HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1979-0366INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEWMAN
ORDINANCE NO. 366
Series of 1979
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19A OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 19A-3 of the Code of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, is hereby repealed in its entirety and
reenacted as follows:
Sec. 19A-3. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to
them by this section:
(a)Animated sign. A moving sign that utilizes motion,
implied or actual, in a horizontal or vertical plane or
both, of the surface, and gives public information limited
to time, date, temperature or weather; and traditional
barber poles.
(b) Arcade sign. Any sign projecting beneath and attached
to the underside of any balcony, canopy, awning or other
structural overhang or passageway.
(c) Billboard. Any sign utilized to advertise a product or
service that is not produced or conducted on the same property
as the sign.
(d) Building front. The exterior wall(s) of a building
facing a public street or streets or other public right-of-
way other than alleys; or one exterior wall containing the
primary entrance to the building.
(e) Bulletin board. A sign resting upon the ground, which
announces meeting times, special events or occupancy of the
property on which it is located.
(f) Erect. Building, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend,
affix, relocate or reconstruct any sign or sign-supporting
structure.
(g) Flashing sign. A sign that is illuminated with intermittent
lightinq or with varying intensities of light, including a moving
light or lights.
(h) Freestanding sign. A freestanding sign that is permanent
and self-supporting, being nondependent on support from a building
or other structure.
(i) Illuminated sign. A sign that is illuminated with constant
intensities of light of a non-varying nature.
(j) Indirect lighting. Lighting source built into non-visible
structures, fixtures or bulbs.
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(k)Lot. A tract, building site, parcel or portion of land
separated from other parcels or portions by description,
as on a subdivision plat of record or survey map or by metes
and bounds, for the purpose of sale, lease or use.
(1) Movable promotional sign. Any sign which is supported by
one or more uprights or braces upon the ground and which is of
portable design.
(m) Non-conforming sign. A sign which does not conform with
the regulations set forth in this chapter, but which did meet
the requirements of the regulations existing at the date of its
erection.
(n) Outdoor advertising devices. Including but not limited
to placards with maximum dimensions of twelve inches by eighteen
inches, banners, penants and streamers.
(o) Painted sign. A sign that is painted directly onto the
exterior surface of a building, wall or structure.
(p) Projecting sign. A sign which is affixed to any building,
wall or structure and which extends beyond the building wall
more than fifteen inches.
(q) Public information sign. A sign giving only information
about public places owned and operated by federal, state or
local government, relating to natural phenomena, historic
sites, areas of natural scenic beauty or areas naturally
suited for outdoor recreation.
(r) Public sign. Official sign that is required by law or
ordinance or is necessary for public information.
(5) Revolving sign. A sign utilizing an axis point to
pivot the sign surface.
(t) Roof sign. A sign erected, constructed and maintained
above the eaves and attached to the roof of a building.
(u) Semipublic sign. Sign giving information as to church
location, educational institutions or service club locations.
(v) Sign. Any object or device or part thereof, situated
outdoors or indoors, viewed from outdoors by the general
public, and which object or device or the effect produced
thereby is used to advertise, announce, identify, declare,
demonstrate, display, instruct, direct or attract attention
by means including but not limited to words, letters, figures,
designs, fixtures, colors, motion, illumination, sound or
projecting images.
(w) Sign permit. A building permit used for the erection,
construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, relocation,
improvement, removal, conversion or demolition of any sign
issued pursuant to the Building Code of the City or this
chapter.
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(x) Sign structure. Sign structure shall mean any supports,
uprights, braces or framework of the sign which does not include
any portion of the sign message.
(y) Surface area of sign. Shall be computed on the basis of
that area within the outside dimensions of the largest sides
of the sign containing advertising, but shall not include the
area necessary for supporting structures and, in the case where
characters are attached to the structure with no background
other than the building to which they are attached, the surface
area shall be that area inside the lines drawn on the edge of the
characters so that each word or portion of a statement will be
encompassed by one line.
