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2000-2REVISED ORDINANCE NO. 2000-2 An ordinance amending various off-premises sign provisions of Title 14 of the Janesville Code of General Ordinance (Signs), with a penalty and injunctive relief for a violation thereof as set forth in Section 14.48.050 of the Code of General Ordinances of the City of Janesville. THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JANESVILLE DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. Section 14.20.085 is hereby created to read as follows: 14.20.085 Off-premises ground signs. A. Off-premises ground signs are allowed in accord with the provisions of Section 14.24.095. Those provisions limit the locations for off-premises signs to only those parcels fronting specific streets regardless of the parcel's sign district designation. SECTION II. Section 14.24.095 is hereby created to read as follows: 14.24.095 Off-premises signs. A. Off-premises directional signs, which are not exempt under Section 14.24.050 (construction signs), shall comply with the provisions for on-premises ground signs in Section 14.28.030 and shall be limited to one per parcel. B. Off-premises signs shall only be located on parcels that have frontage directly on the following streets or street segments (share the right-of-way line as a common property line). Said signs shall only be located along the parcel's frontage of the listed street. Said signs must be located within 100 feet of the adjoining right-of- way line of said listed street. The message portion of said signs shall be predominately perpendicular to the listed street that it fronts. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Milton Avenue (STH 26) from Black Bridge Road north to Lexus Lane. Humes Road (USH 14) from Deerfield Drive west to Newville Road. Interstate 90 from Humes Road (USH 14) northwest to the city limits. Interstate 90 from Palmer Drive south to the City Limits. Racine Street (STH 11) from 1-90 east to USH 14. Delavan Drive from Main Street east to South Wright Road. Center Avenue (USH 51) from Joliet Street south to the City Limits. Beloit Avenue from Conde Street south to the city limits. Avalon Road (STH 351 / 11) from Oakhill Avenue east to Interstate 90. South Jackson Street from Delavan Drive south to Elliot Street. West Court Street from Arch Street west to Crosby Avenue. C. In addition to all other limitations specified in this title, off-premises ground signs may be displayed only if they comply with the following regulations: 1. Off-premises signs may only be located on land zoned for business or industrial purposes. 2. All off-premises signs shall be spaced not less than 750 feet from any other off-premises sign; such distances shall be measured along the same side of the street abutting the sign parcel. (a) The Plan Commission shall have the authority to vary the above spacing through the Conditional Sign Permit process outlined in Section 14.48.015 to not less than 375 feet in order to allow the construction of a new off-premises sign. The Plan Commission, in its review, shall consider the following: i. The relationship of the proposed off-premises sign location to other off- premises signs, on-premises signs, existing man-made and natural features and residential and agriculture zoned properties. ii. The impact of the proposed off-premises sign on existing residences in the surrounding area regardless of the zoning of the parcel on which said residences are located. iii. The impact of the proposed off-premises sign on the development or redevelopment of the parcel on which it is proposed to be located. 3. All off-premises signs shall be spaced not less than 600 feet from any land zoned residence or agriculture. Such spacing distance shall be measured along both sides of abutting streets except that the Plan Commission may, by issuing a Conditional Sign Permit following the process outlined in Section 14.48.015, reduce the 600 foot spacing from residence and agriculture zone districts to 300 feet for only said districts on the opposite side of the street from the proposed sign. The Plan Commission, in its review, shall consider the criteria outlined in Section 2 (a) above. 4. If any portion of the sign parcel adjoins any parcel zoned residence or agriculture district and if the specific location of the sign on said sign parcel is within 600 feet of the boundary with said residence or agriculture district, then in addition to satisfying the spacing prescribed in Sections 2 and 3 above and the following Section 9, the sign shall not be permitted unless the Plan Commission determines it appropriate by issuing a Conditional Sign Permit following the process outlined in Section 14.48.015. The Plan Commission, in its review, shall consider the criteria outlined in Section 2 (a) above. 5. All off-premises signs shall be spaced not less than 600 feet from the ordinary high water mark of the Rock River. 