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• MEMORANDUM DATE: 7/10/01 MEETING DATE: 07/17/01 TO: Planning Commission Members FROM: Susan Henry, Assistant City Manager RE: Amendment to the Sign Code (Section 1400) Per the direction at the June 26 City Council meeting, City staff has been in consultation with the City Attorney's Office to draft an ordinance amendment with necessary language rather than go the route of a conditional use permit, as discussed at the June 19 Planning Commission meeting. City Council consensus was to set the parameters for electronic governmental informational signs in the City Code.Attached is a draft ordinance and city attorney correspondence to amend Section 1400 of the City Code to permit electronic governmental signs to be located in the Recreational Open Space District. The effect of the proposed changes to the city ordinance is to permit in the Recreational Open Space District an electronic message sign providing public information that is owned by a governmental unit.The sign must be a ground sign containing a sign surface area not to exceed 150 square feet(which is standard for all ground signs). The sign must be turned off between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., contain no flashing lights, and the message may not be changed more than twice per day. Since this ordinance amendment is substantially different than what as presented at the June 19 Planning Commission meeting,the process begins again with July 17 as the public hearing for the ordinance change. The next steps would be for the City Council to have three readings on the change: July 24,August 7, and July 21. The City Council could waive two of the three readings. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the ordinance amendment. Attachments: • Draft Ordinance and 7/6/01 City Attorney Correspondence v