
plastic. with a minimum thickness of 0.08
inches and a heieht not to exceed 9 inches
a The Commission may allow an es
lablishment to install a .sien with more than
50% of its face made up bf reader board only
upon making the following findines and after
followinethe same Procedures as for a Condi-
tional Use Permit.
(I) That special conditions and circum-
stances unique to the type of business, the land,
.orslructure, makecompliancewithMCC3-24-
020 (C) 6. an undue hardship. In making its
findings, the Commission shall lake into con-
sideration the products offered by the
establishment and whether the inventory
changes on a regular basis. The Commission
may use the requirements fora variance(MCC
3-3 ]-010) as a guide in determining whether to
grant a request under this section, though the
request need not meet all requirements of MCC
3-31-010.
I. General.The regulations and speci-
fications set forth herein shall apply to Zone (-
Industrial District.
2. Size. There shall be permitted in
this Zone, for each industrial establishment,
one identity sign for each street frontage, each
with a maximum area of one square foot for
each lineal foot of building street frontage, or
one half (112) square foot for each lineal foot of
property street frontage whichever is greater.
3. Location.Requirementsshallbethe
same as specified for the Commercial districts.
4. Content. Signs shall be identity
signs only.
5: ill Gee,. IIL,,,,:,,"t:.,,,.,f.,:g�s
icy [tad, Lg;,n aaa,,,J"„ac »a, the,h,b:a
Isom .,,,c.:,f J 6t Sca ion, 3-24 7.
Section 3. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
030 rupecting temporary signs is amended to
read in pertinent part as follows and to add new
permitted temporary signs as follows: _
of signs are exempted from ell dna P,... i..:.,,n '
the permit requirements of thisChapler, except
fm am.�h,.aG.,n. "nnJ .,"Cott .aKgigthms build-
inecode requirements that would be applicable
in the absence of this Chanter, but shall be
subjectto any standards in this Chapter made
expressly applicable to exempt signs and toand
the following requirements:
(A) Public Signs. Signs of a non-com-
mercial nature and in lhepublic interest, erected
by or on the order of, a public officer in the
performanceof thepublic officer'spublicduty,
such as safety signs, danger signs, trespassing
signs, traffic -signs control devices, memorial
plaques, signs of historical interest, informa-
tional signs, and the like. Such informational
signs may include directional signs advising
persons noon main roads of through routes and
the direction to travel to various public build-
ings and facilities
(B) Institutional.
1., Signs setting forth the name or any
simple announcement for any public, chari-
table,educational or religious institutionlocated
entirely within the premises of that institution
up to an area of 24 square fat.
. 2. Such signs may be illuminated in
accordance with the regulations specified in
Section 3-24-7, Signs, Illumination.
3. If building mounted, these signs
shall be flat wall signs and shall not project
above the roof line.If ground mounted, the top
shall be. more than six fat (6') above ground
level, except when mounted upon a bona fide
gateway at a height to permit vehicles to pass.
beneath the sign.
(E), BjB) Integral. Names of buildings, dates
of erection, monumental citations, commemo-
rative tablets and the like when carved into
stone, concrete or similar material or made of
bronze, aluminum, or other permanent type
constmetion, and made an integral part of the
structure.
(D)LC] Private Traffic Direction. Signs di-
recting lmtfc movement onto a premise or
within a premise, such as "in." "'out "and "one-
way." not exceeding three square feel in area
for each •sien and containing no advertising
whatsoever or painted on paved areas, and
containing no advertising whatsoever: are Per-
mitted Such signs may be illuminated in
accordance with the regulations specified iq
Section 3-24-070.
I. Signs directing traffic movement
onto a premise or within apremise, not exceed-
ing three square feet in area for each sign.
2. Such signs may be illuminated in
accordance with the regulations specified in
Section 3-24-070, Signs, Illumination.
3. Horizontal directional signs on and
flush with paved areas are exempt from these
standards.
(E)I.D.) Small Signs. Onesign perbusiness,
not exceeding two square feet in area, attached
flat against the building, stationary and not
illuminated, announcing only the name and
occupation of building tenant.
