HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010 Resolution No. 028• IU, OLUTION '10
SER IE. OF 2010
A RES LUT IO R.ECml~\END!NG TO HIE CIT Y ~\/\NAGER OF rllE CITY OF
ENGLF\VOOD , CO i ORA DO THE EST AB LISI IMENT OF A TE~IPORARY SUS l'E NS IOI\
ORM RATORIU 1 ONTIIE DIS RET IONARY APPROVAi l'ROCf. S BY n1r-c1TY
IANAGER OR DES IG EE FOR !GNS 'DER 16-6 -13(3)(b\ AND 16-6-13(4) !:. I C. FOR
1\ SIX MON '! II PERI D.
\VII ERE 1\S. the Co\or,tdl, Court of.A.rrcahi has round the rcquircmclll for l'1ty t,..tanagc1
renew and approval of ccrtam t~i,cs of signs is uncon s11 tutional: and
\ 11 hllEAS, the Cn:, of Eng\cword ,s currently rewr it ing the , ign Cod e to addre ss tl11s as
well as other issues and such a rcwri 1c 1s a le ngth y process to :il10w for public input ; and
\V I I EREAS , enum erated s1g1:s. m.:ludmg wall mum's will sill\ be pcnn ittcd and still bf'
subjec t to a size limitation undr1 1:1c moraiorium : and
WI I EREA S. instead of special 1cvicw and appro,al 1hosc s1g11s lis1e<l m 16-6-13( )(h). mural s
w11\ con1111uc to he re, 1cwl--d as ,1 regular sign pcnnit ;md suhJect \fl 1hc rc\'icw time~ spec ified for
all other -.1g11s: and
• \\I I ll:.10 ·.!\S, st alf will 11L'ed :-1111i~1cnt tune hl rc\'11.:w and crnmtinatc rccommcndatwns rdating
w the prnv1s1o ns Ill the Englcwnod ~tum 1pal Code: :rnd
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WI I FR l~AS. <:uv L\,uncil deems n nccl.'s!-.ar, to cc,ordm:llc the 1c,·1e,\ o f the Unified
I >cvc lopmc::111 Codc.,-and find s it appropriate tn t~mpor.irily suspend enforcement of select
p1ovis1 1)n S of the Sign(' de rd:111ng to 1hc special review procedure 111 l 6-6-l 3(3 )(h) F.ti.•1.("_, ;111d
WI I EREAS. tht.: morall,num \\Ouk! tcmpor.tnly sH'J) L'nforcc1m.:11t of lhllsc scc1 10!1s: and
\\ 11 1 RE/\~. re, 1.;\\ l'T n.·,·1,wn Ill the Unified lkvclop111en1 Code will help protect 1hc puhlic
hc.thh . s.ilc1, and wdf:in· hy prc .,crving a !>:lfc. health \'. at\ll sou nd environ ment wuhin 1hc Cll).
and
\\ 11 1 RI \S. 1!11.: l'lly l t,u11.:1i llnd, that :1 :..t\ 1rn•nth 11111 1 ;110num 01 h :m p\ll ;u ~ ... usr~·11~1on i.ll
thl' l'llli.lll'Cllll'lll ,,r l.'C1 t:1111 pr11, 1..,mn , 1,I the h1 µ\cw11in l i\h11111.:1p:il Cncle :!000 ,~ ne..:cssary tn
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l·N \ ;i 1'\\10! )I)_ ('(ll OR •\llCl. I I IA I.
SL:£1 inn I. I he City l'o~nc1\ or the Cuy or l:.nglt.:\\oo,t. C'o lorad,, r(.-commi..:mls the ( ·ny
\tanager cst:1h\1sh a mor.thlrium M tcmp1:rar) suspcns1n11 1 •n the l'nfo rceml'nl or tl,c l:nµkwL111d
Mun1c1pal l '1,ck :!OOtl a"i tr, 1hc ~pc..:1,1\ re, 1cw pr CCl, r-un 'er \6•h• 11( \)lh) a11d lh-6-13(-l l
1 .i\1 C ,1gns from l·c hnmry 2. :!010 hl Aut!u,t i. :!010 .
