01-29-07 Item 7A, Ordinance 384 Sign Moratorium

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~ ~~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: January 29,2007 Agenda Item 7.A TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Karen Barton, Community DevJ1pment Director James Lehnhoff, City PI anne'll! Sign Moratorium SUBJECT: Request Adopt Ordinance #384 to Place a Moratorium on the Construction of New and the Modification of Existing Electronic Changeable Copy Signs, Electronic Graphic Display Signs, Video Display Signs, Flashing Signs, and Multi-Vision Signs of All Sizes in All Sign Districts for the Period of One Year. Back!!round With the recent introduction of new types of electronic and mechanical signs in the metropolitan area and an increase in questions regarding electronic changeable copy signs, Staff and the City Attorney feel that the City's Sign Code may not fully address the construction or impacts of new or the modification of existing electronic and mechanical signs of all sizes. In order to give the City time to fully study the issue and to determine if any changes are necessary to the Sign Code, Staff is proposing a one year sign moratorium for the following types of signs: . Electronic Changeable Copy Signs; . Electronic Graphic Display Signs; . Video Display Signs; . Flashing Signs; and, . Multi-Vision Signs. The attached moratoriwn, Ordinance #384, includes definitions for each type of sign proposed to be in the moratorium. The proposed sign moratorium would not prohibit the City from issuing permits for those signs not included in the above list. It is important to note that the newly proposed sign moratorium is not the same as the sign moratorium that was put in place from March 2006 to June in 2006. The 2006 sign moratorium was focused on removing content based regulation from the Sign Code. Page 1 of2