(FILE.) Rental Signs. Signs on thepremises
announcing rooms for rent, table -board, apart-
ment or house for rent, and not exceeding four
square feet in area.
(GEE) Vehicles. Signs m,a, motor vehicles
or the trailer part of a tractor-trailer-oFmry
kind, :s ya:.n..J o,
u . P,,,rha.
cn,J., .,f the .alJalh or on a vehicle generally
not visible from the public streets except while
being used on the public streets, provided that'
L Registered. The motor vehicle or
trailer must be currently registered with the
relevant motor vehicle authorities and be cur-
rently. regularly. and principally used 'for a
transportation purpose other than display of
such sien. Signs which would otherwise be
mounted on a building or in a freestanding
frame may not be placed vertically on the roof
hood. or trunk of a car, nor in the bed nor on the
can of a truck. unless beineused totransport the
sign to a permanent location.
2, located. The vehicle's location
when not muse.. the public streets must be
consistent with the most logical imolementa-
non-ormeprineinafuseof the vehicle: and
3, Not Actually Used as a Sign. A
vehicle shall not be parked such that the princi-
pal puroose of the vehicle. while narked. is that
of a sign
This subsection (F) shall be construed so as
to prevent the use of vehicles for a sign except
under the foregoing circumstances. •
eclion 5. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
050 respecting nonconforming signs, is
amended to read as follows:
3-24-050 NON -CONFORMING
SIGNS. Where a lawful sien existed on the
effective dateof thearmlicableregulations. that
could not be lawfully installed under the terms
PRvment regulations such sign mavbeconlin-
ued so longs as it remains otherwise lawful
subject to the olllowine provisions•
(A) Signs existing on March 24, 1994
and not conforming may be continued for a
period of three years from the date of their
construction or 18 months from March 24,
consist of balloons, banners flags posten
pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings of ligt
bulbs, spinners or other similarly moving de
vices. "Banner" for such purposes means
piece of plastic, paper or cloth, commonly in
long strip. but no matter of what dimension,
bearing upon it one or more or some combing
lion of designs: mottoes. slogans, name.
advertisements. greetings or the like Thes
devices when not pan of any sign, aresimilarl
prohibited. United States or Idaho flags, an
the flags of other states or nations are pemdi
ted, and if displayed shall be displayed -wit
"yknap,:,.ta 0..,,,...r in accord with the role
stated in Title 36. United States Code.Section
173 through 176. Sineleflags(forexample.nc
strung together on a line or rope), decorative i
nature and without adverti sine or leuerineat
permitted
2, The Administrator may, after cot
suit ation with interested communil
organizations, propose to the Commission stet
dards for etherbanneis flags or other strati
holiday decorations which the Administmb
believes should be permitted,-and-trilpr
approval of those standards by the COMM
sion, and approval by Council by resolutic
With or without public hearing as Council 1hi
determines appropriate, banners. OTgs, m
street and holiday decorations mating tho
standards shall be permitted. Pending adoptit
of such standards the following are permittt
unless the Administrator determines that a vi
lotion of the intent of this subsection I )
'occurring; landscape lighting; strings of sm;
clear bulbs in trees; and holiday decoratio
and like seasonal decorative lighting L 1 ell
Ay. Ad ' ' het
d..t...,,,:,,.., tl,at a .;,,IgG..n, ..'the L,t., t of d
(G) Signs that swing or otherwise n
ticeably move as a result of wind pressure it
fashion which may distract or and cause
danger to the public.
(H) Billboards as defined in Chapter
Definitions.
I Portable "Reader board", A -fret
or other temporary signs not permitted by n
tion 3-24-020 (C) 6 or Section 3-24-0:
"Portable" means net permanently mount
eithertoabuilding orth mound. Signsmoum
to the ground must meet the requirements of
building inspector with reference to the bui
ing codes then in effect by the Ci y of McC
and Area of City Impact.
(J) Signs mounted in or on a me
chicle in kaJ „n,"ttanJhJ otl,a, tl,.., at I
ofh,o»,,..,:a.ch:ala.,Lgli lRd
real.. o, a rang a,..a, da aw
thhap,a,,;,,,a., .rh
parked not authorized by 3-24-040 (G).
