Laserfiche WebLink
CHAPTER 14. SIGNS <br /> DRAFT <br /> Section 1400— SIGNS <br /> 1400.01 Title. This Chapter will be known as the"Sign Ordinance". <br /> 1400.02 Findings, Purpose and Effect. <br /> Subd. 1 Findings. The City Council hereby finds as follows: <br /> (a) Exterior signs have a substantial impact on the character and quality of the <br /> environment. <br /> (b) Signs provide an important medium through which individuals may convey a <br /> variety of messages. <br /> (c) Signs can create traffic hazards, aesthetic concerns and detriments to <br /> property values, thereby threatening the public health, safety and welfare. <br /> (d) The City's Code of Ordinances have, since as early as 1983, established <br /> standards which would permit businesses in the City a reasonable and <br /> equitable opportunity to identify themselves. The regulation of signs is an <br /> effort to provide adequate means of expression and to promote the economic <br /> viability of the business community. <br /> (e) To preserve and promote civic beauty and protect the City and its citizens <br /> from a proliferation of signs of a type, size, location and character that would <br /> adversely impact upon the aesthetics of the community and threaten the <br /> health, safety and welfare of the community. <br /> (� To preserve and protect the value of land and buildings, and to preserve and <br /> protect landscapes. <br /> Subd. 2 Purpose and Intent. It is not the purpose or intent of this sign ordinance to <br /> regulate the message displayed on any sign; nor is it the purpose or intent of this Section <br /> to regulate any building design or any display not defined as a sign, or any sign which <br /> cannot be viewed from outside a building. The purpose and intent of this article is to: <br /> (a) Regulate the number, location, size, type, illumination and other physical <br /> characteristics of signs within the City in order to promote the public health, <br /> safety and welfare. <br /> (b) Maintain, enhance and improve the aesthetic environment of the City by <br /> preventing visual clutter that is harmful to the appearance of the community. <br /> (c) Improve the visual appearance of the City while providing for effective <br /> means of communication, consistent with constitutional guarantees <br /> and the City's goals of public safety and aesthetics. <br /> F:\Ordinances\Chapt 14 Signs 2007\2008 Rev SA Sign Ordinance.doc 1 <br />