Semo!.11. /\II s1g11-.. l·,·cn 1hu!-c suhJci.:t to tlu!-. nmratn11um. sh,11\ -.1111 he rL'quircd H• n1mply
,,nh all otl11.:1 p1mt"it C111s ,,f th e l·ngkwoml i\h111ic1p:1\ Code '.!000
Section l The 'i ty Co uncil find s 1hc prov isions of thi s Reso luti on arc tcmporc.ry in naH;rc • and nrc in tended to be replace, -;uhscq uent legis lati ve ena cuncnt so that the ni,mll oti um or
temporary suspensio n ur. r.;pcc ifi cd m thi s Rcso luti or, should tc11ninatc on Oc tober I , 20 10 .
ADOPT ED A D Al'l'H VED this 5th da y of Apri l, 20 10 .
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Woodwa rd , Ma yo r
I, Loucri shia A. Elli s, Cit y Clerk for tbe Cit y o f Englewood , C~1do, hereby cc1tify the
above is a trnc co py ofRcsolution No.~-Scncs of 2010. / , ~
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COUNCIL COMMUNI CAT I Ois
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D at e: Age nd a Item : Subject:
February 1, ~009 11 C i A Resolution es tablis hin g a moratorium o n th e
d isc re ti o nary approval process for signs und er
16-6-I 3(:?-)[b) and 16-6-13(4) of th e Englewood
M unic ipal Code -. -
I n i tiated By: Staff So ur ce:
Community Deve lopm ent D epa rt men l A lan Whit
Communi ty Deve lopm ent D irec tor
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREV IOUS COUN CI L ACTI ON
Coun cil was previously bri efed o n th e decis io n o f th e Court of Appea ls in the case of Mike
M ahaney vs. City of Eng lewood.
RE COMMENDED ACTI ON
Th e att ached resoluti on es tablishes a temp orary srnpe ns io n or moratorium fo r a six-mo nth per iod
o n th discr eti o n ary approva l process included under Titl e 16-6 -13(3)(b) an d 1 6-6-13(4) of th e
Englewood Mun icipal Co de . Adopti o n o f :his reso lutio n enac tin g a morator ium immedia tely
addres ses th e p rocedures dee med unconsti tutio nal in th e City's approv al process fo r wall murals
c it ed in th e dec isi on of the Co urt of A pp als. Th e reso lutio n provid es a procedure to revi ew wa ll
murals sho uld a ny app li cations be received b efo re rev ised sign reg ulati ons are prese nt ed to
Coun cil.
BA CKG ROUN l"l, ANALYS I S, AND A LTERNATI VES IDENTI Ft£0
In th rece nt Court of Appea ls dcc1s 1on, th e Co urt rou nd c.enain !>eL li o11:, o ( th e ity's sign co de
un co nstituti ona l. This findin g was du e to th e absen ce of a lim e fr,m1e fo r r view and th e absence
of rev iew cri teria for signage plans req uirin g approval hy th e City M1nc1g er cir designee. Signs
req ui ring app rova l thro ugh a signage plan includ e wa ll mural s.
This reso lu tion estab li shes a moratorium on th e requi reme nt to submit and receive appr ova l of .1
si nage pl.tn fo r a wall mu ra l. If th e res lu11 c11 is ado11 tcd, the moril torium w ill be i11 effec t for a
p eri od o f six m o nth s. Wa ll murals wi ll still be pern ,itt ed and stil l b subject to a si ze limitat ion (125
squ are fee l). In st ~a d of thro ugh a sig na ge plan1 mural s will be revi ewed as a reg ul ar sig n pe rmi t and
subj ec t to the rev iew times spEci fi ed fo r all oth er sif\11S.
Thi s moralorium will als o allow th e Pla nnin g and Z nin g Co mmi ss ion tim e to co nsider how to
addr ess wa ll mural s in th e sign co de revisions th ey are curr ently co nsidering.
FINANC IAL IMPACT • There is no fin ancial impact to th e City as a result of adopting th is reso luti on.
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