Hi) In the Impact Area, any other s
which is prohibited by County ordinan
whether ornot such County ordinance is oti
wise applicable to the Plan nin e Jurisdictio
LEl Anv sien erected without a pi
permit after the date of applicable regulatic
and any sign required to be removed un
Section 3-24-050
Section 7. McCall City Code Section 3-
070 respecting illuminated signs, is amende
read as follows:
3-24-070. ILLUMINATION. The fol h
ingrules apply to all illuminated signs: nott
in this section shall be taken to authorize a •
not authorized in another section under
Chapter
(A) The light from or directed at
sign shall be so shaded, shielded or direr
that the light intensity or brightness will no
reasonablyobjeclionable to persons in the.
rounding areas.
(B) No light associated with asigns
have -blinking: flashmr otge or fit
f:Klte.,,eda.,:h,,,,,,, ,r,brightnesse
Beacon lights are not permitted.
(C) No colored lights shall be use
any loc.. or in any manner that conic
confused with a traffic control device.
(D) Neitherlhedirecl, norreflectedl
s,shall tend roue
_ a milk hazard to operators of motor vehir
on public thoroughfares.
(E) Noa»pmaJ Source of Morainal
]:Chi
b,a"..Jasha„t 1g,nP� »IJhh e,gl"h.hls JIS »..its shall
bbeuse deo.n ..lad... any sign so as to expose
face of the source of illumination bulb, ligt
fmnp-to any person drivine or walking <
public street or adjacent property.
(F) "Reader boards', i.e. sik
movable lettering, may be attached t.. ,.
ings, and may be illuminated,but must ma
sign area requirements.
Section 8. McCall City Code Section 3
080 respecting pennitsforsigns, is amen&
read as follows:
3-24-080. PERMITS AND FEES.
(A) Permit Requirements.
I. No sign
thane temporary sign provided for in Scene
24-030oran exempt �edro' idedferrd nrin
fiSec
i
(A)� General Standards Applicable to
All Zones.
1. The following sign standards by
zone are intended to include every zone in the
Planning Jurisdiction. Thezones are as defined
by this Title. Only signs as -described in this
Section. or Irt,•.:g a„J ,,.aa b. J.a.,:6,.JlIl
underSection 3-24-030, Temporary Signs,pr
Trend Section 3-24-040, Exemptions, wili-be
m_permitted in each particular zone. The area
of a sign shall be computed by adding up the
square footage of the one, both or all planes of
it having words or graphics visible to the pub-
lic. If a sign includes silhouette designs or
letters, whether cut out of the interior of a
background, or projecting beyond the edges of
a background, or free-standing, the area of the
sign shall be computed to include the square -
footage of a rectangle that would enclose such
designs. For example, should align Bat against
building that is three fret on a side (9 square
feet) have a silhouette of a pine tree s:ll,uu..tt„
attached to and extending above it, suchtxe
silhouette being one fool wide at the widest and
2 feet tall, then the one foot by two foot rect-
angle which could enclose that -tree silhouette
shall be added to the 9 square feet of the rest of
the sign of which it is a part for a total of 11
square feet, notwithstanding that some of that
area in fact includes air around the treea ou-
ette.
2. If any zone is omitted from this
Chapter, or if a new zone is created after March
24, 1994, no signs shall be permitted therein
until this Chapter Shall be amended to include
this zone.
(B) Standards Applicable to Residen-
dal Zones.
§. Signs in residential zones for Busi-
pesses with Conditional Use Permitsoraisligg
As a Nonconforming Use. The maximum sign
Area for businesses operating under a condi-
tional use permit or as a nonconforming use
shall not exceed 24 square feel. Such signs
shall meet all other reauirements .set forth in
MCC 3-24-020 (C) A more restrictive condi-
tion in the approval of a conditionaLuse shall
govem over this Paragraph as to that condi-
tional use
(C) Standards Applicable to Commer-
cial ,Sr Industrial Zones.
