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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 93-62 ORDINANCE NO. ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 30 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO AMEND SECTION 30-23 TO INCLUDE A "UC" URBAN CORRIDOR OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE REGULATIONS THAT WILL APPLY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1. That Chapter 30, Section 30-23 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 30.23. UC, Urban Corridor Overlay District Regulations. (a) General Purpose and Description: The UC,Urban Corridor Overlay District, in general is intended to preserve and improve the physical environment along Martin Luther King Parkway; promote the public safety,welfare, convenience and enjoyment of travel and the free flow of traffic along this corridor; ensure that signage provides the essential identity of facilities along this roadway; and prevent needless clutter in appearance along this corridor. This district supplements the regulations of the underlying zoning district classifications. The Zoning Map shall reflect the designation of an Urban Corridor Overlay District by the letters "UC" as a suffix to the underlying zoning district classifications. (b) Definitions: Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise,in this Ordinance: 1. SIGN, ATTACHED shall mean a sign which is attached to or painted on the outside face of a building. An attached sign is also erected parallel to the face of the building, supported by the building and does not extend more than eighteen (18) inches from the face of the building wall or above the roof line of the building to which the sign is affixed. 2. SIGN, DETACHED shall mean a sign which is wholly supported by one or more columns, uprights or braces in the ground and has no support to a building, canopy or facade. 3. SIGN, FENCE shall mean a sign attached or affixed to any type of fence. 4. SIGN,MOBILE shall mean a business sign used to advertise an establishment or services which are on or affixed to trucks, automobiles, trailers or other vehicles used primarily to support or display such signs while parked. 5. SIGN, MOVING shall mean a sign which in whole, or part, does not remain stationary at all times, regardless of the power source which affects movement. (c) Permitted Uses: The permitted uses in the UC, Urban Corridor Overlay District, shall be determined by the underlying zoning district classification. (d) Boundaries: The boundaries of the Urban Corridor Overlay District shall extend a distance of two hundred (200) feet from the street right of way of Martin Luther King Parkway from I-10 East to Cardinal Drive. (e) Area and Height Regulations: The area and height regulations shall be determined by the underlying zoning district classification. (f) Sign Regulations: Signs shall not be permitted within an Urban Corridor Overlay District except as specifically authorized in this section. 1. Permit Requirements. No sign, unless herein excepted, shall be located, constructed, erected, altered, posted, attached or painted until a building permit has been approved by the Chief Building Inspector in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the Standard Building Code. 2. Prohibited Signs. The following types of signs are prohibited in this urban corridor overlay district: a) Off Premise Advertising Signs b) Mobile Signs c) Moving Signs d) Portable Signs - For the purpose of this section, trailer signs and signs on benches are considered to be portable signs. e) Fence Signs f) Banners, except for grand opening signs 2 3. Signs in Residential - UC Districts: Signs shall not be permitted in urban corridor overlay residential districts except as specifically authorized in this section. a) One (1) detached identification sign may be constructed to identify a single family residential development of ten (10)acres or more. Such signs will be subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) Building wall signs will be prohibited. 2) The sign must be for permanent identification of a subdivision. 3) The sign shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet in area. 4) The sign shall not exceed a height of five (5) feet above the ground. 5) The sign shall not be illuminated except by reflective flood light type illumination. There shall not be any flashing or intermittent lights. 6) The sign shall be placed within a landscaped setting containing not less than 120 square feet. 7) All parts of the sign shall be located a minimum of fifteen (15) feet from the property line. 8) The sign shall meet the wind load requirements of the Building Code. b) One (1) detached owner- identification sign shall be permitted for a multiple family development, non-residential, or institutional building for each abutting street, subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall not exceed twenty (20) square feet in area. 2) The sign shall not exceed five (5) feet in height. 3) The sign shall not be lighted except by reflective flood-light type illumination. There shall not be any flashing or intermittent lights. 4) All parts of the sign shall be located a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet from the property line. 5) The sign shall meet the wind load requirements of the Building Code. 6) The sign shall be placed in a landscaped setting of not less than 120 square feet. c) One (1) attached owner-identification sign per multiple- family dwelling development or institutional building shall be permitted for each street abutting the development subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall be attached to or painted on the outside face of the building. 2) The attached sign shall be erected parallel to the face of the building, supported by the building and shall not extend more than eighteen(18) inches from the face of the building wall. 3) The sign shall not exceed the height of the wall of the building to 3 which it is attached. 4) The sign shall not be lighted except by reflective flood light type illumination. There shall not be any flashing or intermittent lights. 5) No sign shall exceed 10 percent of the area of the wall to which it is attached, or 150 square feet, whichever is less. d) One (1) detached owner-identification sign shall be permitted for each commercial use with a Specific Use Permit in the RCR, Residential Conservation and Revitalization District, subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign is included in the site plan approved in the Specific Use Permit. 2) The sign shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in area. 3) The sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. 4) The sign shall not have any flashing lights, intermittent illumination nor revolve nor rotate in any manner. 