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RES OLUT ION NO . 3?-
SE RI ES OF 2010
A RE SOLU TION RECOMME DING TO T l IE CITY MANAG ER OF T H E CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, C LOR/\D THE ESTA.B U IIMEI\ T OF A TEM I' RARY SUS PE NS ION
OR MORATORIUM ON T II E EN F RCEMENT G,0 SELEC f PROV ISIO S Of T l IE
ENGLEWO D M UNICll'AL CODE2000, T H E SIGN C DE, PERTAfNJNG TO WALL
MURA L F R A PERIOD OF SIX MONTH S UNT IL OCTOBER I , 2010 .
\Vl·IEREAS. th e it y ha s spe nt a great dea l of money and effo rt promoting it s down town area
as a !.hopping dest in at ion and a cultural and mti sti c venue ; :md
WHEREAS , Ci ty Cou ncil has direc ted staff lo revie w and revi se. if necessary , provi sions of
the Sign Code co ncerning th e use and di splay of wall murals ; and
WI IEREA 1 sta ff will need sunicicnt time to review and coordi nat e reco 1r.mcndntions relating
to th e prm isions in th e Co de ; and
WII EREAS, City Cou ncil deem s it necessary to coordi nat e th e review o f the Unifii.:.-d
Deve lopme nt Code and rind s it appropriate 10 tcmp0rari ly suspc1~d enforcemen t of sel ect
provis ions of the Sign Co de relating to wa ll mura ls unt il review by the staff nncl Cit y Co un c;!;
and
\V I IEREI\S. the mom tori um wou ld te1nporarily ~top enforcement of tho se sec tion s; and
WI mR EAS, .:my review or revision 10 the Un ifi ed Dcv cl oµmcnt 'ode will hdp pro lcct the
pub lic hc;ilth . s:ifi.:ty and wel fa re hy pre servi ng a safe . health y, and so und en vironment wi th in th e
Cny: and
WI I FREAS , th e City Co uncil fin ds th:-,1 a si x momh morat olium or temp orary sus pension of
th e cnforcc mc11 1 of ce rtain pro vi sions of th e Englewood Mun icip al Codc 2000 pcrt :1i11in g 10 wa ll
mura ls is ncccssmy to imple ment and heg in review of the Un ifi ed Dev elopment Code ; an d
\V I 11:.RE AS, ahc1 .1 1ev ic" of tlic effect ofthL· 11101a10riu m 1cl.itin~ to wall mur:1ls on the
coI 1111m111 y. the rcco mm cnd atm n may he 10 keep th e Co de :-is 11 current ly ex I:-1s so any person
who pu rcha ses, erec ts or ma111ta1m, a wall mura l durin g the mo1-.1IUJ 1tm1 pciiod in contrnvc nuon of
th e ex 1s1111g Sign Cock will do so nl the risk ofllC'lllJ.! subject to c11 f'm cc 111cnt HI th e tcn nination or
the six month 1111.muornnn :
\JOIV , TIIEREFORE , 111 · IT RF SO L VFD BY TII F C'I rY C'()LJN('II, 0 1· T l Iii CITY O F
E 1 ,I FWOOIJ , COLORADO. T l I A I .
cct ion I . Th e Cit y Co un cil of the Ci ty or Englewood, Co lorndo recommends th e it y
Mnnngerestablish a 111orn tonun1 ,ir temp ora ry SliSpcns 1 11 011 lh L· c1 1forcemc 11t o r th e Fng\cwont l
Mumcipa l l'odc 2000 µert11111i11g IV w:-i ll mura ls th rough )r tnher I, 20 10.
• Scc uon 2. All wa ll murnl s. even th ose suhject to tlu s mora torium , ~hall s ll ll be n:qu11ed to
co,npJ ~, wit 11 16-6-1 )(N) l'rnh ihi1 cd, I la 1.ardou s, and Aha11clon ccl Signs as well :ts 16 -6-1 )(M)
f\t,u ntman cc .
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