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Home My WebLink About1999-07-27 OrdinancePrepared by Robed Miklo, Senior Ranner, City of Iowa City, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa CRy, IA 52240; 319/356-6251 ORDINANCE NO. 99-3892 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE SECTION 14-6, "ZONING CHAPTER," CONCERNING FREESTANDING SIGNS. WHEREAS, the sign regulations are intended to enhance and protect the physical appearance and safety of the community while providing a reasonable opportunity for sign users to display signs without interference form other signage and to provide fair and equitable treatment for all sign users, and WHEREAS, the current regulations pertaining to freestanding signs may not provide for adequate signs for large tracts with frontage in excess of 300 feet, and WHEREAS, the Planning. and Zoning Commission has recommended approval of amendments to the sign regulations to allow additional freestanding signs for tracts with frontage in excess of 300 feet. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA: SECTION I. AMENDMENTS. City Code Title 14, Chapter 6, entitled 'Zoning Chapter," is hereby amended as follows: Article O, enUtled 'Sign Regulations," is hereby amended by: Repealing subsection 14-60-5.D.2.b. concerning freestanding sings and incorporating in lieu thereof a .new subsection 14-60-5.D.2.b as follows: b. Two (2) freestanding or monument signs or one freestanding sign and one monument sign are permitted, provided frontage along a single lot is not less than one hundred sixty feet (160'). The distance between two (2) freestanding signs shall be no less than one hundred · ty feet (150') as measured along the frontage of a single lot. Ordinance No. 99-3892 Page 2 Any lot with a frontage in excess of three hundred. feet (300')may have up to three (3) freeslanding signs per frontage, provided the signs am at leest one hundred fifty feet (150') apart, measured along the frontage, and there are no more than four (4) freeslanding signs on any lot. A tract of integrated lots shall be considered a single lot consistent with the definition of tract in '- this Chapter. SECTION II. REPEALER: All ordinances and pads of ordinan~es in conflict with the provisions of this Ordi.nance are hereby repealed. SECTION III. SEVERABILITY. If any section, provision or pad of the Ordinance shall be edjudged to be invalid or unconsti.tUtional, such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Ordinance as a whole or any section, provision or pad thereof not adjudged invalid or unconsU- tutional. SECTION IV. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordi- nance shah be in effect after its final passage, approval and publication, as provided by law. Passed and approved this 27th day of city :;Y Ordinance No. 99-3892 Page 2 It was moved by Vanderhoef and seconded by Ordinance as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: X X X X Champion Kubby Lehman O'Donnell Thomberry Vanderhoef O' Donnel 1 that the First Consideration 6/29/99 Vote for passage: AYES: O'Donnell, Thornberry, Vanderhoef, Champion, Kubby, Lehman, Norton. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. Second Consideration 7/13/99 Vote for passage;AYES: Kubby, Lehman, Norton, O'Donnell, Thornberry, Vanderhoef, Champion. NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. Date published 8/4/99 Prepared by:. John Yapp, Assoc. Ranner, 410 E,.Washington Street, lowa C, ity, lA 52240;319356-5247 ORDINANCE NO. 99-3893 ORDINANCE VACATING A TEN-FOOT WIDE RIGHT-OF-WAY LOCATED ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY UNE AT 1033 EAST WASHINGTON STREET. located along the west property line of Lot 7, East Washington Street; and · WHEREAS,-the subject right-of-way is undeveloped, and does not contain any public or WHEREAS, the City has no plans to ever develop the right-of-way for an alley or a walkway; and WHEREAS, it is in the City's interest to vacate and dispose of public right-of-way that is not going NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IOWA CITY, IOWA: SECTION I. VACATION. The City of Iowa City hereby vacates the right-of-way legally The ten-loot wide right-of-way along fie 170 foot long west property line of Lot 7, Koser Brothers Subdivision, an area of 1,700 square feet SECTION II. REPEALER. All ordinances SECTION III. SEVERABe. If any adjudged to be invalid or uncons~l, such Ordinance as awhole or any section, provision or tutional. SECTION IV. CERTIFICATION AND authorized and directed to certify a copy of this ordinance which ~ be recorded by the owner at the offioe of the County Recorder of Johnson County, lows, upon final passage and publication as provided by law. Ordinance No. 99-3893 Page2 SECTION V. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordi.- nanceshallbelnelTectelterRsfirmlpassage, Passed and approved th~ 27t. h day of ,luly ,1999, Ordinance No. 99-3893 Page 3 It was moved by Kubby and seconded by Ordinance as read be adopted, and upon roll call there were: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: X X X X Champion Kubby Lehman Notion O'Donnell Thomberry Vanderhoef Champion that the First Consideration 6/29/99 Vote forpassa e: AYES: Thornberry, Vanderhoef, Champion, Kubby, Lehman, Norton, O'~lo~nnell, NAYS: None, ABSENT: None, Second Consideration 7/13/99 Vote for passage: AYES: Norton, 0' Donnel 1, Thornberry, Vanderhoef, Champion, KUbby, Lehman, NAYS: None. ABSENT: None. Date published 8/4/99