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' • .. ?t ' . suggested that 6 months would be a good time frame. Councilman Limpert suggested that he had been listening to what was going on and indicated that eventually the ordinance will be in Councils lap -- to decide. There are two problems he has been concerned with, the first being, that the City pass this ordinance as is and the concern will be that it will not be tweaked, but just let the sleeping dog lye. The second concern is that the City can not go without a sign ordinance. Good signs are not only in the best interest of the residents they are also in the best interest of the business community. It doesn't make sense for one business owner to, be responsible with good tasteful' signage and then have another business owner to just put up an eye sore of a sign and without a sign code that- will happen. Being on Council he doesn't think that 90 days would be enough time to get all the concerns addressed. He would like to suggest that the ordinance get passed as is with a sunset clause of 6 months to see if the City can come up with refinements that will benefit not orily the businesses but the residents as well. He understands that Mr. Graham would like to see the changes made fast but you can only make a horse run so fast and he is on Council and knows that 90 days is not enough time to accomplish what needs to be done. R. Tallon motioned to recommend to City Council Ordinance No. 2000-12 4 An ordinance creating new and revised chapter 1163 of the Zoning Code of the City of North ? Olmsted, entitled "SIGNS" as amended and to include the following inclusions: 6 1) 1163.10 "Non-Conforming Signs" subsection (A) to read as follows; (a) No non-conforming sign or part thereof.shall be altered, modified, or changed in any manner whatsoever in any process of reconstruction, repair, or restoration, when the cost of said reconstruction, repair, or restoration is more than 50% of the sign's replacement cost, unless the entire sign shall be brought into compliance with all of the provisions_ of this Chapter, and all other applicable City Laws. 2) 1163.10 "Non-Conforming Signs" subsection (B) to read as follows; (b) Every non-conforming sign located upon a property, which undergoes a change of occupancy, shall be brought into compliance with all of the provisions of this Chapter, and all other applicable City Laws. 3) 1163.19 " Illuminated Signs" subsections (B) &( C) be stricken and (A) to read as follows; (a) glare into or upon any residential property or into the right-of way. 4) 1163.26 "Ground Signs" subsection (B-5) to read as follows; (5) If the vertical dimension of a ground sign is greater than the horizontal dimension, the sign shall not exceed eight .(8) feet in height, measured from the street upon which the sign faces, or the ground level where the sign is affixed, whichever is higher. 5) 1163.26 "Ground Signs" Subsection (6) is to be stricken in its entirety. 6) 1163.27 "Wall Signs" subsection (A) to read as follows; (a) "wa11 sign" as regulated by this ordinance, shall mean all signs, which are attached to the exterior front, rear, or sidewall of any building or other structure, or are painted directly on the wall or other part of the structure. . . , 12.