HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-10-10 07-325 ORDINANCECOUNCIL AMON
Date: October 10, 2007 IfemNo, 07 325
It ubjoa Amending Sign Ordinance — Chapter 260, Section 260-8 — Commercial, industrial,
and Government and Institutional Districts and Section 260-8.2 — Downtown Development and
Waterfront Development Districts.
Responsible Department: Planning Division
Commentary:
This amendmentto the Sign Ordinance would amend the Sign Ordinancem regulate signs In the Waterfront
Development District the same as the Downtown Development District
/s/ James D. Rina
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
f/ City Manager
Areociated Information: 7
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Rnanca Director
Legal Approval:
Ci Clty Solkitor
Introduced for
Passage
3 First Reading Page -I-ofy_
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Assigned to Councilor D'Drrico October 10, 2007
` CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE.) OrdinaRCe r Amending the Sign Ordinance — Chapter 260, Section 260-
8 - Commercial, industrial, Government and Institutional Districts, and Section 260-8.2 —
Downtown Development and Waterfront Development Districts.
Be imrdamed by the C50 fBoevr. arlvows
THAT Section 260, Section 8— Commercial, Industrial, Government and
Institutional and Waterfront Development Districts be amended as follows:
Chnow.60SIGNS
260-8 Commerciz4ladustrizl Coverameor ma Ivnlmtloasl Districts,
A. General requirements
(1) — (4) unchanged
(2] 25feet
(9) A freestanding sign shall be setback from properly Anes as inbloatea below:
olslrict Street else Rear
Lot Line Lot Line Lot Line
(feet) (feed If p
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THAT Section 260-8.2 — Downtown Development and Waterfront Development
Districts be amended as follows:
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Every or -premise sign in Me Dovwtuwn Devagprnem and WabrfraM Davaloomwt Manor making a sign pemtt
shell comply with the fallowing regulations:
A. No sign shall be erected ami the son pwmlt has been leanetl by the Code Enforcement Oflke and Me sign
has receWM all necesawy aparri under ma Hbtwo Precewatlon Ordinance and Bangor Center
Revil4rsatAt Aree Okiiltool erawller onlyplaced
dan the WI I An,anew Cmtas(cor zsaonux,
organization) All aignatennithe bureunds i leamno beplacedan the bug addwhichni the boos ps(a
minionof the
located. d Me business Is leasing a pwdon of a as required
Ma Signe ab ba commalaceral si a
portion oaths erikito me lth subject to Me lease, Me appliwnl wl4 he rwuired M govme wmten permission ham
Me Property, owrmra meal the sign.
B. Horizontal will signs.
(1) Each business shall W permltled we horizontal wall sign facing on each public rghtd-way or public pinking
sea on Ankh it Made or on a public ermacoe.
(a) Any storefrom or business Judi on Me first floor shell place its horimmal wall son bebw the second floor
wlrAawsill.
(b) Any business above the that floor may place its horizontal wall son above the second floor vAMww silt,
grevlded that only we such sign shall be permitted per side of the building.
(2) Masmum belga: three teat; except, however, that highftse buildings shall be permitted W haw a maximum
height of sic feet for eons placed on or abuse d» seventh poor.
(3) horizontal wall signs Mal he adached to and bridge! Mthe Wilding and shall ort W panted directly an Me
surfxe of Me busdmg.
(4) Tine horizontal use M chancel name k common! to constitute a hadva tel wall sign.
C. Windowsgns.
(1) Each business shall be permitletl one window sign facing on each public rigbtafwrey in public pinking ansa
on wbkb a hunts or has a auM'm entrance; however, howr of operadani credit card decals, and the name of
the bushes located widen may be placed on a Wor And rs, waddetl said papering or decals do not exceed
six Inches M height. Such ledericg or decals shall not he charged against a business's we normal sign arae.
(2) Marenum height: was feet M total sign; 12 inches far Individual lafters.
(3) No single window sign may cover more Man 10% of the ti mporeM portion of a Atndaw. No AM" may be
more than 25%covered by signs.
(4) A temporary Alecoa son b perMded pending approval of a permanent son by the Hinofc Preserwari
Cammiesion or Design Review Commit provided Mad it complies wfth Me standards above ant is on
display not more than 45 command" days.
D. Projecting sum.
(1) Each business shall be per erl one horizontal gaiting son facing on each public rigMafivay or public
parking am on when it fronts or has a Nola woman.
(2) Maximum height: three feet.
(3) Pmjeaing signs shall prorate no more Man fise feet from the buidMg surface and shall be aminimum of
ego feed from Ma sidewalk surfaces.
(4) Projecting sons shall not he toward above the second floor window sill.
E. Awningslgns.Abusi�m"haweslgninwrporatadiM anawninglnliw Oahariz ]wail
sign.
