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PlaceJ on First Reading July 1, 1985
<br />Placed on Second Readina July 15 1985
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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 52-85
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<br />5¥: Brown, Chinnock, Gallagher, Graham,
<br /> McBride, Salmon, Wendling
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<br /> AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE supplementing and amending Chapter
<br />1329 of the Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City
<br />of Lakewood relating to the regulation of signs by: amending
<br />paragraph (a) and subparagraphs (b)(1)(2)(3)(6)(7) and (c)(1) of
<br />section 1329.03, paragraphs (f) and (fi) of section 1329.05, and
<br />sections 1329.07 and 1329.08; repealing existing section 1329.09;
<br />renumbering existing sections 1329.10, 1329.11, 1329.12, 1329.13,
<br />1329.14, and 1329.141, to be respectively, sections 1329.09,
<br />1329.10, 1329.11, 1329.12, 1329.13, 1329.14; and adding new
<br />paragraph (f) to section 1329.01, new subparagraph (b)(ll) to
<br />section 1329.03, new subparagraph (c)(9) to section 1329.03, new
<br />paragraphs (m) and (n) to section 1329.05, new paragraphs (g) and
<br />(h) to section 1329.08, new subparagraph (d)(3) and paragraphs
<br />(e) and (f) to section 1329.09 (renumbered), new paragraphs (d),
<br />(e), (f) to section 1329.10 (renumbered), and new subparagraph
<br />(b)(8) and paragraph (c) to section 1329.15.
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood is a Home Rule Municipality
<br />and by the authority of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, is
<br />authorized to regulate signage for the protection of the public
<br />health, safety and welfare, and
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<br /> WHEREAS, standards for the regulation of signs shall promote
<br />and maintain the high value of residential and commercial
<br />districts in the City of Lakewood, and.
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<br /> WHEREAS, standards for the regulation of signs shall improve
<br />the appearance of commercial areas by the design of signs which
<br />are aesthetically harmonious with surrounding properties and the
<br />overall urban design of the City, and
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<br /> WHEREAS, certain amendments to the existing Sign Code,
<br />Chapter 1329 of Codified Ordinances, are necessary by reason of
<br />changes of related sections in other parts of the Codified
<br />Ordinances, practical considerations based upon experience in
<br />administration of the Code, and modifications based on court
<br />decisions, all occurring since adoption of the Sign Code by
<br />Ordinance 58-79, passed July 16, 1979.
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<br /> WHEREAS, this Chapter constitutes an emergency measure
<br />providing for the immediate preservation of the public health,
<br />safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of Lakewood, and
<br />for the further reason that such standards should be established
<br />at the earliest possible time; now, therefore,
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<br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE
<br />OF OHIO;
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<br /> Section 1. That existing Section 1329.01 shall be and the
<br />same is hereby supplemented by enacting new paragraph (f) to read
<br />as follows:
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<br />1329.01 INTENT.
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<br />Sign regulations, including provisions to control the
<br />type, design, size, location, illumination and
<br />maintenance thereof, are established in order to
<br />achieve, among others, the following purposes:
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<br />(b) . . .
<br />(c) . . .
<br />(d) . . .
<br />(e) . . .
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