(z) Temporary sign. Any sign, banner, pennant, valance or
advertising display or sign constructed of light fabric,
cardboard, wallboard, plywood, sheet metal, paper or other
light materials, with or without a frame, intended or designed
to be displayed for a limited period of time.
(aa) Unlawful sign. Any sign or advertising structure erected
in the absence of a permit required by this chapter, or in
violation of any of the limitations, prohibitions, or requirements
of this chapter.
(bb) Unsafe sign. Any sign or advertising structure found unsafe
or insecure or creating a hazard or menace to the public safety,
health and welfare, as determined by the building inspector.
(cc) Wall sign. A sign which is affixed to an exterior surface
of any building, wall or structure and which does not extend
more than fifteen inches beyond the building wall.
Section 2. Section 19A-12 of the Code of the City of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado, is hereby repealed in its entirety and reenacted as follows:
Sec. 19A-12. Generally.
(.01) Public flags; variance required. No person, firm or
corporation shall hang any flag or banner across any public
right-of-way, unless specifically granted a variance by the
City Council. Any variance allowing such display shall be
limited to a five-day duration.
(.02) Discontinued business, etc. Whenever a business, industry,
or service using an identification sign is discontinued, the sign
shall be removed or obscured by the person owning the property
within thirty days after the discontinuance of such business,
industry or service.
(.03) Removal or reconstruction of certain signs. All signs that
obstruct clear vision for a distance of fifty feet in any direction
from the street, intersection or driveway, and all illuminated
signs that are erected in such a location that a traffic signal
light is in a direct line between the sign and oncoming traffic,
and all signs that employ a lighting or control mechanism which
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causes radio, radar or television interference, and any sign
so erected, constructed or maintained as to obstruct or be
attached to any fire escape, window, door or opening, used as a
means of egress or ingress or for fire-fighting purposes or
so placed as to interfere with any opening required for light
or ventilation, and all signs that are inoperable, unsafe,
delapidated or not in use shall conform to the provisions of
this chapter either by removal or reconstruction, whichever
applies, within sixty days after the owner of such sign is
notified of the violation.
(.04) Signs on public property. All signs, except public signs
that are located wholly or partially on public property, shall
be removed within one year of the effective date of this chapter.
(.05) General specifications. All signs other than wall signs
or painted signs may be back-to-back or v-shaped, and each
side may have a maximum dimension not to exceed the maximum
stated for each respective type sign in Section 19A-16; provided
that the requirements for billboards shall be as stated in
Section 19A-16.
(.06) Location of certain signs. All signs, except billboards,
public signs, semipublic signs, and public information signs,
allowed by this chapter, shall be located on the lot for which
they advertise.
(.07) Attachment
to utility poles
right-of-way is
to public structures. Attachment of any sign
or other po
prohibited.
es or structures within public
(.08) Maximum number permitted per use. No use may utilize
more than a total of three signs Tarcade signs are not counted
toward the maximum, billboards are counted towards maximum)
per street frontage; provided, that no one use shall exceed
a maximum of five signs.
Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated
under the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge; that
it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the
public, and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation
of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience
and welfare. The City Council further determines that the ordinance
bears a rational relation to these objectives.
Section 4. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph,
or part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any
person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by
a court of competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance
or its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect 1 day
after final publication.
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INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of
6 to 0 on this 22nd day of October , 1979;
ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration
on final passage set for November 19 , 1979, at
7:30 o'clock p.m., at Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th
Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final
reading by a vote of 8 to 0 , this 19th day of
November 1979,
SIGNED by the Mayor on this° day of 6r~7 1979.
ATTEST:
aro1 Hampf, City erk
1st Publication October 25, 1979
2nd Publication November 29, 1979
Effective Date November 30, 1979
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BY OFFICE OF CITY ATT,ORNEX:
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Frank Stites, Mayor
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