58-79 New Chpt 1329 - Bldg - Signs

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PLEASE SUBSTITIIIE FOR ORDINANCE PLACED ON DOCKET JULY 2, 1979 ORDINANCE NO. 5B-79 / BY: Brockman, Brown, Chinnock, NcBride, Salmon, Wendling AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE supplementing tile Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of tile Ci:y of Lakewood by enacting new Chapter 1329 relating to the regulation of signs. NIIEREAS, the City of Lakev~Od is a No~)e ff~le Muz~icipal~ty'and hy tile authorikF of ~he Constitution of the State of Ohio is authorized to regulate signage for the pru~Cection. ~f the public health, safety and welfare, and WIIEREAS, standards for the regulation of sigr, s shall promote and maintain the high value of residential and co.m)ercial districts in the City of Lakewood, and WIIEREAS. standards for the regulation of signs shall improve the appearance of commercial areas by. the design of signs which are aesthetically harmo~ious with surrounding properties and the overall urban design of the City, and WIIER£AS, this Chapter constitutes an emergency measure providing,for tile i,mlediate preservation of tile public health, safety and welfare of the citizens of tile City of Lakewood, and for the further reason that such standards should be established at th9 earliest possible time; now, therefore, DE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF TIlE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That tile l~uilding Code of the Cedified Ordinances of the City of Lake~.:ood be supplemented by enacting new Chapter 1329 relating to the regulation of signs which shall read as follows: CHAPTER 1329 S I GNS 1329.01 INTEfiT. Sign regulations, including provisions to control the type, design, size, location, illmHnation, and mai~tenance tilH.,reof, are established in order to ~chieve, among others, the following " purposes: (a) to promote atLractive and maintain high value residential districLs by I)ermitting only nameplates., bulletin boards and si§J~s related %o tile development, rental or sale of properties iJ) such districts; '.. (b) to provide reasonable, yet appropriate, conditions for identifying and advertising goods sold or services rendered in business districts by relating the size, type, and design of signs to the type and size of establishments; (c) (d) to provide for appropriate signs for tile identification and encouragement of industrial develoim,ent; to control the design of signs so that their appearance will be aesthetically hamlonious with their surroundings and an overall urban design for. the area; (e) to eliminate a.y co~ftict betwee~ advertising (or identificai, imO signs and' traffic co~trol signs which would he hazardous So the safe~y of the motoring public or I)edestria~.