[R.O. 2001 § 505.010; CC 1990 § 9-171;
Code 1977 § 14.090(1); Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ADVERTISING DEVICE
Any banner or pennant affixed on poles, wires or ropes and
streamers, wind-operated devices or any other similar device.
GARAGE SALE
A sale conducted by a residential inhabitant of the City
of Clarkson Valley in which he or she offers for sale to the general
public items of personal property belonging to such inhabitant, or
members of his or her immediate family and conducted in such a manner
as to not constitute an ongoing commercial enterprise.
SIGN
Any panel, painted or illuminated, advertising the name of
a person, firm, product or having any form of inscription thereon.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.020; CC 1990 § 9-172;
Code 1977 § 14.090(2); Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. No sign shall be erected, constructed, altered or maintained in the
City except as provided herein and in the zoning ordinance and until
a permit has been issued in accordance with the provisions of this
Code. Prior to the issuance of any permit hereunder, an application
shall be filed which shall include the plans and specifications for
such sign showing the dimensions, materials and required details of
construction including loads, stresses and anchorage. The application
shall be accompanied by the written consent of the owner or lessee
of the premises upon which the sign is to be erected. Following the
filing of such application, the Building Commissioner shall make a
report thereon to the Board of Aldermen and the Board shall review
all applications, except as hereinafter provided, to determine their
compliance with the terms and provisions of this Chapter. Upon the
approval of the application for a permit by the Board, a fee of one
hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid by the applicant.
B. No sign shall be altered, enlarged or relocated except in conformity
to the provisions of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.030; CC 1990 § 9-173;
Code 1977 § 14.090(3); Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. The following provisions shall apply to all signs requiring a permit
under this Chapter:
1.
Compliance With Zoning Regulations. No sign shall be erected, constructed or maintained unless same complies in all respects with the provisions of the zoning regulations, Chapter
405, of the City Code.
2.
Height Of Signs. No sign shall exceed the height of the building
located or proposed to be located on the parcel of land involved.
3.
Attachment, Dimensions. All signs shall be attached or affixed
to the building and no sign shall exceed the dimensions for signs
prescribed by the City zoning regulations.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.035; Ord. No.
02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. Garage Sales — Individual Resident.
1.
Any resident of Clarkson Valley shall have the right to advertise
for a garage sale as defined in this Code after obtaining a permit
from the City Clerk, subject to the following:
a.
The City Clerk shall not issue a garage sale sign permit for
a garage sale at the same address which has had a prior garage sale
[Friday/Saturday of the same week shall constitute one (1) sale] within
six (6) months immediately preceding the application;
b.
The City Clerk shall notify the Police Department of the time
and date of the proposed garage sale;
[Ord. No. 16-03, 5-3-2016]
c.
The application for a garage sale sign permit must be received
no later than seven (7) days prior to the proposed garage sale;
d.
The proposed garage sale must not commence prior to 7:00 A.M.
Central Standard or Central Standard Daylight Saving Time and cease
operations at sunset on the date of the sale;
e.
The applicant shall be entitled to erect one (1) sign on the
premises on which the garage sale is taking place and three (3) additional
off-premises informational or directional signs related to the garage
sale. Said signs shall not be erected any sooner than twenty-four
(24) hours prior to said garage sale. Any sign installed pursuant
to this Subsection shall not exceed four (4) square feet.
f.
The City Clerk shall issue a garage sale sign permit if the
applicant complies with the following regulations:
(1) Completes and files a garage sale sign application
with the City Clerk containing all required information;
(2) Obtains from the City Clerk five (5) temporary
"no-parking" signs to be installed on the opposite side of the street
nearest the residence having the garage sale at fifty (50) feet intervals
at least one (1) hour prior to the commencement of the garage sale.
2.
The resident shall be responsible for retrieving and otherwise take down the temporary "no-parking" signs posted pursuant to Subsection
(A)(1)(f)(2) within a two (2) hour period immediately following the termination of the garage sale.
B. Garage Sales — Subdivision.
1.
A subdivision in Clarkson Valley shall have the right to advertise
for a garage sale as defined in this Code after obtaining a permit
from the City Clerk, subject to the following:
a.
The City Clerk shall not issue a garage sale sign permit for
a subdivision garage sale more than one (1) time [Friday/Saturday
of the same week shall constitute one (1) sale] in a calendar year;
b.
The City Clerk shall notify the Police Department of the time
and date of the proposed garage sale;
[Ord. No. 16-03, 5-3-2016]
c.
The application for a garage sale sign permit must be received
no later than seven (7) days prior to the proposed garage sale;
d.
The proposed garage sale must not commence prior to 7:00 A.M.
