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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 - Amending various sections of the Redding Municipal Code Pertaining to Deleting/r - • 410 411 ORDINANCE NO. o/� AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING DELETING AND/OR AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE REDDING MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO DELETING THE CIVIC ARTS COMMISSION, THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM PROMOTION COMMITTEE, THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, THE DESIGN REVIEW PANEL, THE RIVER AND WATERWAYS COMMISSION, AND THE TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION. The City Council of the City of Redding does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1 . Chapter 2. 42, RIVER AND WATERWAYS COMMISSION, of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 2. Chapter 2. 48, CIVIC ARTS COMMISSION, of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 3 . Chapter 2 .72, TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMISSION, of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 4 . Section 2.73 . 040, CIVIC AUDITORIUM PROMOTION COMMITTEE, of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 5 . Chapter 18 . 39, DESIGN REVIEW (DR) COMBINING DISTRICT (which includes reference to the DESIGN REVIEW BOARD) , of the Redding Municipal Code is hereby deleted in its entirety. Section 6. In order to delete all references to DESIGN REVIEW PANEL (DRP) , the following sections in Chapter 18. 90, (2 SIGNS, of the Redding Municipal Code are hereby amended as 0 follows: I : 411 I. Section 18.90.020 B. , Definitions and Interpretation: * The current definition and interpretation of "Art" is repealed, and the following added: "Art" means the result of conscious, and sometimes intuitive, production or arrangement of color, form, lines, dark and light values, and other elements to create a sense of beauty, as determined by the Board of Administrative Review (BAR) , the Planning Commission, or the City Council. The definition and interpretation of "Design Review Panel (DRP) " is repealed. II. Subsections C.2. , E. , and F. of Section 18.90.030, Application and Review Process, are hereby repealed and the following added: C. Application and Permit Process. 2 . The application and plans shall contain sufficient information to depict the proposed sign as well as all other proposed and existing signing on the same premises. The information shall be sufficient enough to allow for the competent evaluation of the proposed sign' s conformance with the sign ordinance. a. All signs noted in Table No. 2 of this chapter with a requirement for a permit shall require BAR approval prior to being erected, placed, altered, or moved to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. b. The type of permit and review needed for various signs shall be as stated in Section 18. 90. 050 of this chapter. The Planning Commission or BAR may refer any sign project pending a permit to the BAR for approval or recommendation. If the Planning Director is uncertain about whether an application is needed then the BAR may make this determination. c. Administrative Sign Permits may be issued by the Planning Department. 2 t 410 II! E. Permit Issuance. It shall be the duty of the BAR, or a designated administrative agent, upon the filing of an application for a sign permit, to investigate the application. If the proposed sign is in compliance with all the requirements of the sign ordinance and the City zoning regulations, the BAR may issue the permit. F. Authority. 1 . The BAR shall study, make findings and recommendations, and approve sign applications referred to it by staff, the Planning Commission, and the City Council. 2 . In considering sign applications, the BAR shall consider the goals, objectives, policies, and design guidelines of the City' s Sign Design Manual. The BAR shall abide by the regulations of this chapter and consider specific zoning-district requirements, including overlay zones, combining districts, and specific and neighborhood plans. 3 . Sign approvals and recommendations of the BAR shall be based on specific design criteria adopted by the City. If the BAR finds that the proposed sign is objectionable for aesthetic reasons, then the BAR may deny the application, provided it first makes specific findings based on the purpose of the ordinance and the goals and standards of the BAR. The BAR shall also consider zoning district, overlay zones, or other applicable City plans and ordinances. III. Subsection C.2. of Section 18.90.040, General Sign Regulations, is hereby repealed and the following added: C. Maximum Number of Detached Appurtenant Signs Per Lot (Pole, Monument, Identifier, and Accessory Signs) . 2 . Shopping Center Identifier Signs. Each shopping center consisting of at least 300,000 square feet of enclosed retail floor area shall be limited to one detached pole identifier sign pursuant to the zoning restrictions of Table Nos. 1 and 2 of this chapter and the following provisions: 3 411 a. Shopping centers with an identifier sign shall not be entitled to a pole sign. b. Shopping centers shall not be given credit for additional pole signs based on multiple street frontage. c. Shopping center identifier signs shall require a use permit, and may require a design-review approval by the BAR if referred by the Planning Commission. IV. Subsections D.1. and R.9. , Regulations for Certain Types of Signs Noted in Table No. 2 -and- Wall Murals and Supergraphic Wall Signs respectively, of Section 18.90.050 are hereby repealed and the following added: D. Monument Signs. 1. Monument signs exceeding 20 square feet (including the surrounding support structure and decorative frame) in Zoning Districts C-1, C-2, C-3 , C-4 , C- 6, PI , and M-2 shall require an administrative permit and may require approval of the BAR. All monument signs except for signs with copy of less than 20 square feet shall require automatic- irrigated landscaping at the base equivalent to two times the area of the sign copy. The amount of opaque area of any one side outside of the sign copy shall not exceed 100 percent of the area of the sign copy unless approved by the BAR. R. Wall Murals and Supergraphic Wall Signs. 9. Wall murals and supergraphic wall signs requiring a use permit may also require design review approval if referred by the Planning Commission to BAR. V. Section 18.90.070, Comprehensive Sign Plan, is hereby repealed and the following added: A. Board of Administrative Review Approval Required. 1 . A comprehensive sign plan shall be submitted for all proposed shopping centers exceeding 40,000 square feet of enclosed retail-floor area or for a combination of retail and personal services of 4 five or more tenant-lease areas exceeding 40, 000 square feet of enclosed floor area. Sign plans which do not compliment the architectural features of the buildings they advertise and/or are inconsistent with the City' s Sign Design Review Manual shall not be approved. 2 . All comprehensive sign plans shall require a use permit and shall be subject to the approval of the BAR. Plans shall contain all sign dimensions and graphic information required to fully describe what is being proposed. B. Board of Administrative Review and Planning Commission Approval Required. Comprehensive sign plans for shopping centers that exceed 40, 000 square feet may vary from the regulations of this chapter regarding location, sign type, size, and height, provided that such variation involving any specific regulatory dimension of this chapter shall not be by more than 15 percent. Such sign plans shall be subject to review by the BAR and shall be subject to approval by the Planning Commission. Sign plans that are inconsistent with the design guidelines of the Sign Design Review Manual and the purpose(s) and intended effects of this chapter as set forth in Section 18 . 90 . 010 and/or do not compliment the architectural features of the adjacent buildings shall not be approved. Section 7 . It has been determined that this matter is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 8 . The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause its publication according to law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 5th day of May , 1992 , and was duly read and 5 • 411 adopted on the 19th day of May , 1992, at a regular meeting of the City Council by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Anderson, Arness & Kehoe NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Moss ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Dahl ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None mommit.„, CHARLIE MOSS, Mayor City of Redding ATTST: i,' I ) CONNIE STROHMAYER, Civ-y Clerk FORM, PPROVED: .;r ,/, RA FALL A. HAYS, 'ty Attorney 6