HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011 Resolution No. 005R£S0 Llff10N NO. 6
SERJES O F 201 I --
,\ RESOLUTIO N IIBCOMMENDING TO THE CITY MANAGER OF THE C ITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, C OLOR.ADO AN EXTENS ION O F THE EX IST lNG SUSPENSION OR
MORATORIUM ON n rn E NFORC EMENT OF SELECT PROVTSIONS OF THE
ENG LE WOOD MIJNIC TT'AL CODE 2000, T HE S!GN COD E. P ERTAINING TO BANNERS
AND PORTABLE SIGNS; THE DJSC RET IONARY APPROVAL PROCESS BY T HE CffY
MANA G ER O R DES l<i NEE fl.J R SJGNS UNDER 16-6-I J(3)(b) AND 16 -6-13(4) tM .C.;
AND THE PR O V IS IO NS PER TAINTNG TO WALL MURALS FO R A PE RJ O!) Of-SIX
MONH IS UNflL AUGUST I, 20 1 I.
WHE REAS, ttn: C ity of Eutlcwuud has sp:::n l a g·rcal deal o f mc ncy and cffoll pro mot ing its
do wntown ar ea as a shopping de stinati on and a cuhura l and art istic ven ue; and
WH.l::XEAS, the Colorado Co un o f Appea ls has found the rcqu ircmc!ll for C ity Manager
rev iew and appro val of certai n types o f signs is un cons til utio o nl; and
W!{ER.EAS , inslead o f s11ecia l re view and approval chose s i!,~IS iisted in 16 -6 -13(3)(b), mural s
wi ll comiuu t: lu li t: 11;vicwc<l as a ,cg,u lar si gn permi t and subject to tbc rev ie w times speci fied for
,11 n:her signs; and
W!·lER.EAS, th e C ity Council has directed staff to rev iew and revi se , ,r necessary, provisi ons
of the Sign Code conccmi11 g the use and disp lay of w:JJ mur als ; nd
WHER.EAS, it hJs been brought 10 Co w ,cil's att ent ion that some busin esses ir, Englewood
feel the U uifit:d Development Code does not adequately addr ess th e use of banner~ ond po rtu b lc
signs in relation to th e remainder o f the Sign Co de; and
WHEREAS, staff will need sufficie nt time lo rev iew and coordinate rcco mmemlntions relat ing
to the prov i sions in the Code; and
WH.EIIBAS, C irt Co uncil ha s deemed it 11ecess;u-y to coo rdinate the rev i e w o f th e Unified
Dr.:v cl upm cnt Cuc.le ;u1d fuund i L upp 1up1iJlt: to tt.:m po1~u1 ly sus pen d enforcement o f select
provision s of the !,ign Co de rev iew by the staff and City Coun ci l by the pass~1ge o f Re solut ion No .
76, Seri es of2009; Resolu tion No . 3, Series of2010; Rc.so lu11011 No 2&, Series o f20 l 0 and
Resol ution No. 32, Series o f 20 10, Reso lut 1on No 69, Sen es of2U IO; nnd
V.•l!ER.l'AS, the mora101i um wou ld continue to temporari ly sto p enforce m e n t o r th ose sect ions,
and
WHEREAS, ~111y review or revision ·o th e Unified Dcvc:lopmc~nt Corl:.: will help protect Lh e
publ ic h e.11 th , safety nn d we lfare by pr ese rvi ng 11 sa:e, healthy, alld sou~d envirom:,cnt within the
City, and
WHEREAS, the r ,y Council frnds that an add iti onnl sis month moratori um or tem po rary
suspension of the c,iforccrnent of cena,n proviS!ons of th e Englewood Muni cipal Code 2000
perta1ru ng to wa ll murals ; bann ers :md portab le signs and tht discretionary appruv.1I pm.:css is
necessary to unp !cr.1cnt a11d begin re view o:~the Unified Deve lopment -:";ode ; :i:,d
1NHl:REAS, 2ftcr a n:vicw or the effect o f' the mora torium rel.1 1111 g to s 1g1~s on th t: co mmWlit y,
1hc rcco111111t:n clntion may be to keep the Clxh:. a~ it current ly ni:.ls ~o :111~• JH.:rso11 who purc hases,
c1txls u 1 111a i11 11ii11 s ,1 si gn !-ub jccl lo 1h 1s morn to rium during ihc mora tflr ium p e riod in
co nl rnvcnhPn of :he existi ng S ign Cmit; wi ll du ~o al tli t: 1 isl. of l x..:ing !-t1hJ cc1 10 cnfo rcc1 cnt at
the tcrm.inil ti on or the s ix c1011th 1:10:·.1 tonum;
lsJOW, T HEREf-OR.E, Rli 11' RF.SO LVED BY THI) !TY C:OUNC IL,O F THE CITY OF
l;NC:LEWOOD, CO i OR/,D0, THAT:
Secti on I. the Cit y Cou nci l of1 he City of Eng lc::wuud , Colu1 ado rcconuncnds the Ci ty
Ma :1a p,er c~tab !ish a mora1 on u111 or tem porary suspens ion on the enforcement of th e E:1glcwood
Munic ipa l Code 2000 pc1tdi1iing to baanas nnd ~ortablc :,;igns; lhc di:,;c n!t ionary approval procc:1,s
by the C it y Manr,gc r or l)esigrn,c, for signs und er 16-6-13(3)(h) and I 6-6-1 3(4) l:i .M.C.; and the
provis io ns pc ,1n ini ng lo wa ll murals th rough Augus l I , 20 11.
