2001-89REVISED ORDINANCE NO. 2001-89
An Ordinance amending and in some instances renumbering parts of Chapter 14.12 PERMIT
AND FEES, Section 14.12.050, Chapter t4.24 SPECIFIC REGULATIONS, Section 14.24.101
and Section 14.24.090, Chapter 14.48 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT, Section
14.48.015 and create, rig ~*;~- 1~ ~ n~ ,~,~,~ ,,,-,~ ....... ,-,,To of the Code of General
Ordinances of the City of Janesville to increase the Sign Fee schedule or impose new fees, with
penalties for violations thereof as set forth in Chapter 14.48.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Section 14.12.050 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Janesville is hereby amended to read as follows:
"14.12.050 Fee--Specified. A. All signs. The permit fees for all new and/or
modified signs shall be as follows:
1. For each square foot of surface area, twenty five seventy-five cents
($0.75):
C.
2. Minimum fee, 5~een Twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
Ifa sign is erected or placed without obtaining the necessary permit, fees for such
pemfit shall be doubled. (Ord. 84-373 l(part), 1984)."
" L051 Off-Premises signs -- Annual License and Fee Required.
A. to all other fees and requirements imposed by ordinance for new
the owner of an existing off-premises sign, as defined in
Section .220, shall pay to the City an annual license fee of One Hundred
Dollars number of faces.
B. This be due and payable, and shall not be pro-rated, for
This
The license period shall
following year.
A fully, accurately, and properly
premises sign license application for
July 1 and shall end on June 30 of the
executed and dated annual off-
:off-premises sign shall be
filed by the owner with the city no later than
modified signs at the time of payment of other fees.
on a form prescribed by the Department of Code
annual fee shall be paid at the time the application is filed.
It is a violation of this ordinance if an annual off-premises
application is not timely filed or the annual fee not timely paid
premises sign.
31, and for new or
be
The
~position of a forfeiture and/or injunctive relief
for violations of this ordinance, ' si n in violation shall be
doubled."
SECTION IlL Section 14.24.010 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of
Janesville is hereby amended as follows:
"14.24.010 Attention-getting devices--Prohibition--Exceptions.
A. Attention-getting devices are not permitted except as provided in this chapter.
B. An attention-getting device is permitted upon each parcel not more than once within
each calendar year, for not more than seven consecutive days, and only upon issuance of an
attention-getting device permit.
C. Application for a an attention-getting device permit shall be made to the department of
code enforcement,
D. The fee for an attention getting-device permit shall be ~ffeev_ Twenty-five dollars
($25.00).
E. Attention-getting devices for which a permit is required and for which a permit has
been issued are exempt from the requirements of Chapters 14.12 and 14.16. (()rd. 87-500 2,
1987: Ord. 84-373 1)(part), 1984)."
SECTION IV. Section 14.24.090 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville is
hereby amended as follows:
"14.24.090 Mobile signs. Mobile signs are not permitted except as follows:
A. A temporary mobile sign not to exceed seventy-two square feet may be allowed
as a substitute interim sign for a period of ninety days when no other sign is on the parcel. The
building inspector may extend the time allowed for a substitute interim sign for one additional
thirty-day period if there is good cause shown. A permit must be obtained for such sign and a
fee of fiff~_en Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) must be paid prior to use of the sign.
B. One temporary mobile sign, per parcel, not to exceed seventy-two square feet may
be allowed for promotional purposes for a period not exceeding thirty consecutive days once in
any calendar year. A permit must be obtained for such sign and a fee of 5ft. een Twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) must be paid prior to use of the sign.
C. Any motor vehicle used on a regular basis for a bona fide business purpose other
than advertising is not deemed a mobile sign and is exempt from all provisions of this title.
D. In addition to the temporary mobile sign permitted in Section B. above, an
additional temporary mobile sign may be allowed for each change of occupancy on the parcel.
Said sign shall not exceed seventy-two square feet and may be allowed for a period not to exceed
thirty consecutive days within the first three months that the new occupant is open for business.
However, at no time shall more than one temporary mobile sign be permitted on the parcel. A
permit must be obtained for such said sign and a fee of 5ffeen Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) must
be paid prior to the use of the sign."
SECTION V. Section 14.48.015 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville is
hereby amended as follows:
"14.48.015 Plan Commission review of conditional sign permits. This chapter provides
for Plan Commission review and approval of conditional sign permits. The following
application, hearing and review process shall apply.
A. Application. An application for a conditional sign permit shall be filed with the
City Planner on a prescribed form, accompanied with the required $-h?~ Two Hundred Fifty
Dollars ($250.00) application fee. The application shall be accompanied by a site plan
delineating the location of the proposed sign, sign plans normally required with a sign permit
application and such plans or other information as deemed necessary by the City Planner to
process the application."
ADOPTED: October 8, 2001
APPROVED:
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Proposed by:
Prepared by:
City Administration
Administrative Intern
MOTION BY: Williams
SECOND BY: Damron
COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT
DAMRON X
WILLIAMS X
O'LEARY X
DEGARMO X
BRIEN X
~MURPHY X
i STEEBER X