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ORDINANCE NO . 3 6
SERIES OF 198_2 __
B'i AUrHORl'fY
COUNCI L BILL NO . 40
INTHODUCED BY COUNCI L
MEMBER BRACSHAW
FOR AN CRDINANCE AU.lPrING CRITERIA TO RELI EVE SIGN o.-/NERS OF UNDU E HARCS HIP
AMENDI NG '!'HE C:0-,PHE HENS IVE ZONING G.lDitlANCF. 1963 BY ADD I NG N™ SECT I ON 22 . 2-6
C (2).
WHEHEAS , the Ci t y of Er,gle""'°d recently r ev ised an d reenacted a
Comp r ehens ive Si gn Code regula ti ng s i gnage with in the City of Er,gle..,od ; and
WHEREAS , said Si gn Code was enacted t o meet the Ci ty 's needs to
r e vitali ze a nd redeve lop the City as a majo r r egional r e t a i l s hoppi ng a r ea
and to control s i gnage within t he Ci ty and preserve its correl ative character
of strong family r es i denti al values ; a nd
WHEHEAS , it is the intent o f the Sign Code t o control s i g nage fo r
t r a ffi c safety a nd aesthetic reasons and t o have a comnuni ty whi ch i s
beaut iful , heal t hy , clean , well-bal a nced a nd safe ; a nd
WHERF.AS , it is the desi re o f the City Conr co maintain s t r ic t
compliance with said Sign Code t o accomplish . u r pose s , but t he Co uncil
recogni zes th e re may be limited instances wtlere i t wo uld wo rk too extensive a
ha rdship to r equire persons t o comply with all provisions o f said Code ; and
WHEREAS , the Ci t y Planning and Zo ni ng Comm i ss i on has proposed c rite ri a
to re lieve persons from st ri ct c ompl i a nc e with said s ;gn Code upon a show i ng
of undue ha r dship , a nd the Counc i l dete rmines it i s pr ope r t o do so , so l ong
a s the purposes o f the Sign Code r e main complied with ; and
WHEHEAS , the City Planning and Zo ing Comni ssi on ha s hen tofo r e held
public hea ring s upo n this maLte r and i ssued f ind ings of legisla ti ve fact
which a r e here by adopted by t he Ci ty Counci I and cons i de r ed in conjunction
with the leg i slat ive r e cord upon which t he Com prehe ns ive S i gn Code is oased ;
No,J , 'fl!EREFOR E, BE IT OIID'.\I NED BY TIIE CI TY CO UNCIL OF THE :ITY OF
ENGL ™OOD , CO LORADO:
Sect i on 1. 'fl'lat Sect ion 22 . 2-6 of the Compr e he nsive Zo ni ng Or dinance i s
amended by the additi on of a ne w subsec tion 22 . 2-6 c (2), which s hall r ead :
22 .2-6 c (2 ) In cons ide ring a r e q uest for a variancP to
the Si gn Code , Sec tion 22 . 7 of the Comprehe nsiv"
Zo ning Or dinance , the Boa r d of Adjustment and Appeals
shall de t e r mine that :
1. Th e re are spel i.al ci rcumsta nces o r cond itions such
as the e xi s tence of b uil dings , t opog r aphy , vegetation ,
sign s truc tur e s o r othe r matte rs on adj acent lots or
within the adjacent public ri ght of way , whic h "'°uld
substantially r estri ct the effect iveness o f the s i gn
in que s tion ; prov i ded , howev er , tha t s uc h special
ci r cunstances or conditions must be peculiar t o the
particular business or enterprise to l<ohi ch the
applicant desires to draw attention and do not apply
generally to all buslne-ses o r enterpri ses .
2. The varianc e , i f authorized , will weaken ne i the r
the general purpo se of this Ordinance nor t ,1e
regulations prescribed for the District In ,.tii ch the
s ign is l ocated .
3. 'Ille variance , if authorized , will not alte r the
essential characte r o f the Dist ri ct in l.tiich t he sign
i s located .
4 . The variance , if authorized , will not
s ubstantially or permanently inj ure the appropriate
use of adjacent confo rming prope r ty.
Int roduced , read in full , and pa ssed on fir s t reading on the
16 t h day of Augus t, 198 2 .
Publi s hed as a Bil l fo r an Or dinance on the 18th day of August , 1982 .
Read by title and passed on f inal r ead i ng on t he 7th day of Septembe r,
1982 .
Published by title as Ord i na nce No ._l&_, Series of 1982 , on the 8th day
of Sept embe r, 1982 .
Attest:
/s / Ga ry R . Hi gbee
ex off i c i o City Cle r k-Treasure r
/s / Eug ene L. Otis
Eugene L . Otis , Mayo r
!, Gary H. Higbee , ex officio City Cler k~r r easure r of the City of
Englel,l'.)()d , Co l o r ado , hereby certify t hat the above and forego ing is a true ,
accurate and comple t e copy of the Ord inance passed on fi nal reading and
published by title as Ordinance No . 36 , -ar i es of 1982 , on the 8t h day of
September , 198 2 . --
I s/ Gary R. Higbee
Gary R. H1gbe ~
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