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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 84- 1161 Amends 8 15.32.020, Uniform Sign Code 458 ORDINANCE NO. 1161 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AMENDING SECTION 15.32.020 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL CODE, REVISING THE ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS OF THE UNIFORM SIGN CODE IN THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONT ANA. PREAMBLE I The purpose of this ordinance is to add an exception permitting electrical signs on private property to be less than ten feet above grade. See E(3)(b). BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN: Section 1 That Section 15.32.020 of the Bozeman Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 15.32.020 Uniform Sign Code--Additions and deletions. A. Chapter 1. Add the following paragraphs to Section 103: (e) License required. Any person or firm who engages in the business of fabrication, installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of signs in the City of Bozeman is required to have a City Contractor's license as required by the license code of the City of Bozeman. (f) Bond. The applicant for a sign contractor's license shall file with the eTtY":" a bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) conditioned that he will in good faith perform all things required of him by the laws of the City. Said bond must be filed in the office of the Building Official for approval. B. Chapter 3. I 1 . Delete 303-3. 2. Add the following section as follows: Fee Schedu Ie. Section 307. (a) Sign area not exceeding 35 square feet . . . . . $15.00 (b) Sign area exceeds 35 square feet but not exceeding 100 square feet . . . . . . . . . . . $25.00 (c) Sign area exceeds 100 square feet but does not exceed 200 square feet . . . . . . . . $35.00 (d) Sign area exceeds 200 square feet but does not exceed 300 square feet . . . . . . . . $40.00 Signs larger than 300 square feet are not permitted. (e) Signs or banners as described in Chapter 14, Section 1402-C. Plus removal deposit of $25. . .$10.00 (f) Mobile or portable signs as described in Chapter 14, Section 1403 (monthly fee) . . . . .$15.00 C. Chapter 4. Add the following paragraph to the second paragraph in Section 402 (c), as follows: Small (not to exceed 30 square feet nor more than six feet in any dimension and no I more than six feet high) directory type ground signs may be constructed of heavy timber-- two inch normal thickness lumber--if erected on private property and in such a manner so as to maintain the proper sign distance required at intersections by the Zoning Code of the City of Bozeman. ORDINANCE NO. 1161 ~----~ 4.57 D. Chapter 6. Add the following section as follows: Height. Section 604. No pole sign shall be erected to a height exceeding forty feet (40') above the ground, I except, however, that pole signs within an area lying not more than one thousand feet (1,000') at right angles to the centerline of Interstate 90 may be erected to a maximum of sixty feet (60'). E. Chapter 13. Add the following section as follows: Limitations. Section 1303. 1. There shall be no flashing of all elements simultaneously, or any flashing effect which could be misconstrued as a traffic control device. 2. Revolving beacon lighted signs or beacon lights shall be prohibited. 3. All electric signs shall be not less than ten feet above grade at the bottom of the sign with the following exceptions: a. Signs described in Chapter 14, Section 1403. b. Enclosed plastic faced fluorescent signs that are on a GFI (ground fault interrupter) electrical circuit and located on private property shall be not less than three feet above grade at the bottom of the sign. No portion of such sign I shall project over or onto public property, public right-of-way or private street as approved by the City Commission. F. Chapter 14. Add the following sections. Section 1402-d. Remova I. A deposit of $25.00 shall be made with the Building Official at the time the permit is issued. Said deposit will be refunded to the permittee if the temporary sign or banner is removed within one week from the last day of the function for which the sign or banner was approved. Section 1403--Mobile (Trailer Type) or Portable Signs~ Mobile (trailer-type) or Portable Signs that are commonly used as portable advertising displays that are located so as to maintain the proper sight distance required at inter- sections by the Zoning Code of the City of Bozeman may be permitted providing they are in conformance with the following requirements. 1. Owners or lesses of the above-type signs, whether new or existing, must obtain a permit for said sign within thirty days of the effective date of this ordinance. Permits I shall be obtained between the first and tenth of each month. Signs for which permits have not been issued by the tenth of each month shall be in violation of this chapter. 2. The permit shall be valid for no more than one month from date of issue. Said sign may remain in the same location; however. a new permit shall be obtained every month thereafter. ORDINANCE NO. 1161 ~~-_.~-~ - ------- " -., - ~- . -,-.,.. it 58 3. Only one sign of this type shall be allowed per place of business or single property. 4. Signs that are to be electrically connected must be in conformance with the Electrical Code as adopted by the City of Bozeman. 5. Signs will not be permitted on public property. 6. Signs larger than seven feet high by twelve feet long (84 sq. ft.) wi II not be per- I mitted. 7. Signs are to be placed at grade levels and may not be located on roofs, portions of buildings, vehicles or areas similar to those listed. 8. Signs located within 150 feet of residential areas may not be illuminated from 11: 00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. The number of feet occupied by public streets, roads, alleys and other public ways shall be excluded in determining the 150 foot requirements. PROVISIONALL Y PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, this 14th day of May 1984. Mayor ATTEST: Clerk of the City Commission I FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, and approved by the Mayor of said City this 29th day of May 1984, and effective thirty (30) days after said date. Mayor ATTEST: Clerk of the City Commission State of Montana ) County of Gallatin ) City of Bozeman ) I, Robin L. Sullivan, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, Montana, do hereby I certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1161 was published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said City in the issue dated the 8th day of June 1984, and said proof of such publication is on file in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF 1 hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of my office this 15th day of May 1984. Clerk of the City Commission ORDI NANCE NO. 1161 -- -- -~_. ~-~--