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CITY OF
CHANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.227.1190
Engineering
Phone: 952.2271160
Fax: 952.227.1170
MEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
FROM: Bob Generous, Senior Planner
DATE: June 25, 2012 0� f
SUBJ: City Code Amendment — Temporary Signs
Chapter 20, Zoning, Section 20 -1256
PROPOSED MOTION:
"The Chanhassen City Council approves the attached ordinance amending
Chapter 20 regulating permits for temporary signs."
City Council approval requires a majority vote of City Council present.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Finance
Phone: 952.227.1140 Four subsections of the sign code were deleted in 2009. These sections addressed
Fax: 952.227.1110 inflatable devices, flashing or blinking portable signs, stringers and pennants, large
Park & Recreation flags and the use of searchlights.
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952.227.1110 PLANNING COMMISSION SUMMARY
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Recreation Center
The Planning Commission held a public hearing on June 5, 2012. The Planning
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Commission voted 6 for and 0 against a motion recommending approval of the attached
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ordinance. amending Chapter 20 Zoning of the Chanhassen City Code pertaining to
Fax: 952.227.1404
permits for temporary signs. There were no issues raised regarding the amendment.
Planning &
Planning Commission minutes are item 1 a of the June 25, 2012 City Council packet.
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227.1130
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends approving the ordinance amending Chapter 20 regulating permits
Public Works
for temporary signs.
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ATTACHMENT
Senior Center
1. Planning Commission Staff Report Dated June 5, 2012.
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
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CITY OF
CgANHASSEN
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Administration
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110
Building Inspections
Phone: 952.227.1180
Fax: 952.227.1190
Engineering
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
Finance
Phone: 952.227.1140
Fax: 952.227.1110
Park & Recreation
Phone: 952.227.1120
Fax: 952.227.1110
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
Phone: 952.227.1400
Fax: 952.227.1404
Planning &
Natural Resources
Phone: 952.227.1130
Fax: 952.227.1110
Public Works
7901 Park Place
Phone: 952.227.1300
Fax: 952.227.1310
Senior Center
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
Web Site
www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us
MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Robert Generous, AICP
DATE: June 5, 2012
SUBJ: City Code Amendment
Chapter 20, Zoning, Section 20 -1256
PROPOSED MOTION:
"The Chanhassen Planning Commission recommends that City Council adopt the
attached ordinance amending Chapter 20 of the Chanhassen City Code regulating
permits for temporary signs."
BACKGROUND
On April 3, 2012, staff presented potential code amendments to the Planning
Commission for review and direction. At that time, staff pointed out that we had
discovered that in amending the temporary sign section of the code in 2009, we had
inadvertently deleted several sections of the code pertaining to temporary signs. The
Planning Commission directed staff to prepare the changes for City Code to bring
these sections back.
DISCUSSION
Temporary Signs
ISSUE: Four subsections of the sign code were deleted in 2009. These sections
addressed inflatable devices, flashing or blinking portable signs, stringers and
pennants, large flags and the use of searchlights.
PROPOSED CHANGE: Amend Section 20 -1256 by adding subsections 5, 6, 7 and
8 as shown below:
Temporary signs are permitted as follows:
1. Banners attached to the principal structure shall not exceed 140 square feet.
2. Detached banners shall not exceed 32 square feet and 6 feet in height.
3. Portable signs shall not exceed 32 square feet and 6 feet in height.
4. All temporary signage shall meet the following standards:
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a. A 30 -day display period to coincide with the grand opening of a business or a new
development (business park or shopping center which shall be in addition to Sec 20 -1256
(4) (b)).
b. A business may display an attached or detached banner or portable sign on up to four
occasions per calendar year with a maximum ten -day display period for each occasion.
c. Messages must relate to on- premises products or services, or any noncommercial
message.
d. Attached banners, detached banners and portable signs must be located on the property
which is owned or leased by the business which the sign is advertising. Non - profit and
governmental event banners are excluded from this provision.
e. Portable signs and detached banners shall not be located in the public right -of -way.
f. Portable signs and detached banners are limited to the driveway entrance area.,
g. No more than one portable sign or detached banner shall be permitted per entrance at any
given time.
5. Inflatable advertising devices are permitted according to the following:
a. for each site or center, two occasions per calendar year with each occasion not to
exceed seven (7) days.
b. written authorization from the property owner or their designee must be submitted
with the sign permit application.
c. sign permit issued by city.
d. maximum height of the inflatable shall be twenty -five (25) feet.
6. Flashing or blinking portable signs, stingers, and pennants are not permitte .
7. Large flags flown in high winds may cause a noise nuisance and are subject to removal
upon complaint from residents or businesses.
