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Home My WebLink About20180917 - VI-05 - 1st Reading_Order Public Hearing - Electronic Graphic Display Signs City Council Memorandum To: Mayor Hicks & City Councilmembers From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director Date: September 17, 2018 Item: 1st Reading\Order Public Hearing: City Code Amendment – Electronic Graphic Display Signs Council Action Requested: Consider 1st Reading and schedule a public hearing of the attached amendment to Hastings City Code Chapter 155.08 – Sign Code pertaining to Electronic Graphic Display Signs as follows: • Eliminate the 25 percent maximum sign face limit on the use of electronic graphic display signs. The change would allow the entire sign face of a sign to be utilized for an electronic graphic display sign. • Enact a 25 percent maximum on the use of electronic graphic display signs in interior windows. Upon consideration of 1st Reading a public hearing and 2nd Reading would occur at the October 1st City Council Meeting. A simple majority is necessary for action. Background Information: The City Council adopted regulations for electronic signage in 2006. During review of the ordinance by the Planning Commission it was recommended that limits be placed on electronic graphic display signs within windows. On the ordinance amendment presented to council, a 25 percent limit was incorrectly added to the ordinance affecting the sign face and not windows. Financial Impact: N\A Advisory Commission Discussion: The Planning Commission voted 7-0 to recommend approval of the amendment at the September 10, 2018 meeting. Commissioners discussed the effect of the code and limitation on window signage. No one spoke for or against the item during the public hearing. Council Committee Discussion: N\A Attachments: • Draft Ordinance Amendment • Planning Commission Report – September 10, 2018 VI-05 1 CITY COUNCIL 1ST READING DRAFT SEPTEMBER 17, 2018 ORDINANCE NO. _______________ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA AMENDING HASTINGS CITY CODE CHAPTER 155.08, SUBD. (D)(1)(d) – ELECTRONIC GRAPHIC DISPLAY SIGNS BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hastings as follows: The Hastings City Code is hereby amended as follows (Additions to the ordinance are underlined, and section numbers may be renumbered): § 155.08 SIGNS. (D) Signs requiring a permit. (1) Permit required. (d) Electronic graphic display signs must meet the following requirements: 1. Allowable zoning districts. Electronic graphic display signs may only be located in the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, P-I, and O-1 Zoning Districts. Electronic graphic display signs shall be prohibited in all other zoning districts and the East 2nd Street Historic District. 2. Setback from residential. The leading edge of the sign must be a minimum distance of 60 feet from an abutting residential district. 3. Dimmer control. Electronic graphic display signs must have an automatic dimmer control to produce a distinct illumination change from a higher illumination level to a lower level for the period between 1 half-hour before sunset and 1 half -hour after sunrise. 4. Use. Electronic graphic display signs must adhere to signage limits established in division (D)(1)(e). Electronic graphic display signs may only be used in combination with freestanding signage and may not constitute more than 25% of the monument sign face size as regulated in the table in division (D)(1)(e) below. If a sign is being refaced, no more than the existing size of signage may be replaced with an electronic sign. 5. Flashing. The messages on an electronic graphic display sign may change at a rate of no less than 6 seconds. No flashing shall be allowed. 6. Use in Windows. Electronic graphic display signs placed within windows and visible to the exterior must not exceed 25 percent of the window area. VI-05 2 All other sections shall remain unchanged. ADOPTED by the Hastings City Council on this 1st day of October, 2018 _________________________________ Paul J. Hicks, Mayor ATTEST: ______________________________________________ Julie Flaten, City Clerk I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a true and correct copy of an ordinance presented to and adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 1st day of October, 2018, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the office. _____________________________________________ Julie Flaten, City Clerk (SEAL) This instrument drafted by: City of Hastings (JH) 101 4th St. East Hastings, MN 55033 VI-05 To: Planning Commission From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director Date: September 10, 2018 Item: Public Hearing: Amend City Code – Electronic Graphic Display Signs Planning Commission Action Requested Consider a recommendation to approve the attached amendment to the City Code pertaining to Electronic Graphic Display Signs. • Eliminate the 25 percent maximum sign face limit on the use of electronic graphic display signs. The change would allow the entire sign face of a sign to be utilized for an electronic graphic display sign. • Enact a 25 percent maximum on the use of electronic graphic display signs in interior windows. Electronic Graphic Display Signs The Hastings City Code defines Electronic Graphic Display Signs as: ELECTRONIC GRAPHIC DISPLAY SIGN. A sign or portion thereof displaying electronic images, graphics, or pictures, with or without text information, defined by a small number of