HomeMy WebLinkAbout0226 Uniform Sign Code 1981ORDINANCE NO. 226
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, ESTABLISHING
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR SIGNS BY ADOPTING (WITH
AMENDMENTS) THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM SIGN CODE PUBLISHED
BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS, AND
SETTING FORTH THE AMENDMENTS; SETTING FORTH ADDITIONAL
LOCATION, SIZE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNS; REPEALING ALL
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY~ AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHUBBUCK, IDAHO.
SECTION 1: Design and Construction Standards.
(a) Adoption of Uniform Sign Code. Except as amended
below, a certain document, three (3) copies of which are on file in
the office of the City Clerk, Chubbuck City Offices, being marked
and designated as Uniform Sign Code, 1979 Edition, published by
International Conference of Building Officials, shall be and is
hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein.
(b) Procedure for Adoption of Future Editions. Future
editions of said Uniform Sign Code may be adopted, as the same are
published from time'to time by the International Conference of
Building Officials, by resolution of the Mayor and Council of the
City. Such resolution shall identify with particularity the edition
of said Uniform Sign Code so adopted and shall recite that it is
adopted pursuant to this ordinance.
(c) Amendments. Said Uniform Sign Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
(1) Section
as follows.
103(d) of the Code is amended to read
Sec. 103(d). Violations. It shall be unlawful
person, firm or corporation to erect, construct,
alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or
equip, use or maintain any sign structure in this
jurisdiction, or cause or permit the same to be done,
contrary to or in violation of any provision of this
ordinance or of this code. Each day that a sign is
allowed to remain, out of compliance with this ordinance
or the code may be deemed a separate violation. Any sign
which does not conform to this ordinance or the code is
for any
enlarge,
demolish,
hereby declared to be a nuisance and may be abated as
provided in the Chubbuck Criminal Code as now in effect
and as it may hereafter be amended. The City may also
seek injunctive relief in a court of competent
jurisdiction. In any civil action the City may request
and the court may award the City its costs including a
reasonable attorney fee.
Existing non-conforming signs shall be removed within 120
days after the effective date of this ordinance; provided,
that permanent signs lawfully in existence on the
effective date of this ordinance may be allowed to remain
if within said 120 day period such signs receive design
review approval upon applications properly made under the
Chubbuck Land Use Ordinance as now in effect and as it may
hereafter be amended. Proposals to place or erect signs
after the effective date of this ordinance which do not
conform to this ordinance or the Uniform Sign Code may be
processed in the same manner as applications for variances
under the Chubbuck Land Use Ordinance as now in effect and
as it may hereafter be amended.
(2) Temporary Signs. Section 1401 of the Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1401. No temporary sign shall exceed 100 sq. feet in
area. Temporary signs of rigid material shall not exceed
32 sq. feet in area, or 6 ft. in height, nor shall any
such sign be fastened or affixed to the ground.
Temporary signs may remain in place not exceeding 60 days.
Provided, however, that temporary signs identifying a
specific event or activity shall be erected not earlier
than 10 days before the event or activity begins, and
removed not later than 5 days after the event or activity
has ended. Temporary signs for businesses shall not be
replaced by any other temporary sign relating to the same
or similar subject matter on the same premises for at
least 6 months. Provided, further, that political
temporary signs may be erected not earlier than 30 days
before the first election in which the candidate or
subject of the sign will be considered, and shall be
removed not later than 5 days after the date of the last
election that year in which the candidate or subject will
be considered.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or of
this code, signs with electric lighting that are temporary
or designed to be portable are prohibited.
Temporary signs in residential areas shall not be lighted,
nor illuminated by spot lighting.
(3) Local Codes. Wherever the Uniform Sign Code
refers to a local electrical code or other local code which has not
been adopted by the City of Chubbuck, such reference shall be deemed
to be a reference to the applicable code adopted by, or other
pertinent provisions of, a statute of the State of Idaho or
regulation duly promulgated by an administrative agency of the State
of Idaho, as now in effect or as they may hereafter be amended.
(d) Filing. Three copies of the 1979 Edition of the
Uniform Sign Code, together with three copies of this ordinance and
any ordinance adopting further amendments thereto, together with
resolutions of the Mayor and Council adopting future editions of the
Code, all to be certified by the City Clerk, shall be maintained on
file in the Clerk's office for use and examination by the public.
SECTION 2:
(a) Location and size.
(1) Signs advertising
premises upon which the sign is located
square feet in area, except that in all
Additional Location, Size and Other Standards.
the sale, lease or rental of
shall not exceed twelve (12)
residential districts the
area of the sign shall not exceed six (6) square feet.
