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Sign Ordinanceti January 17, 1985 To: Zoning and Planning From: Nancy Anderson Subject: Sign Ordinance } At the request of the City Council, a meeting took place between the staff and representatives from Naegele. The major concern of Naegele is the dis- tance of a billboard 100 feet from a building and 100 feet from an on- premises sign. Naegele's concern was that based on the minimum lot requirements of an I -1 and I -2 District if a building or on- premise sign were on adjoining lots of mini- mum requirements, a billboard would be impossible to erect because of the require- ments of 100 feet from a commercial building and 100 feet from an on- premise sign. The minimum lot requirements for an I -1 District are a minimum lot width of 150 feet and a lot depth of 125. I -2 requirements are 100 feet for lot width and 125 feet for lot depth. The sign inspector and I reviewed the actual situation in the I -1 and I -2 Districts to site possible locations a billboard could be placed. Locations were found to exist that a billboard may be placed. { January 17, 1985 To: Zoning & Planning Commission From: Nancy Anderson Subject: Sign Ordinance. A hearing should be set for the next meeting to complete the following changes in the sign ordinance. 1) Section 409 - Billborads and Signs added to 427.42 Signs, Advertising Lights and Devices. 2) Addition of permitting overhanging signs in the B -2 District. 3) The sign inspector has recommended that the fee schedule 409:06 for sign permits should be placed with the Hopkins Ordinance 82 -516 Fees and Charges and Rates. 6 s 0 CITY OF HOPKINS Hennepin County, Minnesota ORDINANCE NO. 84 -542 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING HOPKINS ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 427 PERTAINING TO SIGNS BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Hopkins as follows: That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No.427.04 be and the same is hereby amended by adding the following provisions: (99a) Sign - Portable: A sign constructed to be movable from one location to another and not permanently attached to the ground or to any immobile structure. Such sign may consist of a mobile structure such as a semitrailer, carriage, van, sled or other device whose function during a specific time is to serve as a sign. (99b) Sign - Temporary: Shall mean any sign, banner, pennant, valance or advertising device, placed on any building, structure or land and advertising an event or a situation and placed on any lot or parcel of.land to which the attention is to be directed for a period not exceeding thirty days of any calendar year. That the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance No. 427.42 be and the same is hereby amended as follows: a) That subsections 7, 16 and 18 of Section 427.42 of the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance be and the same is hereby amended by revision and there is hereby enacted and adopted in place thereof the following subsections: 427.42 ( 7) Temporary Signs: Temporary signs, banners, pennants, and portable signs (excluding political, real estate and For Rent signs) shall not be erected or placed without a sign permit from the City of Hopkins. Such permit may be issued for a maximum of 30 days per year (30 days may be allocated throughout the year at the discretion of the applicant). A business under new ownership may have a temporary sign for up to an additional 30 consecutive days immediately follow - ing the opening for business. (16) Sign Permit: No signs permitted by this Ordinance shall be erected or maintained without the existence of a valid permit issued therefor by the City of Hopkins pursuant to Ordinance No. 409.00 of the 1973 Code of Ordinances of the City of Hopkins. (18) SIGNS IN NON- RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 1. DISTRICT /USE: B -1 and B -2; PERMITTED TYPE OF SIGN: Name plate signs, business sign; ILLUMINATED: Yes; MAXIMUM AREA OF A SINGLE SIGN: 60 square feet nor shall 2 or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated to cause a sign size greater than 60 square feet. TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS: 2 square feet per front foot of building, abutting a public right -of -way 50 feet or more in width. 2. DISTRICT /USE: B -3; PERMITTED TYPE OF SIGN: Name plate signs, business signs; ILLUMINATED: Yes; MAXIMUM AREA OF A SINGLE SIGN: 80 square feet nor shall 2 or more smaller signs be so arranged and integrated to cause a sign size greater than 80 square feet, but a nameplate sign shall not exceed 50% of authorized aggregate square footage of adver- tising sign space for such lot; TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS: 3 square feet per front foot of lot (narrowest frontage on a corner lot) abutting a public right -of -way of 50 feet or more in width. 3. DISTRICT /USE: B -2 and B -3; PERMITTED TYPE OF SIGN: Name plate or business signs at the rear of the building when abutting a public parking, or is across public alley from such parking area; ILLUMINATED: Yes; TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS: 50% of total square footage authorized in B -2 and B -3 districts. 