I. General.Theregulations andspeci-
fications set forth herein in this subsgtion (Cl
shall apply to Zone C- Commercial District,
Zone GC- General Commercial District, and
Zone CB- Central Business District and Zone
I -Industrial
3. Location.
(a) Signs may be flat wall signs and
located anywhere on the surface of the build-
ing:
(b) Signs may be projecting signs only
wh,.,•. u„J.., th.. appG,.abl. aud...�
building -setback in the CB Zones andthen may
project six feet (6') or less beyond the street
property line, but no closer than two feet (2') to
a curb tine or other edge of the roadway where
there is no curb, and must have a minimum
clearance of eight feet (8') above J. ::.-._
and a public sidewalk_or nine feel above a
walking path where there is not vet a sidewalk.
and 15 feet above driveways or alleys.
(c) When a projecting sign is closer
than 12 feet to a comer of the property, its
projection shall be no more than a distance
equal to 1/2 the horizontal distance from the
sign to that comer.
(d) Where abuilding does not cover the
,na "t .ueua
o p.., ,,;tt.d,Lat:a dL.l•.,.,.>u:c
Gug> aN...:GcJ :,• Seal... 3-24-7.
Section McCall City Code Section 3-24-
030 respecting temporary signs is amended to
read in pertinent part as follows and to add new
permitted temporary signs as follows:
3-24-030. TEMPORARY SIGNS. The
following signs shall be permitted anywhere
within the Planning Jurisdiction and shall not
require a permit:
(B) Real Estate Signs.
I.. Signs advertising the sale, rental or
lease of the premises or part of the premises on
which the signs are displayed:
a. For properties of one five contigu-
ous acres or less, the total area of the signage
shall not exceed$re 5 square feet-(5) on one
face. A double sided sign may have a total sign
surface of 10 square feel.
b. For properties of o.,,•.vu. five to
te=rnntiguous acres lit Ls. th.,, a•.,s, the
total area of the signage shall not exceed 16
square feet per face;
c. For properties over 10 contiguous
acres, the total area of the signage shall not
exceed 32 square feet per face
d. For properties facing the lake front,
the total area of the signage shall not exceed 16
square feet per face.
2. Such signs shall be removed within
seven days after the sale, rental or lease is
documented and closed.
3. "Open House' signs shall not ex-
ceed six square feet in total area epe rflouse
.m
al,, .J t,..
plate.
tl,a„ tl,.. N•py.rty u(f
is pl.....J. Open House signs shall be removed
upon completion of the "open house' but in no
event shall the sign beln placed longer than 44
48 hours.
4. Illuminated, reflective and day-glo
type materials shall not be permitted on anyreal
estate signs.
5. Signs shall be maintained in good
repair.
6. Real Estatesigns shall not beplaced
w't i -upon or extend over public rights of
way. -
(E) Show Window Signs. Show win-
dow signs in a window display of merchandise
when incorporated with such a display. They
need not be related in content with the display,
but unsightly clutter of signs shall be avoided
A sign or signs shall be deemed an unsightly
clutter if it or they obscure more than 25% of
any one window Souare footage of show
window siens shall not be included in the
overall allowable snuare footage of external
signs,
j t New Business Signs, With prior'
written notice to the Administrator and the'
Code enforcement officer. with their written
roncurrence that the business is new, and upon
payment of a fee set by Council from time to
time by resolution. a new business may display
a temporary sign for not more than a total of 16
consecutive days to a nnounceitsopenine.which
Sign shall be on the premises where the busi-
ness is located. -Such a sign is in addition to the
permanent sign and shall not be larger than a
signpermitted to the business
Section 4. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
040respecting exempt signs isamended toread
in pertinent part as follows:
3-24-040. EXEMPTIONS FROM PER-
MIT REOUIREMENTS The followingtypes
of current regulations. such sign may becontin-
ued so longs as it remains otherwise lawful
subiect to the following provisions
(A) Signs existing on March 24, 1994
and not conforming may be continued for a
period of three years from the date of their
construction or 18 months from March 24,
1994, whichever is longer, if properly repaired
and maintained as provided in this Code and are
in conformance with other ordinances of the
City. At the end of this period they shall be
removed. Both the owner and the occupant of
the property are responsible for removal.
(B) Any sign in violation of Section 3-
24-060, Prohibited Signs, shall be removed,
altered or repaired in accordance with the pro-
visions of this Tifle within 60 days after March
24, 1994.
