HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Ordinance 1960-01CHAPTER 61-2
ORDINANCE 60-1
An Ordinance Amending An Or-
dinance Regulating and Pro•
viding for the Licensing of Out-
door Advertising Signs Known
as Chapter 61
The Village Council of Ply-
mouth do hereby ordain as fol-
lows:
Section 1. Section 2 and Sec-
tion 7 of Chapter 61 of the Ordi-
nances of the Village of Plymouth
entitled, "An Ordinance RegWat-
Ing ane Providing for the Li-
censing of Outdoor Advertising
Signs" are hereby amended to
read as follows:
"Section 2. Signs for which
permits are required: The own-
er or occupant of any premis-
es on which there is displayed
a sign or the owner of such
sign (other than signs author-
ized by paragraphs 3 (a), 3 (b)
and 3 (c) of this ordinance)
shall file application with the
village clerk before any such
sign is displayed or constructed.
At the time of the thing of an
application with the clerk for
permission to display a sign,
the applicant shall accompany
such application with a de-
scription thereof and a sketch
showing the size, location, man-
ner of construction and such
other information as shall be
necevsary fully and completely
to advise the council of the
kind, size, construction and lo-
cation of the same. No sign
shall be displayed at any time
unless a permit therefor, which
shall specify the location of the
sign, shall have been granted
by the Council, and its appli-
cant shall have complied with
the terms of this chapter. Des-
pite the compliance by the ap-
plicant with all other provi-
sions of this ord i n a ne e, the
Council reserves the right to
deny the permit applied for if
in the opinion of the council the
erection of the sign for which
a permit is requested would tend
to create or increase a traffic
condition dangerous to the pub-
lic. 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."
"Section 7. License Fee: Ex-
cept as hereinafter provided,
there is hereby imposed an an-
nual license fee for each sign
(other than signs authorized by
paragraphs 3 (a), 3 (b) and
3 (c) (3) of this ordinance),
which fee shall be a sum equiv-
a:.:nt to two and 50/100 dollars
($2.50), plus ten cents (10c)
for each square foot of surface
of such sign. Such fee shall be
payable at the time of appli-
cation for permit for such sign
and on or before January 1 of
each year thereafter. Provided,
ed, however, that no annual li-
cense fee shall be imposed upon
any owner ortenantof any build.
Ing or business establishment
which is a part of any building
for erecting or maintaining one
sign on such building or busi-
ness establishment, but that
the annual license fee provided
for herein shall be imposed for
herein shall be imposed for
each of such signs in excess of
on. There shall be a charge for
all signs of Two and 50/100
Dollars ($2.50) for origination
fee upon the original applica-
tion for a permit for all signs
excepting those authorized by
subdivision (a), (b) and (c) of
Section 3 herein."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall
be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and pubU-
cation.
Passed by the Village Council
of the Village of Plymouth this
5th day of January, 1880.
Howard C. Anderson, Mayor
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
H. T. Johnson, Village Clerk
(1-14-60)
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