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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION 05/14/12 DATE: ITEM NO: 13.a Department Approval: City Manager Approval: Item Description: Adoption of amendments to Chapter 1010, Sign Regulations, of the Roseville Zoning Ordinance (). PROJ0013 1.0B ACKGROUND 1.1In 2006/2007 a committee of the Planning Commission was created to work closely with the City Planner on developing new standards for signs and signage throughout Roseville and on May 21, 2007 the City Council adopted new Sign Regulations for Roseville. 1.2Like with all new regulations it took the Planning Division a number of months to become familiar with the updated nuance of the sign regulations code. However, after a few years it became evident to the Planning Division that amendments were necessary. 1.3In 2008 the City Council adopted amendments to Sign Regulations including revised language for temporary signs, real estate signs, and master sign plans. 1.4Over the past two years (2009 – 2011) the Planning Division has been evaluation the Sign Regulations section of the Code and through extensive research specific areas such as enforcement/fines, electronic/dynamic display, and purpose/findings (to name a few) the Division developed a draft amendment for discussion with the Planning Commission. 1.5On May 4, 2011, the Planning Division submitted to the Planning Commission for review and comments a proposal to amend the Sign Regulations chapter of the Zoning Code, which amendments included the elimination, clarification, and/or inclusion of new text throughout the chapter. The Planning Commission provided ample questions, comments and a few concerns regarding the submitted draft, and instructed the Planning Staff to keep working on the amendments proposal. 1.6Since that time, the Division has sought additional information from other municipal codes and has worked with the City Attorney on appropriate code modifications. 1.7On March 7, 2012 the City Planner brought forth a revised amendment document that attempted to address the concerns and questions raise in 2011. The Planning Commission considered the draft amendment to the Sign Regulations and had a few questions and comments to the Planning Division. 1.8On April 4, 2012 the Planning Commission held the public hearing regarding the proposed amendments to Chapter 1010 Sign Regulations of the Zoning Ordinance, voting 5-0 to recommend approval of the text amendment to the City Council. 1.9For the purpose of providing some background/context to what has transpired over the black past year, the proposed amendment includes colored highlighting: is the existing redblue regulations; is the proposed language; and are statements on where PROJ0013_SignRegulations_RPCA_040412