(2) On-Dremises wall signs Dertaining to valid
non-conforming uses or to conditionally permitted uses in
residential areas shall not exceed twelve (12) sq. feet in area.
(3) Signs in any residential district denoting the
name and address of the occupant(s) of the premises shall not exceed
two (2) sq. feet in area.
(4) All signs shall conform to applicable side,
rear and front yard set-back and height regulations for the land use
district in which they are located; provided, however, that
temporary signs not exceeding six (6) square feet in area, and signs
in residential areas offering homes for sale or lease, and signs in
commercial or industrial districts that are integrated into the
aesthetic scheme for the set-back and have received design review
approval may be located within the rear, side or front yard set-back
areas so long as they otherwise comDly with applicable provisions of
the Chubbuck Land Use Ordinance, as now in effect and as it may
hereafter be amended, and they do not constitute a safety hazard or
nuisance.
(b) Other requirements.
(1) Any illuminated sign or lighting device shall
emit a light of constant intensity, and no sign shall be illuminated
by or contain flashing, intermittent, rotating or moving lights;
provided, that such restrictions shall not apply to signs performing
public service functions indicating time or temperature. No
illuminated sign or lighting device shall be placed to permit the
beams or illumination therefrom to be directed upon a vehicular or
pedestrian way or upon adjacent premises, nor shall it direct any
glare or reflection that constitutes a safety hazard or nuisance.
(2) No sign shall employ parts or elements which
revolve, rotatemore than 6 revolutions per minute, or which whirl,
spin or make use of other motion to attract attention.
(3) No temporary sign or sign designed to be
portable shall be placed on the front or face of any building or
upon any premises, except as provided in this ordinance or as
provided in the Uniform Sign Code, as now in effect or as they may
now hereafter be amended.
(4) NO sign other than a temporary sign in place
30 days or less shall contain or consist of banners, posters,
pennants, ribbons or streamers. Provided, however, that this
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subsection shall not prohibit display of the official flags of
public entities or community organizations.
(5) No sign shall be placed within the bounds of
any public right-of-way except publicly owned signs. Signs
directing and quidinq traffic and parking on private property, but
bearing no advertising matter, shall be permitted on any property
consistent with other provisions of this ordinance and of the
Uniform Sign Code, as now in effect and as they may hereafter be
amended.
(6) All permanent signs in commercial and
industrial land use districts shall be subject to design review
according to the provisions of the Chubbuck Land Use Ordinance as
now in effect and as it may hereafter be amended.
SECTION 3: Repeal of Conflicting Ordinances. Any Drovision in
any prior ordinance which conflicts with the provisions of this
ordinance, or of the Uniform Sign Code as herein adopted, and which
cannot be construed consistently with this ordinance or said Uniform
Sign Code, is hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4: Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause or
provision of this ordinance or of the Uniform Siqn Code as herein
adopted, is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, for
any reason, such holding shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.
SECTION 5: Effective Date. Full hearings and numerous public
meetings and readings of prior drafts of this ordinance having been
conducted, the rule requiring ordinances to be read on three
separate days is hereby dispensed with and this ordinance shall
become effective upon its passage, approval and publication as
provided by the law.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL AND APPROVED BY THE ~YOR of the City of
Chubbuck, Idaho, this 14 day of ~ril , 1981.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO
NOTICE OF ENACTMENT OF ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT:
1. Ordinance No. 226 of the City of Chubbuck, Idaho, was
passed by the City Council and approved by the Mayor on the 14th day
of April, 1981.
2. The ordinance
ordinance.
is described as the Chubbuck sign
3. The principal provisions of the ordinance are summarized
as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO, ESTABLISHING
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR SIGNS BY ADOPTING
(WITH AMENDMENTS) THE 1979 EDITION OF THE UNIFORM SIGN
CODE PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING
OFFICIALS, AND SETTING FORTH THE AMENDMENTS; SETTING FORTH
ADDITIONAL LOCATION, SIZE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR
SIGNS; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT
OF SUCH CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY~ AND
PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
notice.
provided
5.
that:
The ordinance is effective upon publication of this
Criminal misdemeanor penalties and civil remedies are
for violations of the ordinance.
In addition to the foregoing, special notice is given
non-conforming
(a) The ordinance provides for removal of any
signs within 120 days from the effective date of
ordinance, except that existing permanent signs may be retained
approved by design review.
(b) The ordinance prohibits signs with electric
that are temporary or designed to be portable.
6. The full text of this ordinance is available at the
Chubbuck City Offices, 5160 Yellowstone Avenue.
7. The foregoing summary is true and complete, and provides
adequate notice to the public of the enac~ent~~dinance.
Donald L. Burnett, Jr.
Chubbuck City Attorney
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