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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on the
9th day of September 1991 at 7 :15 p.m. at the
City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider an amendment to
the Sign Ordinance regarding real estate signs.
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Coordinator at 569 -3300 to make arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO. 91 -13
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 34 OF THE CITY ORDINANCES
REGARDING THE ALLOWABLE SIZE OF SPACE FOR LEASE
REAL ESTATE SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 34 -130 of the City Ordinances of the
City of Brooklyn Center is hereby amended by adding new paragraph
14 as follows:
Section 34 -130. PROHIBITED SIGNS
14. Sians painted on a commercial vehicle which is
barked at a commercial premises in such a manner as
to constitute a static disDlav advertisina a
business. Droduct or service to the travelina
public and which is not makina a DickuD or delivery
or beina appropriately stored on the premises.
Section 2. Section 34 -140 of the City Ordinances of the
City of Brooklyn Center is amended as follows:
Section 34 -140. PERMITTED SIGNS
2. Permitted Signs Not Requiring a Permit
1. Real Estate signs as follows:
3. Temporary signs for the purpose of
leasing or selling [dwelling units in
buildings containing two (2) or more
units and temporary signs for the purpose
of leasing or selling] portions of
commercial or industrial buildings, such
as offices or individual tenant areas are
permitted only when vacancies exist and
are limited to [walls facing public
streets] one freestandina or wall sian
Der street frontaae. The size of signs
shall be [determined on the basis of wall
area and distance from public right -of-
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way in the following manner:] no areater
than 32 sa. ft. and freestandina sians
shall be no hiaher than 10' above around
level.
All sians permitted by this section of
the ordinance shall be marked with the
date on which the sian was erected to be
located in the lower riaht hand corner of
the sian. Said sian must be removed no
later than one vear from said date and
may be re- erected onlv if vacancies exist
and the sian is completely reiuvenated or
replaced. Anv sian not containina the
date it was erected is unlawful.
(a. For buildings with a wall area of 1,000
sq. ft. or less facing a public street,
the maximum size sign shall be 10 sq. ft.
For buildings with over 1,000 sq. ft. of
wall area facing a public street, the
maximum size sign shall be 16 sq. ft.
b. Buildings eligible for temporary
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real estate wall signs under
Subsection (a) above shall be
entitled to a sign 50% greater in
area if the building is over 100
feet from the right -of -way line and
100% greater if the building is over
300 feet from the right -of -way line.
4. Buildings entitled to temporary wall
signs as specified in Subsection 34-
140:2.1 (3) above may utilize up to 10
sq. ft. or 50% of the area (whichever is
less) of an existing freestanding
identification sign in lieu of all other
real estate signs.]
Section 3. Section 2 of this ordinance shall
automatically be repealed one year from the effective date of this
ordinance unless earlier reenacted by the Council. Upon such
automatic repeal, the terms of Section 34 -140 of the City Code of
Ordinances shall automatically revert to those in effect at the
time of adoption of this ordinance.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective after
adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its legal publication.
Effective date of this ordinance is September 20, 1991.
ORDINANCE NO. 91 -13
Adopted this 12th day of August 1991.
Todd Paulson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deputy Clerk
Date of Publication Au 21 1991
Effective Date Sept ember 20, 1991
(Brackets indicate matter to be deleted, underline indicates new
matter.)