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<br />'" <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />}tervi[[e <br />'Established 1857 <br /> <br />STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />May 8, 2002 <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and Councilmembers <br />Kim Moore-Sykes, City Administrator tt~'vU;i <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />RE: <br /> <br />Temporary Signs <br /> <br />............................................................................ <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City created a sign ordinance that became effective on May 1,2001 to regulate the <br />signs in Centerville. Recently, Councilmember Nelson has received several calls <br />regarding the portable signs at Corner Express, Preferred Auto and Trio Inn and asked <br />about the requirements of the City's sign ordinance. I advised Ms. Nelson that according <br />to Ordinance 39, portable signs could be up for 14 days before they are required to be <br />taken down. We also discussed having letters sent to these businesses once the 14 days <br />were up. <br /> <br />In discussing this issue with Staff, I was told that the Corner Express sign has been on the <br />comer for more than ten years and that they thought the sign was probably 'grandfathered <br />in". Councilmember Nelson called again to advise me that she had received more phone <br />calls and asked if I would get the consensus of the other Councilmembers regarding the <br />temporary signs in Centerville. In discussing the issue with the Mayor, I was asked to put <br />this issue on the upcoming Council agenda <br /> <br />Upon further research of the Ordinance, there are a few items regarding this matter that I <br />want to bring to the Council's attention: <br />1) It is true that portable signs are considered temporary signs and as such, are <br />allowed to be displayed for 14 days with a permit. <br /> <br />2) The current sign ordinance has been in effect since May 1, 2001. From the <br />discussions I had with Staff and later, Councilmember Broussard Vickers, I <br />learned that the signs in question were in place prior to Ordinance 39 <br />becoming effective. Paul Palzer, Public Works Director, has indicated that <br />although the sign at Preferred Auto has been in place for a number of years, it <br />is not on the owner's property and that the City could require that that sign be <br />removed. <br /> <br />3) Division 45: Non-Conforminl! Sil!ns; Section 045-020: Legal, Non- <br />Conforming Signs does allow for existing signs as of the adoption date to be <br />