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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1484 - ADMIN Ordinance - City Council - 1980/11/17ORDINANCE NO.)(1,V41(--- AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ST. LOUIS PARK SIGN ORDINANCE: AMENDING TIIE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE SECTIONS 13-708 AND 13-709 AND ADDING SECTION 13-702 SUBDIVISIONS (8) AND (9). THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Sections 13-708 and 13-709 are amended to read: Section 13-708. Permit Fees. (1) Every applicant before being granted a permit hereunder shall pay to the City Treasurer the annual permit fee for each sign regulated by this ordinance. 24 Wall-S4gns. The-fee-fer-a-wall-s4gn-net-emeeed4ng-f4fty4593 square-feet-shall-be-$19799;-and-fer-eaen-add4t4enal-SA-sgeare feet-er-fraet4en-thereef-4n-exeess-ef-f4fty-{504-square-feet 4A-area-spall-be-f4ve-dellars-4$5:004. (34 Greund,-Reef-and-Prejeet4p-S4ges. There-sna44-be-a-m4R4Riem fee-ef-ten-dellars-{$49,994-few-the-forst-fear-{44-square feet-and-twenty-f4ve_eents-(25E0-fer-eaEb-add4t4enal-square feet-ef-area.---The-square-feet-area-ef-all-seen-s4gns-shall be-deter+4ned-by-melt4ply4ng-the}w-9r=eatest-w}dtn-by-their greatest -length- Wall, Ground, Roof and Projecting Signs. The fee for a sign not exceeding fifty (50) square feet in area shall be ($25.00) twenty-five dollars, and for each additional (50) fifty square feet in area or fraction thereof in excess of (50) fifty square feet in area shall be ($10.00) ten dollars). (3) {44 Tem orary Signs. For any permit for a temporary sign, up to ten 10 square feet in area, the fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00). For any sign over ten feet in area, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (4) {54 Marquees. For any permit for a marquee or fixed awning construction, projecting over any street, alley or public property, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each marquee or fixed awning. Section 13-709. Annual Inspection Fees. The Director of Inspectional Services shall inspect annually, or at such times as he deems necessary, each sign-er-ether-advert4s4eq-struetawe billboard regulated by this ordinance for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same is secure or insecure and whether it is in need of removal or repair; and to meet the expense of such inspection the permittee thereof,shall pay to the City Treasurer the sum of one hundred fifty dollars ��r�� nn�,!enty-f4ve-dellars “26-AA4;-heweven;-that-ne-such-appeal•-inspeetien-fee-shall•-be-nude-with respeet-te-any-sign-which-sets-forth-only-the-naffle-ef-the-owner-ef-a business-conducted-en-the-prefiiises-where-the-sign-is-situated. Section 2. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Chaster 13, is amended by adding subdivisions to read: Section 13-702. Definitions. As used in this Ordinance unless the context otherwise indicates. (8) 21 Billboard shall mean a sign which is erected and used for the purpose of selling advertising space for products other than the goods or services offered on the premises. Sign Area shall mean the area within the frame except that the width of a frame exceeding twelve (12) inches shall constitute advertising space; should such letters or graphics be mounted directly on a wall or fascia or in such a way as to be with- out a frame, the dimensions for calculating the square footage shall be the area extending six (6) inches beyond the periphery formed around such letters or graphics in a plane figure bounded by straight lines connecting the outermost points there- of, and each surface utilized to display a message or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign, and symbols, flags, pictures, wording, figures or other forms of graphics painted on or attached to windows, walls, awnings, free standing structures suspended by balloons, or kites or on persons, animals or vehicles shall be considered as a sign to be in- cluded in calculating the overall square footage. Section 3. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each a'nd every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council November 3, 1980 Mayor Attest: City Clerk Reviewed for administration: Approved as to form and legality: City Manager City Attorney ORDINANCE NO. 1484 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ST. LOUIS PARK SIGN ORDINANCE: AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE SECTIONS 13-708 and 13-709 AND ADDING SECTION 13-702 SUBDIVISIONS (8) and (9). THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN: Section 1. The St. Louis Park Ordinance Code, Sections 13 708 and 13-709 are amended to read: 1 (7) "Erect" shall mean to build, construct, attach, hang, place, suspend, or affix. (8) Billboard shall mean a sign which is erected and used for the purpose -of selling advertising space for products other than the goods or services offered on the premises. (9) Sign Area shall mean the area within the frame except that the width of a frame exceeding twelve (12) inches shall constitute advertising space; should such letters or graphics be mounted directly on a wall or fascia or in such a way as to be with- out a frame, the dimensions for calculating the square footage shall be the area extending six (6) inches beyond the periphery formed around such letters or graphics in a plane figure bounded by straight lines connecting the outermost points there- of, and each surface utilized to display a message or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign, and symbols, flags, pictures, wording, figures or other forms of graphics painted on or attached to windows, walls, awnings, free standing structures suspended by balloons, or kites or on persons, animals or vehicles shall be considered as a sign to be in- cluded in calculating the overall square footage. Section 13-703. License and Bond.. No person shall engage in the business of'erectinq'signs, nor shall be entitled to a permit to erect a sign under this ordinance unless licensed to do so by the City Manager. Such license may be granted by the City Manager on written application to the