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<br />Memo <br /> <br />VI-9 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Mayor Werner and City Council <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Kris Jenson, Associate Planner <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />3 October, 2005 <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />First Reading - Order Public Hearing - City of Hastings -Zoning <br />Ordinance Amendment #2005-44 - Amend Section 10.08, Sign <br />Ordinance <br /> <br />REQUEST <br /> <br />The City Council is asked to approve the first reading and order a public hearing regarding <br />proposed changes to Section 10.08 of the Zoning Ordinance, Signs. <br /> <br />Over the summer, Staff has been working on some revisions to the Sign Ordinance, with <br />input from the Planning Commission and the Chamber of Commerce. <br /> <br />On September 26, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on this matter. No one <br />from the public spoke at the hearing. The Commission recommended approval of the <br />proposed ordinance on a 6-0 vote. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The sign ordinance currently permits banners and other such signage without a permit with <br />the understanding that these signs are temporary in nature. No definition for the term <br />temporary is given, however and there are instances in which business have put up <br />banners that have been in place for several years, circumventing the permanent sign <br />requirements. <br /> <br />The Planning Department recognizes the value of banners and other temporary signage for <br />businesses to advertise special events and the like. The intent of this ordinance is not to <br />ban the banners, but to place a reasonable timeframe on their use. <br /> <br />Projecting signs have been added as permitted signs within the commercial and office <br />districts. The regulations for such signs are slightly different than the projecting sign <br />regulations for the East 2nd Street Historic District, as they are more in line with the <br />projecting signs that were placed at Schoolhouse Square. <br />