HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1956-01JANUARY 3. 12L6
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J-PUNANCE REGMATING AND PROVIDLNG kOR TH11
L,`,L,NSING OF OUTDOUR ADVIRTI,51NG SIGNS
ThE Viiiage of eLylaouth ordains as follows:
Section I-Defln'tions: The term. "outdoor advertising signo as
used in thisC-ais nanoe meanany card, cloth, paper, metal, painted
glass, good,
aster, stone or other sign of any kind or character,
displayed fol° iaformational or advertising purposes outside of a
building, on the ground, on a building, structure c,.r thing
whatsoever.
Section 2 - Signs for which pe=its are required: The own6r or
occupant of any premises on which there is displayed a sign or
the oA�mer of such sign (other than signs authorized byparagraphs
(a), 3 (b) and 3 (a) of this ordinance) shall file application with
the village clerk before any such sign is displayed or constructed.
At the time of the filing of an application with the clerk for per-
mission to disDlay a sign, the applicant shall,accompany such
application, with a description thereof and a sketch stowing the
size, location, manner of construction and sudia other Information as
shall be necessary fully and completely,to advise tile 0OUn4i"'Of
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be displayed at any time unless a permit therefor, whith.'st
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tp"e location of the sign, shall have been granted by the Coundil,
applicant shall have complied with the terms of thig section and
paid the annual license fee provid6d herein. 'E;pite the compliance
by the appli-Icent with all other providiona of this ordinance, the
Coanoil reserves the right to deny the permit applied foir if in the
opinion of the council the erection of the sign for which a 1.,ermit
is requested would tend to create or increase a traffic condition
dangerous to the public. If any permit Is denied on the grounds
specified in the preceding sentence, a statement of such grounds
shall be set forth in the resolution of -the Council reserves the
right to deny the permit.
Section 3 Special Regulations For Open Development District:
It the Open Development District of the Village, as established in
,__ zoning ordinance, no new signs shall be ereoted on any premises
(a) Signs less than twenty-four square feet it area and
displaying the name only of the property or premises upon which
displayed or of the owner or lessee thereof; or pertaining only
to the sale, rental or lease of such premises.
(b) Street and traffic signs and signs on municipal buildings.'
W The following Signs upon the seat ring of a permit, if
required herein, for each such sign:
(1) Signs advertising the sale of a subdivision or of lots
therein and located t;- ' ur,eon.
(2) Diredtionz�'L and informational signs of a public or quasi-
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public nature, including signs serving as directional signs .to
properties not si t-urted adjacent to the Street upon which such
Signs are located.
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td) Sign s and bulletin boards of the Vill&F--e of Plymouth,
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ohutches,' libraries, museums, seboola, car memorial buildings.
(4) L'igna Wtich are located not less than 200 feet from
any dwelling, other than a. dwelling owned by the person %ho also
ovvs the sand upon which the sign is ioca.ted. if any sign is now
or hereafter erected or placed in accordance with the terms of
this paragraph, and the -eafter a dwelling other than a dwelling
owned by the person who. also owns the land upon which the sign is
located is erected or agquired at a place which is less, than 200
feet from said sign, suOh alga shall, within one year ;after notice
of such fent by the oleic of the Village to the owner thereof or
to tta owner of the land on which the sign is located', be removed.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the council shell
have the polser° to grant a permit for any sign now or hereafter
located within 200 feet of any dwelling if the granting of such
permit would not unreasonably contravene the purpose: of this
ordinance and the zoning ordinance of the Village. Any permit
granted by the council pursuant to the provisions of the preceding
>.entencse shall be subject to revocation by the council upon written
noise to the o%mer thereof, or the owner of the land upon which
the sign is located. vvtth.in three months after such notice of
revocation of such pertt, such sign shall be removed. If any sign
is not readVed within the time specified..in any notice whish
Provided for a hearing, the Village may remove such sign tm-d c�il.e�:t
thL cost of removal from the ovmer of the. land
is locatea, or frem this owner of the 'sign, by aotiot brought ,in
any court of eMpetent jurisdiction.
5) Signs located on a tract Or peroel of land on whiah
there is conducted s business permitted by the zoning ordinance
if such sign advertises the business conducted or product sold ore
such tract or parcel of land.
Section 4 - Fules and Regulations for Newi Signs: No sign for
w Ueh a permit is required shall be displayed, erected, constructed,
altered or moved, unless the following requirements have been
complied with in good faith:
(a) No outdoor advertising structure shall exceed twenty-
five feet in height a'Dove the grround or the roadway level:, %rhi'ch-
ever may be higher, and every such structure, other than statuary,
shell have an opening of at least two feat between the lower edge
thereof and the ground, which space shall not be closed in any
manner whild the structure stands. The oAMer lessee or manager
thereof, and the owner of the land on which the same is locatedt
shall keep all grass, greeds, and other growths out snot. eleaued
up between the 'structre and the street, and also for a distance
of six feet behind and at the ends of the structure,
(b) No outdoor advertising structure shall approacu at any
;point nearer than three feet to any building or the side of any
lot" without the written consent of the € wner of such buildin or
land so affected, nor nearer to any street line than the established
or customary uniform building line uM)on the street-where such
structure shall be erected.
