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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-04-08 19-141 ORDINANCETitle, Ordinance 19-141 04/08/2019 CITY COUNCIL ACTION Council Meeting Date: April 8, 2019 Item No: 19-141 Responsible Dept: Legal Action Requested: Ordinance Map/Lot: 41-71 Amending Chapter 231, Public Parks, Section 231-8, to Allow for Entrance sign for the University of Maine Museum of Art Summary This will amend Chapter 231, Section 8 of the City's ordinance regarding signs in public parks to allow for the University of Maine Museum of Art to have a sign in Hannibal Hamlin Mall. The Museum of Art's primary entrance is via a pedestrian bridge across the Kenduskeag Stream. The Museum of Art has requested permission for a sign to be erected at the entrance to the bridge. The City Code does allow some signage in City Parks but needs to be amended to allow the Museum to have a sign. Committee Action Committee: Government Operations Committee Action: Staff Comments & Approvals Meeting Date: March 18, 2019 For: Lum Lt-Fv�j �� - City Manager City Solicitor Introduced for: First Reading and Referral Against: Finance Director CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE Date: April 8, 2019 Assigned to Councilor: Weston 19-141 04/08/2019 ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 231, Public Parks, Section 231-8, to Allow for Entrance sign for the University of Maine Museum of Art WHEREAS, the University of Maine Museum of Art's primary entrance is via a pedestrian bridge across the Kenduskeag Stream from Hannibal Hamlin Mall, a City Park; and WHEREAS, The Museum of Art has requested permission for a sign to be erected at the entrance to the bridge; and WHEREAS, the Code of the City of Bangor does allow some signage in City Parks; and WHEREAS, given the unique circumstances of the Museum of Art connection to property via a bridge over the Kenduskeag Stream abutting a City Park it is appropriate to amend the City Code to allow for an exception for a sign. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT Chapter 231 of the Code of the City of Bangor is amended as follows: §231-8 Except in conjunction with supervised activities under the general control and supervision of the Director and in particular activities conducted at Bass Park, no person in a park shall: A. Unchanged. B. Unchanged. C. Unchanged. D. Exceptions. In Hannibal Hamlin Mall (Tax Map 41, Lot 71, one sign erected on behalf of the University of Maine Museum of Art at its entrance not to exceed three feet in width, three feet in depth, or eight feet in height and subject to design review and approval by the Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of Community and Economic Development, and City Manager, 5sponsorship signs erected by the City of Bangor in accordance with Chapter 260, §260-13F, and temporary sidewalk (sandwich board) signs and sidewalk merchandise displays in West Market Square permitted under §260-9 and 260-9.1, respectively, shall not be deemed a violation of this section. Additions are underlined, deletions strue� h. H > 0000 b z HH H O ro z H Pi 7J C\ 11 I tXlCZECZ] t.iO tLr H H H a r H 1 e1-1 oo rrz � N IC �, ` X00 rC 7y .I- N n 1 -- N 0 L7 L7Ot=7 O • H 0~ Z HH H H1/40 0 0 0 cf) z 1-c C 0 tx1z .. d t71 1/4 V ro z v� til cn a a r c) r rxi to c) to ro to ro 0 to ro H (7 H rtl td to to C) H 0 z H n x 0 L-1