HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD14675 BILL NO. 2010-12
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMAN Struemoh
ORDINANCE NO. � �a_
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AMENDING CHAPTER 3,
ADVERTISING AND SIGNS, TO ALLOW LARGE AREA COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SIGNS
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 3 (Advertising and Signs) Section 4 (On-Premise Signs) is
amended by the addition of a new subsection I as follows:
I. Additional Signs in C-O, C-1, & C-2 districts. In the C-O, C-1, C-2 districts, the City
Administrator, or his designee, may grant special permission for a sign or signs identifving a Large Area
Commercial Development,which meets the requirements of this section.
1. For purposes of Section 3-4.I. "Large Area Commercial Development" for LACD)
shall mean an aggregate premises consisting of one or more privately owned
premises, that are contiguous, exclusive of right way, and that in the aggregate
consisting of at least 20 acres of property zoned C-O. C-1 or C-2, and the
boundaries of which consist of all land within a final subdivision plat approved by
the City Council or a preliminary subdivision plat approved by the Planning
Commission.
2. Location requirements.
a. The sign shall be located on property contained within the LACD.
h. The property upon which the LACD identification sign is to be located must
be owned by a single person or entity. Any such sign may not be located on
commonly owned property.
C. The LACD identification sign shall be located adjacent to or within 150 feet
of a vehicular entrance off of an arterial street into the LACD.
d. No LACD identification sign may be located within 1,320 feet, as measured
along the street frontage, of another LACD identification sign for the same
LACD
3. The LACD identification sign may include the name and logo of the LACD.
4. A LACD identification sign shall only include the name and/or logo of tenants or
businesses in the LACD.
5. The LACD identification sign shall meet the following sign area requirements:
a. The maximum sign area used to represent a single tenant or business on the
LACD identification sign shall be 50 square feet.
b. The minimum sign area used to represent a single tenant or business on the
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LACD identification sign shall be 10 square feet.
C. Total sign area on the LACD identification sign devoted to tenants or
businesses shall be 200 square feet or less.
d. In addition to the sign area devoted to tenants or businesses, the name and
logo of the LACD shall be limited to a maximum of 50 square feet of sign
area.
e. Sign area used for identifying individual businesses or tenants within the
LACD shall be subtracted from the available sign area permitted to the
business or tenant on the property within the LACD that thev are located.
In the event that the business or tenant has utilized the entirety of their
available sign area at their property location, they shall not be granted
space on the LACD identification sign.
6. All tenants or businesses represented on the LACD identification sign shall be
current occupants within the LACD.
7. A sienaee plan for the LACD shall be submitted and must be approved by the City
Administrator or designee. Such signage plan shall include:
a. Tile name, address and contact information of the property owner of the
parcel upon which the LACD identification sign is to be located, the
registered agent of the property owner if anv, and the party responsible for
the operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of the LACD
identification sign if different than the identified property owner. if any
said information changes, it shall be a requirement of said plan that the
building official be notified within 10 days of any such change.
b. A diagram showing the exterior boundaries of the LACD and location of
the LACD identification sign.
C. A breakdown of existing sienaee and allowable sign area on each of the
properties within the LACD, including signage adjustments to account for
allowed space on the LACD identification sign.
d. An allocation of the sign area on the LACD identification sign to the
various properties and/or businesses within the LACD.
e. Written approval of the sienaee plan and allocation of sign area on the
LACD identification sign from each of the property owners within the
LACD or copies of filed restrictions and covenants, executed contracts, or
similar legal documents in place for all of the properties within the LACD
outlining the distribution of signage area or identifying the responsible
party for decisions regarding distribution of signage area on the LACD
identification sign.
L Anv amendments to a LACD identification signage plan must be approved
by the ON Administrator or designee and must be approved by all
property owners within the LACD or approved by the responsible party for
decisions regarding amendments to the signa2e plan as outlined in filed
restrictions and covenants. executed contracts, or similar legal documents
in place for all of the properties within the LACD.
8. All sienaee displayed on the LACD sign shall conform with the approved signage
plan.
9. Any sign which fails to conform at any time with any provision of section 3-4.I or
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the approved signage plan shall be removed at the cost of the property owner upon
whose property the LACD identification sign is located.
10. For the purposes of this section, an individual parcel may not be located within
more than one LACD. In the event that a parcel is removed from a LACD or re-
designated as being within a different LACD, any signage representing individual
tenants or businesses located on said parcel shall be removed from the applicable
LACD identification sign.
11. No variance shall be granted to anv provision related of Chapter 3, Section 4,
subsection I.
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of
its passage and approval.
Passed: ��? ' 2 >/� Approve�&4 /� 2010
re iding Officer Mayor
7 ST: APP ED FORM:
City Clerk City Counselor
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