City Clerk in such form as he shall prescribe and accompanied by an annual license fee of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) and may be terminated by the City Man- ager at any time for cause. No license shall take effect until the licensee shall file with th'e City Clerk a bond with corporate surety in form -approved by the City Attorney in penal sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) conditioned that the licensee will pay all -permit fees required under this ordinance, pay any fines imposed upon.him for violation thereof, will conform to -all of the provisions of this ordinance, and will indemnify and hold the City, its officers and agents, harmless from any damage or claim resulting from or related to the erection or maintenance of any sign in the City by the licensee. General Regulations Section 13-704. Permits Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, repair, alter; relocate or maintain within the City of St. Louis Park any sign as defined in, this ordinance, without first obtaining permit to do so from the --Director of Inspectional Services and making payment of the fee required -by Section 13-703 hereof. All illuminated signs shall, in addition, be subject to the provisions of the Electrical Code of the Building Ordinance, and the permit fees -required thereunder. November 3, 1980` 428 Section 13-705. Application for Permit. Application for permits shall be made upon blanks provided by the Director of Inspectional Services, and shall state or have attached thereto, the following information: (1) Name, address and telephone number of applicant. (2) Location of building, structure, or lot to which, or upon which, the sign is to be attached or erected. November 3, 1980 1 428.1 1 1 the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of the sign ordinance, and all other laws and ordinances of the City of St. Louis Park, he shall then issue the permit. If the work authorized under a permit has not been completed within six (6) months after the date of issuance, the said permit shall become null and void. Section 13-708. Permit Fees (1) Every applicant before being granted a permit hereunder shall pay to the City Treasurer the permit fee for each sign regulated by this ordinance. (2) Wall, Ground, Roof and Projecting Signs. The fee for a sign not exceeding fifty (50) square feet in area shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and for each additional fifty (50) square feet in area or fraction thereof in excess of fifty (50) square feet in area shall be ten dollars ($10.00). This fee shall be calculated on the basis of only one side of a double-faced, back-to-back billboard. (3) TemporarySigns. For any permit for a temporary sign, up to ten 0) square feet in area, the fee shall be fifteen dollars ($15.00). For any sign over ten (10) feet in area, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (4) Marquees. For any permit for a marquee or fixed awning construction, projecting over any street, alley or public property, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each marquee or fixed awning. November 3, 1980 430 Section 13-709. Annual Inspection Progran and Fees. The Director of Inspectional Services shall inspect annually, or at such times he deems necessary, each billboard structure regulated by the Ordinance Code for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same is secure or insecure and whether it is in need of repair or removal and whether the surrounding site is properly maintained; and that it is in com- pliance with all City code requirements. To meet the expense of such inspection, the permittee therefore shall pay to the City Treasurer the sum of $40. Section 13-710. Permit Revocable at Any Time. All rights and privileges acquired under the provisions of this ordinance or any amendment thereto, are mere licenses revocable at any time by the City Council, and all such permits shall contain this provision. Section 13-711. Unsafe and Unlawful Signs. If the Director of Inspectional Services shall find that any sign regulated herein is unsafe or insecure, or is a menace to the public or has been constructed or erected, or is being maintained in violation of the provisions of this ordinance, he shall give written notice by registered mail to the permittee thereof. If the permittee fails to remove or alter the structure so as to comply with the standards herein set forth, within ten (10) days after such notice, such sign or other advertising structure may be removed or altered to comply by the Director of Inspectional Services at the expense of the permittee or owner of the property upon which it is located. The Director of Inspectional Services shall refuse to issue a permit to any permittee or owner who refuses to pay costs so assessed. The Director of Inspectional Services may cause any sign or other advertising structure which is an immediate peril to persons to be removed summarily and 1 1 November 3, 1980 431 1 1 Section 3. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or both. Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication. Adopted by the City Council November 17,1980 Attest: Reviewed for administration: I ity Manager Approved as to form and legality: City A Ctorney ,-i-4,._. 