5) All parts of the sign shall be set back at least fifteen (15) feet from any property line. 6) The sign shall meet the wind load requirements set forth in the Building Code. 7) The sign shall be placed in a landscaped setting of not less than 120 square feet. e) One (1) attached owner- identification sign shall be permitted for each commercial use in the RCR, Residential Conservation and Revitalization District, for each street abutting the lot upon which the use is located, subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall be attached to or painted on the outside face of the building. 2) The attached sign shall be erected parallel to the face of the building, supported by the building and shall not extend more than eighteen (18) inches from the face of the building wall. 3) The sign shall not exceed the height of the wall of the building to which it is attached. 4) The sign shall not exceed 10 percent of the area of the wall to which it is attached or 150 square feet, whichever is less. 5) The sign shall not have flashing lights or any type of intermittent illumination. 4. Signs in Commercial and Industrial - UC Districts: 4 a) One (1) detached owner identification sign, and one (1) additional detached sign for each thoroughfare more than one (1) that abuts the property, shall be permitted in the NC, Neighborhood Commercial District, and OP, Office Park District for each commercial or office park establishment subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall not exceed twenty-five (25) square feet in area. 2) The sign shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height. 3) No portion of the sign shall have flashing lights, intermittent illumination, nor shall it revolve nor rotate in any manner. 4) The sign shall not be located in any required yard. 5) The sign shall meet the wind load requirements of the building code. 6) The sign shall be placed in a landscaped setting of not less than 120 square feet. b) One (1) attached owner - identification sign and one (1) additional attached sign for each thoroughfare more than one (1) that abuts the property, shall be permitted in the NC,Neighborhood Commercial District, and OP, Office Park District for each commercial or office park establishment subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall be attached to or painted on the outside face of the building. 2) The attached sign shall be erected parallel to the face of the building, supported by the building and shall not extend more than eighteen (18) inches from the face of the building wall. 3) The sign shall not exceed the height of the wall of the building to which it is attached. 4) The sign shall not exceed 10 percent of the area of the wall to which it is attached or 150 square feet, whichever is less. 5) The sign shall not have flashing lights or any type of intermittent illumination. c) One (1) detached owner- identification sign, and one (1) additional detached sign for each thoroughfare more than one (1) that abuts the property, shall be permitted per establishment, located in the NSC, CSC, GC-MD, CM, LI and HI district subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall not be greater than twenty (20) feet in height - the maximum height being measured from the point established by a perpendicular line connecting the crown of the roadway immediately abutting the property on which the sign is to be installed with the sign's nearest vertical support to the property line. 2) The sign shall not exceed sixty (60) square feet in area. 5 3) All parts of the sign shall be set back at least ten (10) feet from any property line or street right-of-way. Where a structure existing at the effective date of this section precludes locating a sign in compliance with the setback regulations, the Board of Adjustment shall be authorized to grant a variance to the setback requirement. 4) The sign shall be placed in a landscaped setting of not less than 150 square feet. 5) The sign shall not have flashing lights or any type of intermittent illumination. d) One (1) attached owner-identification sign, and one (1) additional attached sign for each thoroughfare more than one (1) that abuts the property shall be permitted per establishment in the NSC, CSC, GC-MD, CM, LI And HI district subject to the following conditions and restrictions: 1) The sign shall be attached to or painted on the outside face of the building. 2) The attached sign shall be erected parallel to the face of the building, supported by the building and shall not extend more than eighteen (18) inches from the face of the building wall. 3) The sign shall not exceed the height of the wall of the building to which it is attached. 4) The sign shall not exceed 10 percent of the wall to which it is attached or 150 square feet, whichever is less. 5) The sign shall not have flashing lights or any type of intermittent illumination. 5. Exemptions: The following signs are exempted from the requirements of this section: a) Changing of permitted copy of an existing bulletin board, general advertising poster or paint panel(s), display encasement, marquee, flat sign, projecting sign, detached sign, or roof sign, provided no increase occurs with respect to either the area or any such sign or the manner in which it is structurally supported. b) Signs on trucks, buses, or passenger vehicles which are used in the normal conduct of business. c) Name plate and street address signs, less than three (3) square feet in size. d) Non-illuminated real estate signs, temporary in nature, not exceeding more than eight (8) square feet in area, advertising real estate for sale or lease or announcing contemplated improvements of real estate; provided that only one 6 such sign shall be permitted on each street fronting the property. e) Construction signs, not to exceed forty (40) square feet in area and not located in any required yard, denoting the owner, architect, financial institution, general contractor, subcontractor, or any statement pertaining to the project; provided that there is only one sign for each street abutting the premises. f) Warning, security, and traffic directional signs, less than eight (8) square feet in area and four (4) feet in height. g) Election signs temporary in nature, 60 days maximum, less than eight (8) square feet in area and five (5) feet in height and not illuminated, when placed within a residentially zoned area. Election signs must be removed within 10 days after the election. h) Grand opening signs, not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area when it is an attached sign and not exceeding twenty (20) square feet in area and five (5) feet in height when it is a detached sign. The sign shall contain the words "Grand Opening" only and must receive a fifteen (15) day building permit from the City of Beaumont. i) Traditional and seasonal national, state, and religions holiday displays erected without advertising shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter, but shall be subject to the fire code and of the City of Beaumont. Section 2. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only. 7 PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the day of 1993. - MAYOR - 8