HomeMy WebLinkAbout71.95 ORDINANCE NO. 71-95
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING
SECTION 15-30.150 OF THE CITY CODE CONCERNING
OPEN HOUSE SIGN8
The City council of the City of Saratoga hereby ordains as
follows:
SECTION 1: Section 15-30.150 in Article 15-30 of the City
Code is amended to read as follows:
"8ec. 15-30.150 Open house signs in residential districts
(a) Non-illuminated open house signs are permitted in any
zoning district, subject to the following restrictions:
(1) There shall be no more than one (1) open house sign
oriented in the same direction at any intersection.
(2) The open house sign shall not exceed one square foot of
area and four feet in height, and shall be fixed to a single pole
of wood or metal material, or shall be an "A" frame, free-
standing sign.
(3) No open house signs shall be located in medians.
(4) No open house sign shall be placed upon any public
property; provided, however, where the public
right-of-way extends into a parkway strip or the plant-
ed area adjacent to the curb, between the street or
curb and adjacent private property, an open house sign
may be placed within such parkway strip upon obtaining
permission from the owner of the adjacent private
property.
(5) No open house sign shall include balloons, ribbons,
streamers, or other appurtenances.
(6) No open house sign shall be placed upon any private
property without first obtaining permission from the
owner of such property.
(7) An identification shall be printed upon or affixed to
every open house sign indicating the name, real estate
company affiliation, address and telephone number of
the sign owner.
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(8) Each real estate company shall apply and receive ap-
proval for an annual encroachment permit from the City
Engineer. The Encroachment Permit shall be valid for
one year and shall be renewed annually. The Encroach-
ment Permit shall be valid only for employees, inde-
pendents or affiliate members of the real estate compa-
ny.
(9) The open house sign shall be removed each day after the
closing of the open house for that day, and no later
than 6 p.m. November 1st through March 31st; and 8 p.m.
April 1 through October 31st.
(b) If any open house sign is found to violate any of the
restrictions contained in this Section, then notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 15-30.200, such sign may be summarily
removed by the Maintenance Director or his representative, or any
Community Service Office, or any other City employee authorized
by the City Manager to remove such sign. The sign owner shall be
responsible for payment of a fine in the amount of Fifty Dollars
($50.00) for each sign so removed. In cases where a duly author-
ized representative of the City has direct contact with the
violator of these provisions,, this person shall be responsible
for the payment of the aforementioned fines. A written notice of
the removal shall be given to the sign owner stating that the
sign may be reclaimed within ten (10) days and will be returned
to the owner upon payment of the fine specified herein, except
that no such notice shall be required if the owner is not identi-
fied on the sign. In the event the sign is not reclaimed within
the time allowed to do so, the sign may be destroyed or otherwise
disposed of by the Maintenance Director. Unclaimed signs may be
sold to real estate companies, their employees, independents, or
affiliates, at a price determined by the Planning Director.
SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each
section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irre-
spective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections,
sentences, clauses or phrases may be held invalid or unconstitu-
tional.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced
and after the waiting time required by law, was thereafter passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of Saratoga
held on the 18th day of September , 1991, by the follow-
ing vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Anderson, Clevenger, Monia and Mayor Kohler
NOES: None
ABSENT: Counci ]member Stutzman ~~
City Clerk
The above and foregoing is a true and correct
cop'y of Ordinance ~JLL'Y'/f'- which has been
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Deputy Oitv Clerk