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F. Raga and Mennen.
(1) A Wetness may have afro In Ides If its pm)ectlng sign. The hag may netahaMotahy wMdow, excrottlat it
may obstiuct the business' owls display vdrMay. Flagpoles shall as malnolned In goad condition, arch tine
materials of the nags or banners shall not be traded, tarn or freyad.
(2) A business in have a banner in lieu of its projecting sign, Provded that the building on which it Is to be
dismissed k at tenet two stories high.
(a) All connote shall not W less than 10 feet above taw sidewalk.
(b) Banners may project up to Me feat from Me kw of a building,
(a) Public transportation facil0ies, Maturing parking garages, lroad and Malay stations, and bus Wmlwd,
museum, college and university extensions and governmentM Wlldirgs, or agencies, such as Gfy Hell,
county buildings and firm and polka sotmns, shall be peamMed W Wave a maximum of three tanner signs,
subject to the sem and pawment limitations above. These banner signs shall not count hwmNs the group's
maVmum shire ane member of signs or sign area.
G. Vertical wetl ogles.
(1) In Ilan of a honzonol wall sign, a business may ereG one vertical well sign.
(2) Mapimum width: Mree fest.
(3) Vertical wall signs shall bu attached to and paxallo to the buidimJ and shat not the painted directly on the
sudaw of the building.
(4) The vandal use 0alwm el Ideas are permitted M wnsdWe a anneal wall sign.
H. Roof signs shall be prohibited in the Downtown Davaopme and Wetedront Owelopment Dlained
I. Sign saw.
(1) For Wsinesws kaMed an Mof t(i.e.,grouM)flonr, Me MMl area a fall signs per business on the side 0a
Wilding facing a rgMaFwry or ortilic parking to shall an spread 1112 square feet per one had of Ilneer
WBlness enhance which faces that light -of -way or public parking lot,
(2) For Wsmasses learned on or aWve the escort floor. Me ool area of all signs par business on The side of a
Wilding (song a rghtal-way or pudic paadng lot shall not npreed int square foot per ane foot of lnear
business frontage which taws Met aght-of-way or public parking let.
(3) The total area of all signs of all Witness on a We Wilding shall not epoead 3C0 square test per lot.
(4) IfMe amaum of Wilding street promote wnrot W reasonably determin d, We average wdM of the Wahines
shell Ma used,
J. DMacWo slgna.
(1) NotvdMstanding the sign area limilatiions above, we on -premises freestanding directory sign shall W
mermita d, timaided Met Me tllreoory sign can meet the required setback. Fisch panned group develop use
approved by Me Planning Swrd in Me Downtown Development Rea greatest Develcoment DMMM is eeWedM
a directory sign regardless of gra number ad Wsineaws In the planned group development.
(2) All freestanding signs authorized under this provision shell be subject In to Meaning wMMons:
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(a) Signs may be erected only upon review and approval dthe Ravltalizatbn Area Design Review Committee (as
established in Chapter 71, Bangor Center Revitalloa min Arms, § 715, of the Code aMe City of Bangor.
(b) The applicant shall provide evdende addeptable a Me City Engineer Malted Merge ant exam location of
such a sign will twt corelitule a bask hazard.
(c) The sign shad either he non -Illuminated or iMirat y tWmsaled, and materials aid mass area rermodm
arm the manor of the Wilding and wtth buidin is in the sunOuMing area.
(d) Dveclary signs and parts Hereof shell he set back at least Me feel from any popany line, and no ventures
all be parmMed from this provision.
(e) In no may will such alone exceed N square had In area or 16 fad In hinghb
(f) Directory dgna will be limited to the MoI dimension limits in asoymanda wiM budding size:
Maximum size
Building Gross
Floor Area(sq R) Maximum Sign Area (sq, B.)
Oag,ggg 12
10,000 W SS gg 36
,10,000 or more 50
Madmum Height
Number of
Stades In Building
Maximum Sten
Mdght (feet)
Oat
8
3aS
12
Barmom
13
K. Clocks. Time anUlo temperature dsplays are permitted in the Downtown Development Disbk1 MW
Waterfront Devdmment D'sti subleUathefdlowing:
(1) Time andlor temperature displays shall not extend more Man n Inches into the publk way.
(2) TMe anNor Mmpemare displays shaH be a minimum d 10 feel fmm Me bottom mMe displayto Ma
saewalk.
(3) Time ari temperature displays shall rot exceed a atm height of 14 feet.
(4) No1wYMtaMlno the provisions d§260 -3A, a time andfar lempnature d5playwill not he considered a sign,
provided that the only words wdgan on Me We mayor tempereare display is ore name of the premises. A
symbd, swiduare or War pictorial Is permitted, provided Md it is integrated Into the displays design
Additions are underlined and deletions are %trud edF.
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