(C) Non -conforming signs 'which are
structurally altered, relocated, or replaced shall
comply immediately with all provisions of this
Code.
(D) Any sign in violation of Section 3-
24-030, Temporary Signs, shall be removed,
altered or repaired within 30 days after March
24, 1994.
(E) Non -Conforming Uses. Signage
associated with any nonconforming building
or land use shall, nevertheless, comply with all
the provisions of this Chapter applicable to the
zone in which the nonconforrmng building or
use would be conforming. If there is more than
one such zone, the most restrictive regulations
among those of the two or more other zones
shall apply.
(F) E,th.....•.•,ta,:s,,:>,,..t,,.,,•.....JLy
5.24100.
(A) No such nonconforminesign may
be enlarged or altered other than, changing
coov. in a wav which increases its nonconfor-
mity but any sign may be altered to brined into
conformity
(B) Should such nonconforming sign
or nonconforming_ portion of sign be dammed
to an extent or require maintenance that would
cost more than 50%of the sign's replacement
cost at the time of the damage or maintenance
it shall not be maintained or repaired but shall
be removed o reconstructed in conformity
with the Provisions of this title
(C) Should such nonconforming sign
be moved for anv reason for any distance what-
soever. it shall thereafter conform to the then
current regulations
Section 6. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
060 respecting prohibited signs, is amended to
read as follows:
3-24-060. PROHIBITED SIGNS. The fol-
lowing signs are prohibited:
(A) Signsthatconlainstatements,words
or pictures of an obscene or racist character.
(B) Signs that contain or are an imita-
tion of an official traffic sign or signal or
contain the words "stop",':go slow', "caution",
"danger", "warning', or similar words.
(C) Signs that are of a size, location,
movement, content, coloring or manner of illu-
mination which may be confused with or
construed as a traffic control device, or hide
from view any traffic or street sign or signal.
(D) Signs thatadvertise an activity,busi-
ness, product or service not conducted, or no
longer conducted, on the premises upon which
the sign is located,
(E) Signs that have amoving part which
is a major attraction of the sign or constitutes
more than 10% of the sign area.
(F) 1, Signs that inc ud ....ata6r or
080 respecting permits for signs, is amended io ,
read as follows:
3-24-080. PERMITS AND FEES.
(A) Permit Requirements.
I. No sign-i ,,:s ither • I.
thane temporary signprovided forin Section 3-
24-030 or an ex empt s ign o rovi ded for i n Seet i op
3 24-040 shall be erected, altered or relocated
without a sign permit issued by the Building
Inspector. A sign Permit may be applied for on
the form for a building permit. If a building'
permit as Such is required for the sign, such t
building permit will serve also as the sign
permit
2. Electrical permits, when required,
shall be obtained at the same time as the sign
permit. - ,-
(B) Applications and conformance of
construction to application.
1 The permit application shall con-
tain the street address where the proposed si¢n
will beinsta a Ia,aGu•. of di,
the name and address of the sign owner and of
the sign erector, drawings showing the precis4
dimensions. colors. materials. designand Iota- �l
tion of the sign and of any related support for
the sign, and such other pertinent information
as theAdministralor or the Building Inspector•'
beiidingoffreial mayrequire toinsure compli-
ance with the McCall City Code. I
2. Nothing shall be installed as part of I
or in association with a permitted sign that was �
pot shown on the application for the pert^.'-`9l1 ,y
the same. except incidental fittings and.tg• {!
tions.Jn thisregard, nothing shall becon„PcS1
incidental that would be apparent when viewed
from a Property line of the property on which
the sgn is erected
3, If construction at or near a setback '
lineor Possibly inside a setback or off premises
cannot be ruled out in the opinion of the Ad- ' .
ministrator or the Building Inspector, an actual
survey must be submitted The survey shall be
an as -built survey of the location suffic+ent tit
eliminate all doubt about build ingsize and the
location of existing and proposed improve-
ments with respect toeachotherandthese[back' )
lines. Such a sign with aproposed size close to I
the maximum Permitted, must be submitted to
the Building Inspector for measurement prior
to installation
4 No sign permit is valid for the erec-
tion of any sign other than the one described ih
the application. The erection of a sign differing
from the sign represented in the application,'
constitutes erection of a sign without a Permit:
and the sign is subject to immediate seizure 1
And/or masking
(C) Fees. Fees for sign permits shall be
as fixed from time to time by the Council. ' '
(D) Nu1Gfcae.JExpimtion of Permits.