6. All off-premises signs are prohibited within the downtown as defined by the area included within Sign District D and its overlap with Sign District B. 7. The maximum surface area for an off-premises sign, including the frame or trim, shall be three hundred square feet for each single face, not to exceed a total of six hundred square feet if there is more than one face. For off-premises signs located along Interstate 90, the maximum surface area for an off-premises sign, including the frame or trim, shall be six hundred square feet for each single face, not to exceed a total of one thousand two hundred square feet if there is more than one face. 8. No off-premises sign shall extend above a total height of thirty feet above grade. 9. All off-premises advertising signs shall comply with all yard and setback requirements of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Janesville Code of General Ordinance, and in no case shall a setback be less than twenty-five feet from any street line. All distances shall be measured from the property line to the outermost physical extension of the sign, sign structure and any cotnponent parts. SECTION III. Section 14.28.040 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.28.040 District A--Off-premises signs permitted. In sign overlay district A, off-premises signs are permitted in accord with the provisions of Section 14.24.095: SECTION IV. Section 14.28.070 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.28.070 District B--Off-premises signs permitted. In sign overlay district B, off-premises signs are permitted in accord with the provisions of Section 14.24.095: SECTION V. Section 14.28.100 is hereby amended to read as follows: 14.28.100 District C--Off-premises signs permitted. In sign overlay district C, off-premises signs are permitted in accord with the provisions of Section 14.24.095: SECTION VI. Section 14.28.130 of the Janesville Code of General Ordinance is hereby repealed and recreated as follows: 14.28. 130 District D - Off-premises signs. Off-premises signs are prohibited in District D and that portion of District B that overlaps with District D as outlined in Section 14.24.095. SECTION VII. Section 14.36.020 is hereby amended to read as follows: · 14.36.020 Exemptions. The requirement in Section 14.36.010 for compliance or removal of a nonconforming sign upon the change of use or destruction or damage resulting from an act of God shall not apply to the following: A. A sign which varies from the height, area, projection, or setback limitations in an amount of not more than twenty percent of the allowable dimension; B. A sign which is nonconforming solely as a result of its distance from another sign. This exemption does not apply to off-premises advertising signs that do not meet the spacing requirements from any residence or agriculture zoned district. It does apply to off-premises signs which do not meet the spacing distance from other off-premises signs. SECTION VIII. Section 14.36.030 is hereby created to read as follows: 14.36.030 Replacement and relocation of nonconforming off-premises signs. The following regulations shall govern the replacement or relocation of nonconforming off-premises signs that have been or will be removed. The intent of these provisions is to allow for the potential to reconstruct nonconforming off-premises signs in their current location or the potential to relocate such signs where they might otherwise be prohibited. A. The Plan Conunission may, through the issuance of a Conditional Sign Permit following the process outlined in Section14.48.015, allow a nonconforming sign that has been or will be removed to be replaced in its current location or relocated to a new location. The Plan Commission, in its review, shall consider the following: 1. The relationship of the proposed off-premises sign location to other off-premises signs, on- premises signs, existing man-made and natural features and residential and agriculture zoned properties. 2. The impact of the proposed off-premises sign on existing or planned residences, the Downtown as defined by Sign District D, and the Rock River. 3. The impact of the proposed off-premises sign on the development or redevelopment of the parcel on which it is will be located. 4. The Plan Commission may modify the standards of Section 14.24.095 to allow the replacement or relocation of a nonconforming sign that has been or will be removed. SECTION IX. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the Common Council, the public health, welfare, peace, tranquility, good order, public benefit, and police power so requiring. ADOPTED: March 23, 2000 APP ED: Steven E. Sheiffe~, City Manatger AT~.T~T: /? J~Xmi Wulf, Ci~ Clerk;T~a~u~ APPROVE~O ~:~ ' ~. City Attorney MOTION BY: O' Leary SECOND BY: Schneider COUNCILMEMBER AYE NAY PASS ABSENT WESTPHAL X MURPHY X O'LEARY X BRIEN X STEHURA X NOLL X SCHNEIDER X Proposed by: Applicant Prepared by: Planning Department