8. The use of searchlights shall be limited to three (3) occasions per year with a ch
occasion not to exceed two (2) days. The use of searchlights shall be controlled in such a
way so as not to become a nuisance. Searchlights may not be illuminated between the
hours of twelve (12:00) midnight and six (6:00) a.m.
Planning Commission
City Code Amendment — Section 20 -1256
June 5, 2012
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the attached ordinance
amending Chapter 20 Zoning-of the Chanhassen City Code pertaining to permits for temporary
signs.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance Amending Chapter 20, Zoning, Section 20 -1256, subsections 5 - 8.
2. Section 20 -1256 from Ordinance Number 231 adopted on January 9, 1995.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20
CHANHASSEN CITY CODE, ZONING,
CONCERNING PERMIT FOR
TEMPORARY SIGNS, SEARCHLIGHTS, BANNERS, ETC.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA ORDAINS:
Section 1 . The Chanhassen City Code is amended by adding section 20 -1256 subsections 5
through 8 to read as follows:
5. Inflatable advertising devices are permitted according to the following:
a. for each site or center, two occasions per calendar year with each occasion not to exceed seven
(7) days.
b. written authorization from the property owner or their designee must be submitted with the sign
permit application.
c. sign permit issued by city.
d. maximum height of the inflatable shall be twenty -five (25) feet.
6. Flashing or blinking portable signs, stingers, and pennants are not permitted.
7. Large flags flown in high winds may cause a noise nuisance and are subject to removal upon
complaint from residents or businesses.
8. The use of searchlights shall be limited to three (3) occasions per year with each occasion not to
exceed two (2) days. The use of searchlights shall be controlled in such a way so as not to become a
nuisance. Searchlights may not be illuminated between the hours of twelve (12:00) midnight and six
(6:00) a.m.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _ day of , 2012, by the City Council of the City of
Chanhassen, Minnesota.
Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Thomas A. Furlong, Mayor
(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on
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Sec. 20 -1256. Permit for temporary signs, searchlights, banners, etc.
Temporary signs are permitted as follows:
1. Banners shall not exceed one hundred forty (140) square feet and portable signs
shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet and shall meet the following standards:
a. a thirty (30) day display period to coincide with the grand opening of a
business or a new development (business park or shopping center), or a
business may display a banner or portable sign on three occasions per
calendar year with a maximum 10 -day display period for each occasion.
b. messages must relate to on- premise products or services, or any non-
commercial message; and
C. banners must be affixed to a principal structure which is owned or leased
by the business which the sign is advertising. Non -profit and
governmental event banners are excluded from this provision.
d. portable signs shall not be located in the public right -of -way.
e. sign permit issued by city.
2. Inflatable advertising devices are permitted according to the following:
a. for each site or center, two occasions per calendar year, with each occasion
not to exceed seven (7) days;
b. written authorization from the property owner or their designee must be
submitted with the sign permit application.
C. sign permit issued by city.
d. maximum height of the inflatable shall be twenty -five (25) feet.
3. Flashing or blinking portable signs, stringers, and pennants are not permitted.
4. Large flags flown in high winds may cause a noise nuisance and are subject to
removal upon complaint from residents or businesses.
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5. The use of searchlights shall be limited to three (3) occasions per year, with each
occasion not to exceed two (2) days. The use of searchlights shall be controlled
in such a way so as not to become a nuisance. Searchlights may not be
illuminated between the hours of twelve (12:00) midnight and six o'clock (6:00)
a.m.
Sec. 20 -1258. Legal Action.
If the City Planning Director or an administrative officer finds that any sign regulated by
this division is prohibited as to size, location, content, type, number, height or method of
construction; or erected without a permit first being granted to the installer of the sign to the
owner of the property upon which the sign has been erected or is improperly maintained, or is
in violation of any other provision of this chapter, he shall give written notice of such violation
to the owner or permittee thereof. If the permittee or owner fails to remove or alter the sign so
as to comply with the provisions set forth in this chapter within (10) calendar days following
receipt of said notice:
(1) Such permittee or owner may be prosecuted for violating this chapter and if
convicted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Each day a violation exists shall
constitute a separate offense.
Sec. 20- 1259.. Prohibited signs.
The following signs are prohibited:
(1) Advertising or business signs on or attached to equipment, such as semi -truck
trailers, where signing is a principal use of the equipment on either a temporary
or permanent basis.
(2) Motion signs and flashing signs, except time and temperature signs and barber
poles which may be permitted by conditional use permits (see sections 20 -231
through 20 -237).
(3) Projecting signs, not including awning or canopies as defined in this ordinance.
(4) Roof signs, except that a business sign may be placed on the roof, facia or
marquee of a building provided it does not extend above the highest elevation of
the building, excluding chimneys, and provided:
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