A sign permit shall become null and void if the f
work for which the permit was issued has not
begun within a period of 120days from the dale ;
of the permit and is not thereafter diligently
pursued to completion.
(E) Permit Exceptions. The following
operations shall not be considered as creating a
sign and therefore, shall not require a sign
permit. All other signs require a permit. Any 1
action with a nonconforming sign must also
•
comply with MCC 3-24-050 1 j
J. Replacing Copy. Chang;. ,_:S /
words or numbers on a permitted conforming
sign to words or numbers themselves not cans-. '
ing the sign to become unpermitted or
nonconforming. and repair. maintenance: or
replacement without design change of a sign
(Continued on Page 0)
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UBL:IC
ur,tic, ofs chs;gn,orofth..Lt;ld;ng,strn'.,t.,,..
The Building Inspector may remove a sign
immediately and without notice if, in the Build-
ing Inspeetor's opinion, the condition of the
sign is subh as to present an immediate threat to
the safety of the public.
if the sign was llleg611y,erected
prior to the date of this ordinance on private
property, it shall be dealt with under the pro-
cesses of paragraph 1. immediately above;
1 If the sign was erected illegally
' after the date of this ordinance, that is, without
. either or both of building or sign permit and of
Administrator or Commission approval, or if
the owner has failed to respond to notice as
above, or if there is no known address for the
known Owner in the utility records of the
a sign in violation of this Chapter may be
Seofoved and impounded as evidence by a law
(Continued from- Page 12)
which has a permit or is otherwise conforming,
shall not be considered as creating a sign.
Changing the text on a legally existing "reader
board" shall not require a permit. Owners are
encouraged to contact the Administrator to
discuss whether or not contemplated changes
are lawful without a permit.
Replacing Copy. The changing of the ad-
rtising copy of message on an approved
painted or printed sign or on a theater marquee
and similar ap-proved signs' which are specifi-
cally designed for the use of replaceable copy.
2. Maintenance, painting, repainting,
cleaning and other normal maintenance and
repair of a sign or a sign structure unless a
structural change is made.
3. Temporary Signs. Signs indicated
in Section 3-24-030, Temporary Signs, and 3-
24-040, Exemptions are also exempt from
permit requirements.
Section 9. McCall City Code Section 3-24-
100 respecting removal of illegal signs, is
.amended to read as follows:
3-24-100. INSPECTION,
SAFETY, REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED OR
OTHERWISE ILLEGAL SIGNS, SAFETY
)MPOUNDING, FORFEITURE
• (A) . Maintenance. All signs and compo-
nents thereof shall be kept in good repair and
safe, neat, clean and attractive condition. As
provided in this Chapter, no new sign may be
erected without permit and approvals.
(B) Removal of Sign.
1. Any sign legally erected which
comes to be in violation of this Chapter by
reason of casualty or failure to comply with
paragraph (A) of this section above, shall be
repaired or replaced expeditiously. If repair or
replacement is not undertaken within 7 days,
and pursued with due diligence:the Adminis-
trator shall state so in a written decision; and
notice shall be sent to the last known address of
• 'the last known owner in the utility records of
the City, if there is any such address there, and
posted upon the sign itself. An appeal may be
tp' - by the owner to the Commission as from
lecisions ofthe Administrator. Thebtrild-
h.p.
..acted o, mait,tairLd ;n violation of this T;d
i
enforcement or code enforcement officer.
4. A temporary sign erected within
the public rights of way may be impounded
upon discovery as evidence by a law enforce-
ment or code enforcement officer.
5. A sign owner who re -offends, that
is, who after warning or prosecution removes
an illegal sign, but who then puts the same or
another functionally similar illegal sign up in
the same or any other location, the sign in
violation of this Chapter may be removed and
impounded as evidence by a law enforcement
or code enforcement officer.