0 0 1 0 61 DISTRICT /USE: I -1 and I -2; PERMITTED TYPE OF SIGN: Name plate signs, business signs; ILLUMINATED: Yes; MAXIMUM AREA OF ALL SINGLE SIGNS: 250 square feet but a name plate sign shall not exceed 50% of author- ized aggregate square footage of advertising sign space for such lot; TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS; 4 square feet per front foot of lot plus 1 square foot per foot of side yard abutting a public right -of -way of 50 feet or more. Least width of frontage shall be considered front yard. 74 DISTRICT /USE: I -1 and I -2; PERMITTED TYPE OF SIGN: Name plate and business signs at rear of building when abutting public parking or is across public alley from such parking area; ILLUMINATED: Yes; TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS: 50% of aggregate authorized square footage in 6 above of this subdivision. 8: DISTRICT /USE: I -1 and I -2; PERMITTED TYPE OF SIGN: Advertising signs shall conform to all yard requirements; ILLUMINATED: Yes; MAXIMUM AREA OF SINGLE SIGN: 250 square feet; TOTAL AREA OF ALL SIGNS: Any portion i of aggregate authorized square footage in 6 above of this subdivision. When subdivision is principal use 8 square feet per front foot of lot abutting a public right -of -way of 50 feet or more in width. b) That section 427 of the Hopkins Zoning Ordinance pertaining to signs, adver- tising lights and devices is hereby amended by adding the following provisions: 427.42 (19) Removal of Signs: On- premises signs shall be removed from the building and property by the owner of such property within 60 days after the: use is terminated. (20) Non - conforming Signs: (a) any non - conforming temporary or portable sign existing on February 1, 1985 shall be made to comply with the requirements set forth herein or shall be removed within 30 days. (b) permanent signs lawfully existing on February 1, 1985 which do not con- form to Ordinance 84 -542, but which did conform to previous laws shall be regarded as non - conforming signs which may be continued if properly repaired and maintained as provided in this ordinance and I if in conformance with other ordinances of the city. All non-con- forming signs shall not be rebuilt, altered or relocated without being brought into compliance with the requirements of this ordin- ance. (c) all non - conforming prohibited signs existing on February 1, 1985 shall be allowed to continue in use for a period of not more than two years. (d) whenever use of a non - conforming sign has been discontinued for a period of six months, such use shall not thereafter be resumed un- less conformance with the provisions of this ordinance. (21) Billboards: (a) billboards are prohibited within 500 feet of all public parks, rest areas, or residential structures, measured laterally along the road- way and 200 feet in any other direction. If a residential structure is constructed on residential property within these distances, the billboard shall be removed within three years from said construction. (b) billboards shall not be erected closer than 1000 feet to another billboard on the same side of the same street; within 100 feet of a building, other than a residential structure or within 100 feet of an on- premises sign. If such a building is constructed within 100 feet of an existing billboard, such billboard shall be removed within three years from said construction. (c) billboards may not be located closer than 250 feet from a residential district. (d) billboards shall be removed within 60 days after discontinuation of use of the billboard for advertising purposes or termination of the business so advertised. 49 . First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Hopkins held on December 4, 1984, and finally read, approved, adopted and ordered pub- lished at a regular meeting of said Council of said City on December 18, 1984. Robert F. Miller Mayor J. Scott Renne City Clerk Jerre Miller City Attorney is Is ` MAJOR MEDIA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION NAEGELE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING COMPANIES 1700 West 79th Street i Minn M eapolis, MN 55423 612 - 669-1900 NANCY J.JORGENSEN President Corl oftte Oevebo n t Division , �N,xEG,ELE 0". E­­, Coi.mo�a. G:, Oaa Mnma... i� -N January 16, 1985 • Sna1cann� C .,�p, s .aEnh-9.SC Members of the Zoning and Planning Commission Grren,ie.N� City of Hopkins ^d•a „aoo °6.. 1010 South First Street .lat • FC'v •Ila. N i. Hopkins, Minnesota S5343 Knttnn,NG Dear Members: M.nncapoug.MN We appreciate your taking the time for a second St. Pavl,MN look at the proposed sign ordinance reviewed last N” 011-11, `" Owenelv c. K" November. Our company did not learn of the formal Pd „ S �, ACA proposal until the day of the second reading before the City Council on December 18. The City Council TI,r Tr,go M6 ^kp therefore kindly allowed time for Naegele repre- sentatives to meet with staff and to appear before the Zoning and Planning Commission on January 29. Point ^- •ng -o-•. N= �n no.tnw c ,. Our strong interest in the proposed ordinance stems from the fact that the ordinance includes significant revisions related to Hopkins billboard regulations. Naegele is the major privately held billboard company in the nation, doing business in nearly 400 municipalities. Naegele is head- quartered here in the Twin Cities'. We consider ourselves a good neighbor in all communities in which we operate, and especially Twin Cities communities. Therefore we take a strong interest in following proposed sign legislation. We have worked with sign ordinance proposals in nearly all of the 380 municipalities in which we operate. We want to commend the City of Hopkins for drafting timely and effective new billboard regulations. We concur with much that is included in the proposed ordinance. The size requirement of 250 square feet does not allow the national standardized sizes of signs but might very well be most appropriate for the City of Hopkins. 