04-10218 Sign Regulationsn
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(Published in the Salina Journal on October _, 2004)
ORDINANCE NUMBER 04-10218
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE XI, SECTIONS 8-385,
8-386,8-387 AND AMENDING CHAPTER 42, ARTICLE X, DIVISION 1, SECTION 42-504
AND 42-506 OF THE SALINA CODE PERTAINING TO SIGN REGULATION
EXEMPTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That Section 42-504 and 42-506 of the Salina Code is hereby amended to read as
follows:
"Section 42-504. Exemptions Generally.
The following signs shall be exempt from the requirements of this article.
(1) Flags of a government or of a political, civic, philanthropic, educational or religious
organization, displayed on private property;
(2) Signs of a duly constituted governmental body, including traffic or similar regulatory
devices, legal notices, warnings at railroad crossings, and other instructional or regulatory
signs having to do with health, hazards, parking, swimming, dumping, etc.;
(3) Memorial signs and tablets displayed on private property;
(4) Address numerals and other signs required to be maintained by law or governmental order,
rule or regulation, provided that the content and size of the signs does not exceed the
requirements of such law, order, rule or regulation;
(5) Small signs, not exceeding five (5) square feet in area, displayed on private property for
the convenience of the public, including signs to identify entrance and exit drives, parking
areas, one-way drives, restrooms, freight entrances, and the like;
(6) Scoreboards in athletic stadiums;
(7) Noncommercial opinion signs and political signs not exceeding eight (8) square feet displayed
on private property in nonresidential and residential zoning districts.
(8) Banner signs across public rights-of-way not exceeding six (6) feet high and forty-eight
(48) feet long may only be displayed from crosswalk frames between Ash Street and
Mulberry Street over Santa Fe Avenue in accordance with limitations specified by signed
agreement with the Salina City Commission.
(9) Window signs identifying a business, product or service offered on the premises that is
affixed to the interior of the window of a shop or store front and not covering over thirty-
three (33) percent of the total window area on a single wall.
Sec. 42-506. Classification of signs --Functional types.
The following signs are classified by function:
(1) Advertising sign. A sign which directs attention to a business, commodity, service or
entertainment conducted, sold, or offered at a location other than the premises on which
the sign is located, or to which it is affixed (off -premise sign).
(2) Bulletin board sign. A sign that indicates the name of an institution or organization on
whose premises it is located and which contains the name of the institution or
organization, the name or names of persons connected with it, and announcements of
persons, events or activities appearing or occurring at the institution. Such signs may also
present a greeting or similar message.
(3) Business sign. A sign that directs attention to a business or profession conducted, or to a
commodity or service sold, offered or manufactured, or an entertainment offered, on the
premises where the sign is located or to which it is affixed.
(4) Construction sign. A temporary sign indicating the names of architects, engineers,
landscape architects, contractors, and similar artisans involved in the design and
construction of a structure or project only during the construction period and only on the
premises on which the construction is taking place.
(5) Identification sign. A sign having the name and address of a building, business,
development or establishment. Such signs may be wholly or partly devoted to a readily
recognized symbol.
(6) Nameplate sign. A sign giving the name and/or address of the owner or occupant of a
building or premises on which it is located, and where applicable, a professional status.
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(7) Noncommercial opinion signs shall mean a sign which does not advertise products, goods,
businesses or services and which expresses an opinion or other point of view and shall
include a political campaign sign.
(8) Political campaign sign shall mean a sign which does not advertise products, goods,
businesses or services and which either endorses by name a specific registered candidate
for elective office or expresses a position in relation to a ballot question.
(9) Real estate sign. A sign pertaining to a sale or lease of the lot or tract of land on which the
sign is located, or to the sale or lease of one or more structures, or a potion thereof located
thereon."
Section 2. That the existing Sections 8-385, 8-386, 8-387, 42-504 and 42-506 are 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.
[SEAL]
ATTEST:
Lieu Ann Elsey, CMC, City CICO
Introduced: July 19, 2004
Passed: October 11, 2004
Monte Shadwick, Mayor