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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-3.48 ORDINANCE NS-'3.48. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AMENDING ORDINANCE NS~3, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, BY PROVIDING FOR OPEN HOUSE SIGNS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICTS The City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1: Subsection (d) of Section 10.2 is hereby amended to read as follows: (d) All signs, outdoor advertising structures, .and displays shall be located on the same site as the use they identify or advertise, except subdivision directional signs as prescribed in Section 10.8, public interest signs as provided in Section 10.10, and open house signs as provided in Section 10.11. ~' Section 2: Section 10.11 is hereby added to Ordinance NS-3 of the City of Saratoga, to read as follows: Section 10.11. Open House Signsin Residential Zoning Districts. Non-illuminated, off-site, protable signs d~yecting prospective customers to the location of an open house which is for sale, are permittedlin any residential zoning district, but limited to no more than two double-faced signs per intersection. No signs shall be located in bike lanes, sidewalks, median strips or streets, nor shall such signs be located within 70'-0" of the right-of-way line of a designated scenic highway. No sign shall have more than one (1) square foot of area, nor shall be elevated more than four (4) feet off of the ground, and each open house sign shall contain no individual or company advertising. Owner identity shall be affixed to the edge ofeach sign and ~hall not exceed ~" by 2". Signs shall be fixed to a single pole of wood or metal material. Whenever any such sign is to be placed on private property, permission must first be obtained from the owner of such property. Each sign shall be removed each day after closing of the open house for that day. Section 3: 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, 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, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be held invalid or unconstitutional. Section 4: This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage and adoption, and~hall ~emain in full '~0rce arid effect 'for a perigd of' !two (2)~ years' thereafter at which time it~'~hall ~ecome null and void. The above and foregoing Ordinance, after a public hearing held thereon before the Planning Commission of the City of Saratoga .>lg!8~and-;was thereaf~en~re~uiar~y intro- on the _12_tjnday of _Nov~mD~, '~ ' ' "' '~' ..... duced and a public hearing held thereon on ~he ~lSth. day of N6vember, 7198_jibefore the City Council and thereafter was passed and adopted by said City Council on the ;2nd 'day of DeCember , 198~~, ~y the following vote: AYES: Coun~i~]m~is'~le~enger, Jensen, Mallory', Watson, Mayor ~Callon NOES: None , _-~ ~ ABSENT: None MAYOR ATTEST: The above and foreaoin is a true and correr/ copy of t"','jj':'~:'~"~,'Z".~:_i_!--~_....~ whict'~ has bee~ publi~;;et{ .c, :i .,, :.; ::; Deputy City k _ Dato ~ -2- .-