Central Standard or Central Standard Daylight Saving Time and cease
operations at sunset on the date of the sale;
e.
The subdivision shall be entitled to erect one (1) sign at each
of their entrances (if there is more than one (1)). Said signs shall
not be erected any sooner than twenty-four (24) hours prior to said
garage sale. Any sign installed pursuant to this Subsection shall
not exceed four (4) square feet.
f.
The City Clerk shall issue a garage sale sign permit if they
comply with following regulations:
(1) Completes and files a garage sale sign application
with the City Clerk containing all required information and permit
fee;
(2) Designated agent obtains from the City Clerk the
"no parking" signs to be placed along those streets in the designated
areas as may be determined by the Police Department.
2.
It shall be the responsibility of the subdivision's designated agent(s) to retrieve the "no parking" signs posted pursuant to Subsection
(B)(1)(f)(2) within the two-hour period immediately following the termination of the garage sale.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.040; CC 1990 § 9-174;
Code 1977 § 14.090(4); Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. No permit shall be required for the signs hereinafter listed; provided, however, that such exemption shall not be construed to relieve the owner of the sign from compliance with the zoning regulations of the City and from responsibility for its erection and maintenance in a safe manner and, provided further, that the signs hereinafter listed under Subsections
(A)(1) through
(5) shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area:
1.
Real estate signs advertising the sale or rental of the premises
upon which the sign is located. Only one (1) such sign shall be located
on each lot offered for sale or lease.
a.
Open House. Additional signs shall be permitted for informational
or directional use in order to promote an "open house" intended to
promote the premises for sale or lease to the general public, subject
to the following restrictions:
(1) Additional signs for informational or directional
use promoting an "open house" regarding any premises offered for sale
or lease shall not be installed any sooner than the day of the commencement
of the open house;
(2) For the purposes of this Subsection, an "open house"
may only have a seven-hour duration;
(3) Any signs erected pursuant to the provisions of
this Subsection shall be removed three (3) hours after the expiration
of the "open house."
2.
Temporary construction signs, including engineers' and architects'
signs and other similar signs in connection with construction operations
being conducted on the premises upon which the signs are to be located.
3.
Municipal signs erected by the City or other public agency for
street or other directions.
4.
The Board of Aldermen may grant a permit for a sign related
to public convenience or noteworthy private purpose.
a.
The permit requirements of this Section shall not apply to any
signs erected to promote an annual subdivision meeting as long as
said signs are not erected more than seventy-two (72) hours prior
to the meeting and are removed within twenty-four (24) hours after
said meeting.
5.
Any resident of the City of Clarkson Valley may erect signs
and advertise for the location of a lost pet or lost personal item
without a permit as long as the resident follows the regulations contained
herein governing "Personal Convenience Sign Templates" and adheres
to the rules and regulations established by the City Building Commissioner
for the management of said sign:
a.
"Personal convenience sign template" is hereby defined as a temporary sign allowable under this Subsection
(A)(5):
(1) The maximum size of the sign shall be two (2) feet
by two (2) feet, resulting in a maximum sign surface area of four
(4) square feet;
(2) The sign shall not be erected on private property
without the consent of the property owner;
(3) The sign shall not be erected or positioned in
a dangerous manner, or in a manner to interfere with pedestrian or
vehicular traffic, or in a manner which impedes the effectiveness
of vehicular traffic signs or electric signals.
6.
Political signs are exempt from regulation, except that no political
sign shall exceed four (4) square feet in outline area per facing.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.050; CC 1990 § 9-175;
Code 1977 § 14.090(5); Ord. No. 96-07 § 1, 6-4-1996; Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. The following signs and advertising devices are hereby declared to
be unlawful:
2.
A sign advertising an article or product not manufactured, assembled,
processed, repaired or sold on the premises upon which the sign is
located.
3.
A sign relating to the lease, hire or sale of a building or
premises other than the building or premises upon which the sign is
displayed.
4.
A sign advertising a service not rendered on the premises upon
which the sign is located.
5.
The exterior use of any advertising device as herein defined.
B. When any sign becomes insecure, in danger of failing or otherwise
unsafe, or if any sign or advertising device shall be unlawfully installed
or maintained in violation of this Chapter, the City Board of Aldermen,
the City Building Commissioner or his duly authorized agents shall
have the authority to remove same immediately and recoup from the
owner of said sign the reasonable costs of said removal, provided
however, that notice shall be given by the City Building Commissioner
or his authorized agents in writing to the owner of such sign and
the owner of property upon which same is located, which such notice
shall be sent to the last known address of said owners promptly upon
removal of such sign.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.060; CC 1990 § 9-176;
Code 1977 § 14.090(6); Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
No sign approved and erected prior to the date of adoption of
the ordinance from which this Chapter was derived shall be repaired,
altered or moved, nor shall any sign or any part thereof which is
blown down, destroyed or removed be re-erected, reconstructed, rebuilt
or relocated unless in compliance with all of the applicable requirements
of this Chapter.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.070; CC 1990 § 9-177;
Code 1977 § 14.090(7); Ord. No. 02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
Each day a violation of this Chapter shall be continued after notice as provided in Section
505.050 shall constitute a separate offense under this Chapter.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.080; Ord. No.
