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. . period of time, (II) Banners, pennants, ribbons, streamers, strings oflight bulbs, except as special event signs as allowed by Council approval. Section V (E) states that following TEMPORARY SIGNS are PERMITTED: (3) Community Promotion Signs and Civic Promotion Signs, The size, location, frequency and duration of such signs may vary considerably depending on the nature of the promotion or civic event. Any such proposed signs ofless than 32 square feet in area and setback more than 20 feet from the street ROW line shall require only administrative approval. Proposed signs in excess of 32 sq. ft. in area or setback less than 20 feet from the street ROW shall require Planning Commission review and Council approval. Section IX (0) states that the requirements for a SUP: 2, Additional Flexibility. A Special Use Permit allows for: (a) A degree of flexibility in the application of this Ordinance by allowing signs that are not specifically permitted by this Ordinance. (b) Unique circumstances that may not have been apparent when the Ordinance was adopted, (c) Changing technologies in the Sign Industry. Si!m Ordinance Rcvicw This application can be evaluated according to the "Additional Flexibility" section of the SUP . requirements in the Ordinance: (a) A degree of flexibility in the application of this Ordinance by allowing signs that are not specifically permitted by this Ordinance. The proposed banners are not permitted by the Ordinance, as written, for the following reasons: banners are prohibited; signs attached to utility poles are prohibited; and signs in the right-of-way are prohibited, Some flexibility to this language may be made to support a different type of sign application than what is defined in the Sign Ordinance. Banners promoting a City event, located within he City's right-of-way and attached to utility poles maintained by the City differs from any other applicant wanting to promote a business or place a sign on land that is not theirs. Therefore, althougb these signs are not permitted by Ordinance, it is clear that there should be some flexibility for an application that didn't appear to be a consideration when the Ordinance was written. (b) Unique circumstances that may not have been apparent when the Ordinance was adopted. At the time that the Ordinance was adopted, the types of banners, as proposed, were not addressed. The section of the Ordinance that refers to signs attached to utility poles as being prohibited was referring to "snipe signs" or a temporary sign or poster affixed to a tree, etc, When this language was adopted, I do not believe that it considered banners like those that are proposed by the City, The same holds true for not allowing signs within the City right-of-way, directly relating to allowing signs on utility poles which are in the right-of-way. The Ordinance also does not permit banners of any sort, except as approved by the City Council. Banners, as defined by the Ordinance, are, "A temporary sign or attention getting device, generally made of flexible materials, such as paper, cloth, plastic or any non-rigid material with no enclosing framework". I do not believe that this language . considered this type of application of banners but relates specifically to business advertising banners, 2