Sc:1 10n 2. A l l si gns, C\'CI\ th ose :.11 hJe cl l o thi s mor;:tori L:m. :,;hall ::.ti ll bi.;. l l..:~Jui :cd to co mp ly
wi th J 6-6-13(N) l'roh ib,ttd, !-l azardo11s , .md Abandoned Signs as well as 16-6-13(M)
M:1 1n1e 11 a11cc.
Scctiill.11. The C1 :y Counc il fincfo lh c prn vi~iom; of Llii s Resolut ion :ire tcmp ornry 111 n:uurr
;ind arc int en ded lu bl: 1cp luet.:d Uy subscquc:::n! legislati ve cnn c:mcnt :,o that the mor:'ll oriu m or
tem po ra ry suspen sio n as ~;>cc 1fied in th is Rc sn lut1011 should 1cnnina 1c uu August I 1201 1.
AGOl'TED ANO AP PROVED tins I 8 1h tl ,,y nf January, 20 11 .
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</ ·2 •' 0 r'.e ..Jc Ya ,.,
/Jill Wi lso n, 'v1ayor Pro Tem
I, u •ucri sh ia A. Ellis , City Clerk for tb c Cit )' nf Engl
abc,,·c i:-. n true co py of Re:.o luti oa No . .2_, Sc ri c3 o
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COUN CI L COMM U NICATI ON
Da 1c: Ag en da llem : Sub jec1:
),111U cHY 16, 20 1 1 1 1 C ii A Resolu tion Ex ten ding the Tempo rary
Suspens ion o r M o r ato rium on th e
Enforce ment o f Se lec ted Pr ovisio ns th e
En Gl ewood tv\unicipa l Cod e Pe rtain ing to
Ba nn ers, Po rta ble Signs an d Mura ls
I nitiat ed By : Staff So urce:
Co1,1 m uni ty Deve lopme nt Depa rtm en t Alan Wh ite. D irec to r
COUNCIL G O A L A N D PREV I OUS COUNCI L ACTI ON
City Co un c il app·oved Reso luti o n No. 76. Se ries o f 2009, o n Oc tob er 5, 2009, e stab lishing a t em porary
suspe nsion o r m oratorium on en force m en t o f ce rtain sec ti ons of th e Eng lewoo d Mu nic ipa l Code 2000
de alin s w ith ba nn ers an d po rtable signs. Counci l ex tended th e m o rat o ri um in 2 0 IO un d er Reso lut ion No
69, Serres 20 I 0.
Co uncil also ap p,oved Reso luti on No. 28. $e ri es o f 201 0. o n Februa ry 1, 2010, establ ishi ng a te mporary
sus pensio n or rn ora lori urn on enfor cemen t of thP di sc reti ona ,y approval proc~ss rel at ed to w .:dl murals.
Cow1ci l com bined th e extension of the mu r:ll m ora toriu m with the b;-mne rs and po rtJ.b le sigm
morat ori um Reso luti on , o. 69, whic h is sched ul ed to expire on F-~brc:ary 1. 20 1 1
RE COM MENDED ACT I ON
In order to extend th e cu rrent moratorium o n enforce m e nt , a resol utio n ap proving such an e>:te nsi on
needs to be ado pt ed. The attached reso lJtion ex tends the enforcement rn o rat o rium for six mo n ths, to
Augus t I , 20 1 1
RAC KGROUND, AJ\AI.YSI S, AN D A LTER NATIVES I DENTI FIED
The Plann ing and Zanin~ Com missio n be~an the initial staRes of ana lylin g and d isc uss in g ch anges to sign
code reg ,,l at io ns of the Uni fied Deve lopme nt Code in early :?0 JO . Because of the n uroe ro us in t e rr elated
i!.'.i ucs in\'o lvcd wit h ::ign s, l hc Cc:n mi ss ion dete rmin ed the best .1 ppro.:1ch 10 rev isin g th e sign reg ulat io ns
is to look at them in ::hei , entire ty, rath er tha n in a pie ce 1r.ea ! fash ion. Prepa ra tion of sign code
amendme nt s was delaye cl by the necessrty to ad opt floodpla in amen dments to m ee t Fede ral :m ergency
Man,1gemen1 Ag ncy requirements for the Ci ty 's con tinu ed par ticipation in the Na tion al Flood Insurance
Prog ram .
The process o f developing new sign reg ulati o ns reolis ti call y will ta ke upwards o f six mont hs, w it h th e
ado ption process wh ich fo llows tak in g anot her 3 '/, mon th s. The m o rato rium ext ens io n p ro vides tinr e to
comple te proposed sign code ame ncfmen ls ;md begin th e ad op ti o n process .
FI N A NC IAL IM PACT
The re are no financia l impa cts to the City as a res ult o f adoptin g this Reso lu tion.
U ST OF ATTAC H MENTS
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