Number
031137
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. JOHNSON-ODOM
Title
An ordinance relating to zoning regulations for freestanding signs.
Sections
295-407-2-c cr
Analysis
This ordinance provides that, notwithstanding any other regulations of the zoning code, a legal nonconforming freestanding sign which is not an abandoned sign and which is located on a lot abutting an arterial street may be replaced with a new nonconforming freestanding sign if the following conditions are met:
1. There is a reduction in the total number of freestanding signs on the lot.
2. The total display area of all freestanding signs does not exceed 2.5 times the amount permitted in the regulations for the applicable zoning district.
3. The height of the new sign exceeds neither the height of the sign it is replacing nor 2 times the sign height limit for the applicable zoning district.
If any one, but only one, of these conditions will not be met, the person desiring permission to replace the nonconforming sign may apply to the board for a special use permit to allow a new nonconforming sign.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Common Council finds that it is desirable and beneficial to provide incentives to businesses and property owners to reduce the number and size of nonconforming freestanding signs along arterial streets, even if the replacement signs are still nonconforming, albeit to a lesser degree; now, therefore
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:
Part 1. Section 295-407-2-c of the code is created to read:
295-407. Signs.
2. ON-PREMISE SIGNS.
c. Incentive to Reduce Nonconformity; Freestanding Signs. c-1. General Standards. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, on a lot abutting an arterial street, a legal nonconforming freestanding sign which is not an abandoned sign may be replaced with a new nonconforming freestanding sign if all of the following are true:
c-1-a. There is a reduction in the total number of freestanding signs on the lot.
c-1-b. The total display area of all freestanding signs does not exceed 2.5 times the amount permitted in the regulations for the applicable zoning district.
c-1-c. The height of the new sign does not exceed the height of the sign it is replacing. Furthermore, the height of the new sign shall not exceed 2 times the sign height limit for the applicable zoning district.
c-2. Special Use Permit. If any one, but only one, of the conditions in subd. c-1 will not be met, the person desiring permission to replace the nonconforming sign may apply to the board for a special use permit to allow a new nonconforming sign.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Legislative Reference Bureau
Date:_____________________
Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE
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Office of the City Attorney
Date:____________________
Requestor
Drafter
LRB03527-1
JDO
11/17/03