HomeMy WebLinkAboutVIII-B-02 - 2nd Reading_Adoption - Ordinance Amendment - Electronic Graphic Display Signs
City Council Memorandum
To: Mayor Hicks & City Councilmembers
From: John Hinzman, Community Development Director
Date: October 1, 2018
Item: 2nd Reading\ Public Hearing: City Code Amendment – Electronic Graphic
Display Signs Council Action Requested: Hold a public hearing and consider 2nd Reading and ordinance adoption 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.
The City Council considered 1st Reading and scheduled a public hearing at the September 17, 2018 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:
• Ordinance Amendment
• Planning Commission Report – September 10, 2018
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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. All other sections shall remain unchanged.
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ADOPTED by the Hastings City Council on this 1st day of October, 2018
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Paul J. Hicks, Mayor
ATTEST:
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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.
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Julie Flaten, City Clerk
(SEAL)
This instrument drafted by: City of Hastings (JH)
101 4th St. East
Hastings, MN 55033
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