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CITY OF HOMER

HOMER, ALASKA

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City Manager/Planning

ORDINANCE 07-14

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AMENDING HOMER CITY CODE 21.60 SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS SIGN CODE TO INCLUDE THE GATEWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT

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WHEREAS, Ordinance 2006-51(S)(A) created the Gateway Business District as a new zoning district; and

WHEREAS, the current sign regulations do not reflect the creation of the new district; and

WHEREAS, the current sign regulations do not reflect the new district’s crucial position as the gateway to the Homer business community; and

WHEREAS, sign regulations are required to provide a gradual and tasteful entrance into Homer’s Central Business District.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF HOMER ORDAINS:

Section 1. Homer City Code 21.60 Supplemental Code Sign Regulations Table 1 is hereby amended to read as follows:

KEY TO Tables 1 through 3

RR Rural Residential

UR Urban Residential

RO Residential Office

INS Institutional Uses Permitted in Residential Zoning Districts

GBD Gateway Business District

CBD Central Business District

GC1 General Commercial 1

GC2 General Commercial 2

MC Marine Commercial

MI Marine Industrial

OSR Open Space Recreation

PS Public Sign Uses Permit

Table 1. Permitted Signs by Type and Zoning District

Sign Type

INS

CBD

GBD

GC1

GC2

OSR

Freestanding

Residential(b)

Other (b)

Incidental (c)

Building

Banner

Building Marker(e)

Identification (d)

Incidental (c)

P c

Marquee (g)

Projecting (g)

Residential (b)

Roof

Roof, Integral

Suspended(g)

Temporary (h)

Wall

Window

Miscellaneous

Banner(c)

Flag (i)

Portable(j)

P = Allowed without sign permit

S = Allowed only with sign permit

N = Not allowed

PH = Allowed only upon approval by the Homer Advisory Planning Commission after a public hearing.

a. This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted under the zoning code, in the RR, UR and RO zoning districts. Institutional is defined as an established organization or corporation of a public, non-profit, or public safety/benefit natures, i.e., schools, churches, and hospitals.

b. No commercial message allowed on sign, except for a commercial message drawing attention to goods or services legally offered on the zone lot, except signs approved by the State of Alaska Department of Transportation and signs that meet the requirements of 21.60.092.

c. No commercial message of any kind allowed on sign if such message is legible from any location off the zone lot on which the sign is located.

d. Only address and name of occupant allowed on sign.

e. May include only building name, date of construction, or historical data on historic site; must be cut or etched into masonry, bronze, or similar material.

f. No commercial message of any kind allowed on sign.

g. If such a sign is suspended or projects above a public right-of-way, the issuance and continuation of a sign permit shall be conditioned on the sign owner obtaining and maintaining, in force, liability insurance for such a sign in such form and such amount as the Department may reasonably from time to time determine, provided that the amount of such liability insurance shall be at least $500,000 per occurrence per sign.

h. The conditions of 21.60.130 of this ordinance apply.

i. Flags of the United States, the state, the city, foreign nations having diplomatic relations with the United States and any other flag adopted or sanctioned by an elected legislative body of competent jurisdiction. These flags must be flown in accordance with protocol established by the Congress of the United States for the Stars and Stripes. Any flag not meeting any one or more of these conditions shall be considered a banner sign and shall be subject to regulations as such.

j. Permitted on the same terms as a temporary sign, in accordance with 21.60.130, except that it may be free standing.

(Ord. 04-11(A) 6, 7, 2004; Ord. 03-38 1, 2003; Ord. 93-8A 3, 1993; Ord. 91-17 1, 1991; Ord. 91-15 1, 1991; Ord. 90-43 1, 1990).