(C) Abandoned Signs. A sign shall be
removed by the owner or lessee of the premises
upon which the sign is located when the busi-
ness which it advertises is no longer conducted
on the premises. If the owner or lessee fails to
remove it within ten days After closingor mov-
ing the business, the Administrator, Building
Inspector, a law enforcement officer, or a code
enforcement officer may stall s;v.,
to l..aaw 15 Jaya w„ttcn uui,w to Iemove It Or
cause it to be removed at the expense of the last
owner of the same Uyoa th. ;rR fusal o, fa;lu,.
ttl, V; a ..laly 4Iltl,V,;La. l..tll..Jb„tat; V.. may'
the s,g„ al cost to tilt- ow„cr.
(D) Impounded Signs. An impounded
sign may be retained by the City until comple-
tion of any criminal prosecution or other court
proceedings respecting the erection or mainte-
nance of the sign; if an owner has re -offended
after having been convicted of a violation in
putting up a sign, and the new offense involves
the same sign or a sign which in pertinent
aspect(s) is a like sign, is forfeited to the City
and subject to disposal as deemed appropriate
by the City Manager.
Section 10. McCall City Code Section 3-
16-030 respecting signs in the Scenic Route
District, is amended to read as follows to con-
form to the preceding sections:
3-16-030. REQUIREMENTS FOR DE-
VELOPMENT. Prior to the issuance of a
building permit, other than for a sign, and prior
to any clearing, grubbing, excavation, or other
construction, the owner shall apply for ap-
proval of a site plan. Procedures for the
processing of the application shall be governed
by the procedural rules set out in. subsection (G)
below. No building permit shall be issued, nor
any such construction undertaken, until ap-
proval of the site plan.
(G) If the construction relates to a new .
commercial or industrial building, or the en-
largement of anexisting such building by 30%
or more; or to a new residential building of
5,000 square feet or more,.or,covering more
than 30% Tiff the -lot on which iuccted, erla an'
enlargement of an existing residential buildirg
which is (or as a result of the enlargement will '
be) larger than that; the procedure followed
shall be identical to that for a conditional use. If
the,construction relates to a s;g,,, I.,,
cases notspecifically addressed in this Section
th p,cc, ding s. „ t.,„c.., the procedure shall be
to submit the matter to the Commissioh for
review without public hearing or notice other
than agenda notice. No approval by Council is
required in either case unless there is an appeal
to Council from the decision of the Commis-
sion. If the construction relates to the modifies
tion of an existing, previously approved sigr
the procedure shall be to submit it to the Ad
ministrator for review. Approval is required
any event.
Section 11. McCall City Code Section 3-4
010 respecting definitions of terms container
in the McCall City Zoning Code is amended a
follows:
3-4-020. MEANING OF TERMS OF
WORDS
114. Sign - Any device designed to in
form or attract the attention of persons not or
the premises on which the sign is located.
a. Sign, On -Premises - Any sign call-
ing attention to a business or professior
conducted, or a commodity or service sold or
offered, upon the premises where such sign is
located.
b.. Sign, Off -Premises -Any other sign.
c. Sign,Illuminated-Any sign illumi-
nated by electricity, gas or other artificial light
including reflecting or phosphorescent light.
d. Sign, Lighting Device - Any light,
string of lights or group of lights located or
arranged so as to cast illumination on a sign.
e Sign, Projecting - Any sign which
projects from the exterior of a building.
f S ign, Reader Board— Any sign with
moveable lettering.
Section 12. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect within the City of McCall from
and after its passage, approval and publication
as required by law; and within the Area of City
Impact, from and after the later of its passage,
approval and publication as required by law by
the the City, or the passage, approval and
publication as required by law of an ordinance
of the County applying this ordinance to the
Area of City Impact.
Sign Amendments- Prepared for. Public
Hearing before City Council & County Com-
missioners on July 6, 1999.
Note: Underlined text is proposed to be
added, Seik,.th,ot,gl, t.,xt is proposed .to be
deleted.
Kirk L. Eimers, Mayor
ATTEST:
Cherry Woodbury, City Clerk ltc6/17
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