02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. Temporary signs not exceeding four (4) square feet in outline area pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises located within the City are permissible and said signs shall be removed as soon as the premises are leased, hired or sold. Not more than one (1) temporary sign of the above character per building or premises shall be permitted upon any lot and any other temporary signs pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises shall comply with the restrictions contained in Section
505.040(A)(1) of this Code. No other signs except as detailed in this Section shall be permissible in the "A" Semi-Rural District.
B. Permanent signs pertaining to public convenience, information or
awareness, which shall not exceed four (4) square feet in area, shall
not extend more than eight (8) feet above the elevation of the ground
and shall not exceed four (4) feet in width shall be permissible.
[R.O. 2001 § 505.090; Ord. No.
02-03 §§ 1 – 2, 2-5-2002]
A. Subject to other provisions of this Section, each developed lot may
have no more than one (1) freestanding business sign facing each roadway
on which the lot has frontage regardless of the number of buildings
upon the lot. However, each building, regardless of the number of
lots upon which it may be located, shall have no more than one (1)
freestanding business sign facing each roadway on which its lot or
lots has frontage. No freestanding business sign shall exceed four
(4) square feet in outline area per facing, nor exceed a width of
four (4) feet, nor extend more than six (6) feet above the elevation
of the adjacent street or elevation of the average finished ground
elevation along the side of the building on the property facing the
street, whichever is higher.
B. Each lot may have no more than one (1) freestanding information sign
facing each roadway on which the lot has frontage. Such freestanding
information sign shall not exceed four (4) square feet in outline
area per facing, shall not exceed a width of four (4) feet and shall
not extend more than six (6) feet above the elevation of the adjacent
street or elevation of the average finished ground elevation along
the side of the building on the property facing the street, whichever
is higher.
C. Directional Signs.
1.
Directional signs shall not exceed four (4) square feet in outline
area per facing. Freestanding directional signs shall not extend more
than ten (10) feet above the elevation of the adjacent street or elevation
of the average finished ground elevation along the side of the building
facing the street, whichever is higher.
2.
No directional sign shall be located on or over a public right-of-way
without approval of the appropriate government entity.
3.
The height of all directional signs shall not exceed ten (10)
feet when located within the minimum front yard setback.
D. Each building may have a business sign. Such sign shall not exceed
four (4) square feet in outline area and shall be a flat sign permanently
affixed to the face of the building.
E. Miscellaneous.
1.
Sign illumination shall be so arranged as not to cast light
directly from any source of illumination on any public right-of-way
or on adjoining properties in the "A" Semi-Rural District.
2.
No sign shall be illuminated by intermittent light sources.
3.
Pennants, fringes, lights, sound equipment or similar devices
for attracting attention shall not be permitted. This does not prohibit
the display of the national, State or corporate flags.
4.
A temporary project information sign shall be permitted at each
main entrance to a zone "C" Office District development. No such sign
shall exceed four (4) square feet in outline area per facing, nor
exceed a width of four (4) feet nor extend more than ten (10) feet
above the elevation of the adjacent street. The sign may be located
on any platted lot or common ground of a development or any unplatted
portion of the development identified as part of a particular development
on an approved preliminary subdivision plat or site development concept
plan, site development section plan or site development plan. Said
temporary project information sign shall be removed within thirty
(30) days of project completion as evidenced by issuance of a valid
occupancy permit.
5.
All business signs shall be located as not to impair the visibility
of any official highway sign or marker and no business sign shall
be so placed as to unnecessarily obstruct the visibility of any other
business sign.
6.
The paragraphs in this Subsection shall prevail in the event
of a conflict between any of its provisions and any provision of the
Municipal Code, as amended, or other ordinances.
F. For Sale/Lease Signs. Each lot may have no more than one (1) temporary
sign pertaining to the lease, hire or sale of a building or premises
within the City not exceeding four (4) square feet in outline area
per facing, shall not exceed a width of four (4) feet and shall not
extend more than six (6) feet above the elevation of the average finished
ground elevation along the side of the building on the property facing
the street, whichever is higher.