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City of Rosemount
Executive Summary for Action
City Council Meeting Date: April 1,1997
Agenda Item: Zoning Text Amendment for Agenda Section:
Sidewalk Sign Ordinance New Business
Prepared By: Troy Bonkowske, Intern Agen�P�e.p� � ; ,
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Attachments: Amendment Draft Approved By:
Currently, Rosemount's sign ordinance has no definition for sidewalk signs. As a result, all
sidewalk signs fall under the portable sign defuution and are allowed to be displayed only six
(6) times a year for a maximum of ten (10) days per permit.
Following suggestions from the Rosemount Commercial Plan Focus Committee, City Sta.ff
recommended implementation of a separate sidewalk sign definition and amendment. In
addition, a memo was sent to approxirnately 20 downtown businesses (see attachment). At the
March 11, 1997 meeting of the Planning Commission, two area.businesses expressed strong
desire of ordinance passage.
Staff is conf'ident this amendment will lead to increased business activity while preserving the
historical atmosphere downtown.
Recommended Action: Motion to Adopt An Ordinance Amending the G'ity Zoning Code
Ordinance B Regarding the Regulations for Sidewalk Signs.
Council Action:
City of Rosemount
Ordinance No. B-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE B
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT ZONING ORDINANCE
Regulations for Sidewalk Signs
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, NIINNESOTA, ORDAINS AS
FOLLOWS:
SECT'ION 1. Section 3.2 "Definitions", Ordinance B, City of Rosemount Zoning Ordinance,
adopted September 19, 1989, is hereby amended to include:
SIDEWALK SIGNS: A portable sign intended for temporary placement on a sidewalk in
the public right-of-way, immediately in front of a building or business
located adjacent to the right-of-way with no front yard.
�ECTION 2. Section 10.1.C. "General Provisions" Ordinance B, City of Rosemount Zoning
Ordinance, adopted September 19, 1989, is hereby amended to include:
21. Sidewalk signs are allowed without a permit only in the Community Commercial (C2)
District with the following standards:
a. Signs shall be limited to two (2) feet in width and three and one-half(3.5) feet in
height, including support members.
b. No sign shall have more than two (2) faces. '
c. Signs shall not limit the normal pedestrian use of the sidewalk, and a minimum '�I
passable contiguous space of three(3)feet shall be maintained at all tirnes. ,
d. One (1) sign is pernvtted for each building adjacent to the public right-of-way,
unless multiple businesses within one building allow separate business signs to be
spaced no closer than thirty(30) feet from another sidewalk sign.
e. A business or building with two right-of-way frontages may display a sidewalk sign
on either frontage.
f. All signs must be removed from the sidewalk at the end of each business day.
g. No sidewalk sign shall be lighted by attached external or individual internal lights.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its passage and publication
according to law.
Ordinance B-
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ENACTED AND ORDAINED into an Ordinance this 15th day of April, 1997.
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
Cathy Busho, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan M. Walsh, City Clerk II
Published in the Rosemount Town Pages this day of , 1997. '