matrix elements using different combinations of light emitting diodes (LEDs), fiber optics, light bulbs or other illumination devices within the display area where the message change sequence is accomplished immediately or by means of fade, repixilization or dissolve modes. ELECTRONIC GRAPHIC DISPLAY SI GNS include computer programmable, microprocessor controlled electronic or digital displays. ELECTRONIC GRAPHIC DISPLAY SIGNS are prohibited from flashing or pulsing. ELECTRONIC GRAPHIC DI SPLAY SI GNS include projected images or messages within these characteristics onto buildings or other objects. Planning Commission Memorandum VI-05 History The City Council adopted regulations for electronic signage in 2006. During review of the ordinance by the Planning Commission it was recommended that limits be placed on electronic graphic display signs within windows. On the ordinance amendment presented to council, a 25 percent limit was incorrectly added to the ordinance affecting the sign face and not windows. Existing Code City Code Chapter 155.08, Subd. D(1)(d) establishes the following regulations for the installation of electronic graphic display signs: 1. Allowable zoning districts. Electronic graphic display signs may only be located in the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, P-I, and O-1 Zoning Districts. Electronic graphic display signs shall be prohibited in all other zoning districts and the East 2nd Street Historic District. 2. Setback from residential. The leading edge of the sign must be a minimum distance of 60 feet from an abutting residential district. 3. Dimmer control. Electronic graphic display signs must have an automatic dimmer control to produce a distinct illumination change from a higher illumination level to a lower level for the period between 1 half-hour before sunset and 1 half-hour after sunrise. 4. Use. Electronic graphic display signs may only be used in combination with freestanding signage and may not constitute more than 25% of the monument sign face size as regulated in the table in division (D)(1)(e) below. If a sign is being refaced, no more than the existing size of signage may be replaced with an electronic sign. 5. Flashing. The messages on an electronic graphic display sign may change at a rate of no less than 6 seconds. No flashing shall be allowed. Existing Signs Below is a listing of current electronic graphic display signs within Hastings: Location % of Sign Face as Electronic Graphic Display Billboard by Walgreens 100% Spiral Pizza 100% M&H 75% Todd Field 75% CVS 50% Goodyear 50% Holiday 50% House of Wines 50% KDWA 50% Kwik Trip 50% North American Bank 50% Shell Lube 50% Walgreens 50% Carbones 25% Dugarels 25% VI-05 Napa 25% Attachments: • Draft Ordinance Amendment VI-05 1 PLANNING COMMISSION DRAFT SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 ORDINANCE NO. _______________ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA AMENDING HASTINGS CITY CODE CHAPTER 155.08, SUBD. (D)(1)(d) – ELECTRONIC GRAPHIC DISPLAY SIGNS BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hastings as follows: The Hastings City Code is hereby amended as follows (Additions to the ordinance are underlined, and section numbers may be renumbered): § 155.08 SIGNS. (D) Signs requiring a permit. (1) Permit required. (d) Electronic graphic display signs must meet the following requirements: 1. Allowable zoning districts. Electronic graphic display signs may only be located in the C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4, P-I, and O-1 Zoning Districts. Electronic graphic display signs shall be prohibited in all other zoning districts and the East 2nd Street Historic District. 2. Setback from residential. The leading edge of the sign must be a minimum distance of 60 feet from an abutting residential district. 3. Dimmer control. Electronic graphic display signs must have an automatic dimmer control to produce a distinct illumination change from a higher illumination level to a lower level for the period between 1 half-hour before sunset and 1 half -hour after sunrise. 4. Use. Electronic graphic display signs must adhere to signage limits established in division (D)(1)(e). Electronic graphic display signs may only be used in combination with freestanding signage and may not constitute more than 25% of the monument sign face size as regulated in the table in division (D)(1)(e) below. If a sign is being refaced, no more than the existing size of signage may be replaced with an electronic sign. 5. Flashing. The messages on an electronic graphic display sign may change at a rate of no less than 6 seconds. No flashing shall be allowed. 6. Use in Windows. Electronic graphic display signs placed within windows and visible to the exterior must not exceed 25 percent of the window area. VI-05 2 All other sections shall remain unchanged. ADOPTED by the Hastings City Council on this 1st day of October, 2018 _________________________________ Paul J. Hicks, Mayor ATTEST: ______________________________________________ Julie Flaten, City Clerk I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a true and correct copy of an ordinance presented to and adopted by the City of Hastings, County of Dakota, Minnesota, on the 1st day of October, 2018, as disclosed by the records of the City of Hastings on file and of record in the office. _____________________________________________ Julie Flaten, City Clerk (SEAL) This instrument drafted by: City of Hastings (JH) 101 4th St. East Hastings, MN 55033 VI-05