0 SUN NEWSPAPERS AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION ST. LOUIS PARK SUN 924 Excelsior Avenue West Hopkins, Minnnesota State of Minnesota County of Hennepin D K MORTENSON, being duly sworn, on oath says he is and during all times here stated has been the vice president and general manager of the newspaper know as The St Louis Park Sun and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated as follows (1) Said newspaper is printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed space to at least 900 square inches (2) Said newspaper is a weekly and is distributed at least once every week (3) Said newspaper has 50% of its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve and does not wholly duplicate any other publication and is not made up entirely of patents, plate matter and advertisement (4) Said newspaper is circulated in and near the municipalities which it purports to serve, has at least 500 copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers, has an average of at least 75% of its total circulation currently paid or no more than three months in arrears and has entry as second- class matter in its local post -office (5) Said newspaper purports to serve the City of St Louis Park, Golden Valley School District No 275 and Robbinsdale School District No 281 in the County of Hennepin and it has its known office of issue in the City of Hopkins in said county, established and open during its regular business hours for the gathering of news, sale of advertisements and sale of subscriptions and maintained by the managing officer of said newspaper or persons in its employ and subject to his direction and control during all such regular business hours and devoted exclusively during such regular business hours and at which said newspaper is printed (6) Said newspaper files a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society (7) Said newspaper is made available at single or subscription prices to any person, corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association requesting the newspaper and making the applicable payment (8) Said newspaper has complied with all foregoing conditions for at least one year preceding the day or dates of publication mentioned below (9) Said newspaper has filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota prior to January 1, 1966 and each January 1 thereafter and affidavit in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State and signed by the managing officer of said newspaper and sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper He further states on oath that the printed Ordinance nan ee No. 14 8 4 hereto attached as a part hereof was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language, once each week, for onesuccessive weeks, that it was first so published on Wed•. the 19th.day of Nov. and was thereafter printed and published on every 19 80 to and including the day of 19 and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to wit abcdefghij kl mnopgrstuvwxyz Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th. day of Nov. 19 80 MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA HENNEPIN COUNTY My commission expires July 2, 1986 (Official Publication) ORDINANCE NO 1484 AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE ST LOUIS PARK SIGN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ST. LOUIS PARK ORDINANCE CODE SECTION 19-708 and 13-709 AND ADDING SECTION 13-702 SUBDIVISIONS (8) and (9) THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST LOUIS PARK DOES ORDAIN Section 1 The St Louis Park Or- dinance Code, Section 13-702(0) (9) Is added; Sections 13 708 and 13-709 are amended to read (8) Billboard shall' mean a sign which is erected and used for the purpose of selling advertising space for products other than the goods or services offered on the premises (9) Sign Area shall mean the area within the frame except that the width of ,a frame exceeding twelve (12) inches shall constitute' advertising space, should such ,letters -or graphics be mountrd directly on a wall or fascia or in such a way as to be without a frame, the dimensions for calcu- lating the square footage shall be the -area extending six (8»inches beyond the periphery formed around such letters or grailhics in a ,plane figure bouittlied by straight lines connecting the out- ' "ermost-points thereof, and each surface utilized to display h message or to attract attention shall be measured as a separate sign, and symbols, flags, pic- tures, wording, figures or other forms of graphics painted on or attached to windows, walls, aim- , ings, free standing structures ' suspended by balloons, kites pr bn persons, animals or vehicles shall be considered as a sign to be included in calculating the overall square footage Sectlon,13-708 Permit Fees (1) Every applicant before being granted a permit hereunder shall pay to the City Treasurer the permit fee for each sign regulated by this of durance (2) Wall, Ground, Roof and Projecting Signs The fee for a sign not exceeding fifty (50) square feet in area shall be twen- ty-five dollars (525 00) and for each additional fifty (50r square feet in area or fraction thereof In excess of fifty (50) square feet In area shall be ten dollars ($10 00) This fee shall be calculated on the basis of only one side of a double- faced, back-to-back billboard (3) Temporary Sings For any permit for a temporary sign, up to ten (10) square feet in area, the fee shall be fifteen dollars (515,00) For any sign over len (10) feet in area, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars (525 00) (4) Marquees For any permit for a marquee or fixed awning con- struction, projecting over any street, alley' or public property, , the fee shall be twenty-five dollars (825 00) for each mai quee or fixed awning ''Section 19-709 Annual Inspection Program and Fees The Director of Inspectional Services shall inspect annually, or at such tinges he deems necessary each billboard strt.cture regulated by the Ordinance Code for the purpose of ascertaining whether the same is secure or insecure and', whether it is in need of repair or removal and whether the surround- ing, site is properly maintained, and that il is in compliance with atl,Clty code requirements To meet the ex- pense of such inspection, the, per- mittee therefore shall pay to the City Treasurer the sum of 840 Section 3 Penalty Any -person vio- lating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misde- meanor and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate of- fense for each and every dry and ,every day or portion' thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than 90 days or both • Section 4 Effective Date This or- dinance shall take effect fifteen days after its publication Adopted .by the City Council No- Jembet 17'1980 ,is)PHYLLIS W McQUAID ATTEST F. t• ' Mayor (s) EARL E HANSON City Clerk ' ' Reviewed for administration (s) JAMES L BRIMEYER Approved as to form and legality (s) WAYNE G POPHAM (Nov 19, 1980) -SLP