09-10517 Residential Sign Regulations1
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(Published in the Salina Journal onr _4, 2009)
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ORDINANCE NUMBER 09-10517
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE X, DIVISION 2, SECTION
42-517 OF THE SALINA CODE REGARDING SIGN REGULATIONS FOR
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AND REPEALING EXISTING SECTION 42-517.
WHEREAS, the sign provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 42, Article X, Division 2
of the Salina Code, have remained basically unchanged since 1991; and
WHEREAS, technology in the sign industry has evolved in the last 18 years as to the use of
electronics and electronic messages; and
WHEREAS, businesses and the City's own Bicentennial Center have been utilizing
electronic, message centers as part of their signage; and
WHEREAS, certain community facilities located in residential zoning districts such as
schools, churches, YMCA facilities, etc are seeking permission to install electronic message center
signs; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate that Salina's Zoning Ordinance provisions pertaining to
digital and LED signs be updated to reflect the technological advancements in the sign industry.
SO NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the city of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-517 of Chapter 42, Article X, Division 2 of the Salina Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 42-517. RS, R, R-1, R-2, R-2.5, R-3 and MH residential districts.
The following sign regulations shall apply in the RS, R, R-1, R-2, R-2.5, R-3 and MH
residential districts:
(1) Functional types permitted:
a. Bulletin board signs;
b. Business signs;
C. Construction signs;
d. Identification signs;
e. Nameplate signs;
f. Real estate signs.
(2) Structural types permitted:
a. Ground signs;
b. Wall signs;
c. . Awning, canopy and marquee signs (when used in conjunction with a
conditional use along a collector or arterial street only).
(3) Number of signs permitted:
a. Ground sign: one (1) per zoning lot.
b. Wall signs: two (2) per zoning lot.
c. Awning, canopy and marquee signs: one (1) per zoning lot.
d. A maximum of three (3) signs is permitted per zoning lot.
(4) Maximum gross surface area:
a. Bulletin board signs: Thirty-two (32) square feet.
b. Business signs: Eight (8) square feet.
c. Construction signs: Thirty-two (32) square feet.
d. Identification signs: Thirty-two (32) square feet.
e. Nameplate signs: Two (2) square feet.
f. Real estate signs: Eight (8) square feet per lot, provided that one sign of not
more than one hundred (100) square feet in area announcing the sale of lots
and/or homes in a subdivision may be located on such development. Such
signs shall be removed at the end of three (3) years from the date of issuance
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of permit, or when seventy-five (75) percent of the lots in the subdivision or
development have been sold, whichever occurs sooner.
g. Business signs: When used in conjunction with a conditional use and only
along a collector or arterial street; one (1) square foot of sign area for each
lineal foot of building frontage, not to exceed thirty-two (32) square feet.
(5) Maximum height:
a. All signs shall be placed flat against a building or designed as part of an
architectural feature thereof except that signs may be detached if they do not
exceed a height of eight (8) feet or project into any required building setback
area.
b. No height limit is specified for signs placed flat against or painted on the wall
of a building, or other attached signs provided all other provisions of this
section are complied with.
(6) Required setback:
a. All signs, except real estate and construction signs, shall maintain the same
setback required for principal structures.
b. Detached grounds signs used in conjunction with a conditional use shall be set
back at least ten (10) feet from the front property line.
(7) Illumination: No sign shall be illuminated, except that identification signs and
bulletin board signs may be internally or externally illuminated, provided that no
direct light shall be cast upon any residential property. In addition, churches,
schools, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, assisted living facilities,
governmental facilities, YMCAs and parks and recreational facilities and athletic
fields, may have one (1) freestanding electronic changeable copy identification or
bulletin board sign subject to the following limitations:
a. The electronic message center portion of the sign may not exceed fifty (50%) of
the total sign area.
b. The sign must set back at least ten (10) feet from the front property line and
must be set perpendicular to the adjoining public street, provided that signs on
corner lots may be set at a forty-five (45) degree angle at street intersections.
c. The sign may not exceed a height of eight (8) feet.
d. All electronic message center signs must be equipped with a photo cell dimmer
or some other automatic dimmer control and may not operate between 10:00
p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
e. No minimum hold time or interval of change shall be required.
f. Text and moving pictorial images shall be permitted, however, no sign shall
have blinking, flashing or fluttering lights or any other illuminating device that
changes the intensity, brightness or color of the sign background."
Section. 2. That the existing Section 42-517 is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption
and publication once in the official city newspaper.
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Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, ity Clerk
Introduced: September 21, 2009
Passed: September 28, 2009