4 Page Two January 16, 1985 Our only major opposition pertains to the proposed requirement that a billboard shall be erected not closer than 100 feet of a non - residential building or within 100 feet of an on-premi-se sign. After meeting with staff and a careful review of the existing I -1 and 1 -2 lots in the City of Hopkins, we believe this amounts to a veritable proh:i.b.i.tion. These requirements are especially proh:i- b-i:tive when added to the other 22 existing and suggested billboard regulat:i_ons. (See Addendum) . The 100 foot spacing requirement from on- premise and non - residential buildings is also expressly prohibitive when reviewed according to minimum lot widths in the allowable zones. The minimum lot lot width in the I -1 and I -2 zones are 150 and 100 feet respectively. It is difficult to imagine a way to place a billboard 100 feet away from the building and the on- premise sign on a lot that is only 100 or 150 feet wide. We would like to propose a minimum spacing of 25 feet from a building or sign, rather than the suggested 100 feet. A spacing of 25 feet would allow the visual and aesthetic separation we would all agree is-important, and yet is not totally prohibitive. A spacing of 25 feet afterall is the same .length as the standardized poster billboard and is about the distance of 3 cars parked end to end. We appreciate your consideration in hearing our request and will be happy to answer any questions at the January 29 meeting. Respectfully, Nancy J. Jorg6nsen President Corporate Development Division and General Counsel NJJ : all CC: Ms. Nancy Anderson City Council Members Li ti ADDP,NDUM 41 I OPK INS BILLIIOAIlD I:[i(.OLAT ONS Proposed and Current January 29, 198$ (1) Size 'LSO square foot maximum. (2) Maximum allowable square The aggregate authori -zed square footage for all signage footage of all signs, (on and off' on the lot . premise) , must conform to these regulations: 4 sq. ft. per front Foot of lot plus 1 sq. ft. of side yard abutting a public right of way of SO ft. or more. Least width of frontage shall be considered front yard. (3) When a billboard is the principal use, allow 8 sq. ft. per front foot of lot abutting a public right of way of SO ft. or more in width. (4) Height 35 feet above grade. (5) Zones Only 1 -1 or 1 -2. (6) Setback Front yard minimum 20 feet. ( Front yard if across right of way from "R" district: minimum 7S feet 1 -1 minimum 50 feet 1 -2 ( Side yard minimum 20 feet. ( Side yard abutting "R" district, minimum 40 feet. (10) Rear 3rd without alley, y, mi_mimum 20 feet. (1.1) Rear yard with alley, minirrrum 12 feet. (12 Rear yard abutting "R" district, rsi_i.nimum 40 feet. (13) Spacing Minimum 500 feet from all public parks, rest areas, or residential structures, measured laterally along the roadway; and 200 feet measured radially. 1 0 ( 14 ) Minimum 250 feet from a residential district. 2 - 10 05) Minimum 1000 feet to another billboard on the same side of the same street. ( Minimum 100 feet from any building, including commercial. (17) 100 feet from any other sign. (18) Removal provisions. Non - conforming signs: (a) any non - conforming temporary or portable sign existing on February 1, 1985 shall be made to comply with the requirements set forth herein or shall be removed within 30 days. ( (b) permanent signs lawfully existing on February 1, 1985 which do not con- form to Ordinance 84 -542, but which did conform to previous laws shall be regarded as non- conforming signs which may be continued if properly repaired and maintained as provided in this ordinance and if in conformance with other ordinances of the city. All non - conforming signs shall not be rebuilt, altered or relocated without being brought into compliance with the requirements of this ordinance. (20) (c) all non- conforming prohibited signs existing on February 1, 1985 shall be allowed to continue in use for a period of not more than two years. (21) (d) whenever use of a non - conforming sign has been discontinued for a period of six months, such use shall not there- after be resumed unless conformance with the provisions of this ordinance. ( If a residential structure is constructed on residential property within 500 feet of a billboard measured laterally, and 200 feet measured radially, the bill- board shall be removed within three years from said construction. ( If a building is constructed within 100 feet of an existing billboard, such billboard shall be removed within three years from said construction. i - 3 - ('24) i s :7 Billboards shall be removed within 60 days after discontinuation of use of the billboard for advertising purposes or termination of the business so advertised.