ORDINANCE NO. 7889

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 739.2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2003 EDITION AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, CONCERNING SIGN CODE REGULATIONS REGARDING WALL SIGNS.

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 5, Article 7, Section 7-739.2 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2003 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

5-739.2             Business signs, illuminated and non-illuminated, subject to the following conditions:

 

(A)        One ground sign pole or surface mounted, may be erected in an off-street parking lot, a unified shopping center or industrial tract for purposes of identifying the development.  The sign shall display only the name and the location of the development and names of stores, occupations or businesses located in the development.  The size of the sign shall not exceed thirty (30) feet in height or one hundred (100) square feet in area.  However, if the development has a front footage in excess of one hundred (100) feet, additional area may be allowed on each side of the sign equal to thirty percent (30%) of the front footage in excess of the first one hundred (100) feet of said tract or lot.  The size of the sign shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) square feet and shall conform to the requirements for ground signs set forth elsewhere in this Article.

 

If a unified shopping center is located on a tract or lot bounded by two (2) or more public streets such unified shopping center shall be permitted to erect one (1) additional ground sign, pole or surface mounted, at a secondary entrance facing a different public street than the original ground sign permitted in this Section. 

 

In no case shall such additional ground sign exceed fifty (50) square feet in area.  No ground sign, pole or surface mounted, shall be permitted to project into a right-of-way and shall be located in a manner not to constitute a traffic hazard.

 

In the PCD-1 or PCD-2 District, no ground sign/pole mounted shall exceed twelve (12) feet in total height as referenced in Section 20-1006(i) of the Code.

 

(B)        Illuminated signs shall be permitted: Provided, that such signs in direct view of traffic signals are not red, green or amber in color and providing such signs are illuminated only during business hours or 11:00 p.m., whichever is later.  When the sign is illuminated by a light or lights reflected upon it, direct rays of light shall not beam upon any residential building or into any residential district or into any street.

 

(C)        Temporary signs shall be permitted, subject to the general restrictions set forth elsewhere in this Article.

 

(D)        Wall signs which advertise or indicate only services or products which are sold or offered for sale within the building to which the sign is attached shall be permitted provided that:

 

(1)        The applicant presents a detailed plan to the Codes Enforcement Manager showing the location of the signs on the building, size of letters and clearance between the walls and signs.

 

(2)        Wall signs are permitted for each wall which fac­es or fronts onto a public right-of-way and such sign is attached to the corresponding wall, ex­cept that no wall sign shall be permitted upon any wall other than the front wall which faces or fronts onto a public right-of-way which such pub­lic right-of-way is bounded on the opposite side by properly zoned single-family dwellings.  Wall signs are permitted in C-1, C-2, M-1, PCD-1, PCD-2 and PID zoning districts on building walls which do not face or front an adjoining and abutting public right-of-way, when there exists under the same ownership a parking lot or other open space of at least fif­ty (50) lineal feet between the wall and the nearest building, but in no case shall signs be constructed on more than two (2) walls of a building for each establishment, nor exceed the square footage limitations for the location.

 

(3)        The maximum area for wall signs shall be limited to ten percent (10%) of the wall to which it is attached or one hundred fifty (150) square feet, whichever is less.  For each one hundred (100) foot increment the wall is set back from the public right-of-way the maximum area may be increased by fifty percent (50%), provided that no sign shall exceed four hundred fifty (450) square feet. 

 

 

 

Section 2.  This ordinance shall be effective on and after passage and publication as provided by law.

 

ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNING BODY THIS ___ DAY OF JUNE, 2005.

 

 

                                                            PASSED:

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                            Dennis Highberger, Mayor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

                                                                       

Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk

 

 

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

 

 

 

                                                                       

David L. Corliss, Assistant City Manager

and Director of Legal Services