(c) No sign shall exceed one thousand square feet in area.
(d.) .iAll, signs shell be constructed in such a manner and of
such a maker and of such material thatthey shall be safe and
substantial according to plans and specifications to be approved
by the Council; 1arov'ldad that nothing in this ordinance shall be
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inter�preted as authorizine the erection or conatruction of any
sign not now permissible under the zoning or buildine, ordinance
of the Village.
(e) No sign shall contain any indecent ur of-i'ensive P.fcture
or written matter.
(f) The Council in granting permits for illuminated si6xis
shall specify the -design thereof and the hours during wb.Ich ti c
same may be kept lighted, when in their discretion they shall
determine such action to be necessary to prevent the creation of
a nuisance.
(g) No sign except signs located in the open development
district shall advertise any fine or product other than a firm
doing business on the tract or parcel of land on which the sign
Is located, or a product which is for sale an said tract or Parcel
of land by such firm.
W No sign shall be displayed on any public street,.
(1) No sign shall be displayed within 50 feet of any street
or highway sign, or of any traffic sign or signal, or of any
crossroad or crosswalk, except when permit ther6for is approved by
the Council. A permit will be issued under this Section 4
only If
(1) The sign will not Interfere with the ability of ci#lver_O
and pedestrians to see any street or highway at'
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sign or signal, or any crossroad or' ords.swalk#., .aad
(2) The sign will not distract drivers or offer a cont-Usion
to any streetorhighway sign, or any traffic sign or signal.
Section 5.- Removal of Signs Violating ordinance:
(a) Every sln which may be or become out of order, rotten
or unsafe, and every sign which shall be eredted contrary to the
provisions of this ordinance,, shall be removed or otherwise properly
secured, in accordance with the to -nns of this ordinance_, by the
owners thereof or by the owner of the ground on which said sign
shall, stand, upon receipt of notice so to do mailed to them, by the
clerk or other village official-.
1b) Signs not conformiug.to the requirements of ctilou- 31
Section 4 (g),.and Section 4 (1) shall be removed imm641ate *_ in,
cage of failure to comply the clerk shall notify by mail the 'Owner'
thereof or the owner of the land on Which said sign is locatedi, or
both, of their duty to remove said sign and if said Sign"t
removed within thirty OC) days after the -mailing of such =04,
the village may remove such sign and collect the cost of removal,,
from the owner of the land on which such sign is loostedt:.6i frm
the. owner of the sign, by action brought In any court of aampetint
jurisdiction. The collection of such cost of removal pursuant to
this paragraph shall not prevent the imposition of any other
Denalties for violation of this ordinance.
(c) Existing signs not conforming to the requirements of
paragraph 4 (h) shall 'Do removed with notice as being detrimental
to the public safety.
Section, 6 - Removal by the Village: In the event of the fallute
of the owner of any sign or the owner of the ground on which the
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sign is located to remove or repair such Sign within the time
Stated In any notice issued pursuant to the provisions of this
ordinanco., but not less than ten days, the same may be removed
by the Village at the expense of the owner of such sign, or the
owner of the ground upon which Such sign stands, and the amount
of such expense may be collected by the Village bj action brought
in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 7. - License Fete: Except as hereinafter provided, there
is hereby Imposed an annual license fee for each sign (othf..r than
signs authorized by paragraphs 3 (a), 3 1b) ana 3 W (3) of this
ordinance), which fee shall be a sum equivalent to two and 50/100
dollars ($2*50), plus ten cent (10) for each square foot of surface
of such sign. Such fee shall be payable at the time Of application
for permit for such sign and on or before January I of each year
thereafter. In addition to the foregoing there shall be a charge
of Two and 50/100 Dollars (j2-50) for an origination fee upon the
original application for a permit for any sign.
Section S. - violations: Any person, form or corporation who shall
be convicted for the violation of any of the terms df this ordinanoo',,-
or who shall fail to comply with any of the requirementa-herein'.
specified,, shall upon conviction' thereof be deemed guilty of*'.�:-�
misdemeanor and fined not to ezeeed One Hundred Doll2re
or imprisoned for not to exceed ninety (90) days.,
Section 9: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and publication.
Passed by the Village Council of the Village of plymouth
this 31� day of January, 1956.
Henry bably, Mayor
Attest:
H. 1- Jordan, Clerk
(SEAL)
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CHANGE OF ZONING ORi7I1�ANCh BY
Tfa VI.: b&A OF PLYBLOU'TH
On motion made by Allen A. Kreetz with a second by
Karl Theis the following Resolution was adopted by the affirmative
vote of all members of the Village council.
WHERWO That the Bounderies and Area of the Commercial
Districts of the Village of Plymouth be amended and changed by
including therein the following described land situated in the
Village of Plymouth, Hennepin County, kinnesota, to -wit: Ail
that parcel or tract of land of the 6wy of Section 36 in Township