Section 2. Homer City Code 21.60 Supplemental Code Sign Regulations Table 2 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Table 2. Maximum Total Sign Area Per Zone Lot by Zoning District

The maximum total area of all signs, in square feet, except incidental, building marker, and flags(b) shall not exceed the following according to district:

RR UR RO RO(e) INS(a) OSR PS(d)

4 4 6 50 20 4 32

The maximum total area of signs, in square feet, in the Central Business District, Gateway Business District, General Commercial 1, General Commercial 2, Marine Commercial and Marine Industrial zoning districts, except incidental, building marker, and flags shall not exceed the following:

Square feet of wall frontage: Maximum allowed signage.

750 s.f. and over 150 s.f.

650 to 749 130 s.f.

550 to 649 110 s.f.

450 to 549 90 s.f.

350 to 449 70 s.f.

0 to 349 50 s.f.

Only one (1) free standing sign is allowed per zone lot, except a freestanding Public Sign may be additionally allowed. A freestanding sign[s] may not exceed thirty six (36) square feet in area and may not exceed ten (10) feet in height; except for cluster businesses.

For cluster businesses, each individual business is allowed a maximum allowed signage according to its respective frontage using the table above. In addition each business cluster is allowed a maximum allowed signage according to the table above. If part of the allowed signage is used on a freestanding sign in no case shall the sign exceed seventy two (72) square feet (s.f.) in area; area to be calculated as follows: one (1) business may have thirty six (36) s.f. in total area, two (2) businesses may have a total of fifty four (54) s.f. in area; three (3) businesses may have a total of sixty three (63) s.f. in area; more than three (3) businesses may have seventy two (72) s.f. in total area, no one business may have more than thirty six (36) s.f. in total area. No freestanding sign shall exceed ten (10) feet in height.

b. Flags of the United States, the state, the city, foreign nations having diplomatic relations with the United States, and any other flag adopted or sanctioned by an elected legislative body of competent jurisdiction. These flags must be flown in accordance with protocol established by the Congress of the United States for the Stars and Stripes. Any flag not meeting any one or more of these conditions shall be considered a banner sign and shall be subject to regulation as such.

c. Square feet of wall frontage is defined as total square footage of wall surface, under the roof, which faces the major access or right-of-way of the business. In the case of a business located on a corner lot, square footage of wall frontage is the total square footage of wall surface, under the roof, on the side of the business with the most square footage.

d. This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to Public signs permitted under the zoning code, in all zoning districts.

e. This column applies only to lots in the RO district that abut East End Road, Bartlett Street, Hohe Street, and Pennock Street. Within this area, there is allowed a maximum of 50 square feet total area of all signs (including the ground sign referred to below), except incidental, building marker, and flags (see note (b) above). One (1) ground sign, with a maximum total area of sixteen (16) square feet will be permitted per zoned lot. Each ground sign shall not exceed six (6) feet in height, measure from the base to the highest portion of any part of the sign or supporting structure.

(Ord. 03-38 2, 2003; Ord. 00-01, 2000; Ord. 99-3(A), 1999; Ord. 98-18(A) 1, 1998; Ord. 93-8A 4,5, 1993; Ord. 91-15 2, 1991; Ord. 90-43 1, 1990).

Section 3. Homer City Code 21.60 Supplemental Code Sign Regulations Table 3 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Table 3. Permitted Sign Characteristics by Zoning District

INS(a)

CBD

GBD

GCI

GC2

OSR

PS(e)

Animated(b)

Changeable Copy (c)

Illumination

Internal

Illumination

External

Neon(d)

P = Allowed without sign permit

S = Allowed only with sign permit

N = Not allowed

PH = Allowed only by approval of the Homer Advisory Planning Commission after a public hearing.

a. This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to institutional uses permitted under the zoning code, in the RR, UR and RO zoning districts. Institutional is defined as an established organization or corporation of a public, non-profit, or public safety/benefit natures, i.e., schools, churches, and hospitals.

b. Animated signs may not be neon or change colors or exceed three (3) square feet in area.

c. Changeable Copy signs must be wall or pole mounted, and [n]may not be flashing.

d. Neon signs may not be flashing and may not exceed thirty two (32) square feet.

e. This column does not represent a zoning district. It applies to Public Signs permitted under the zoning code, in all zoning districts. (Ord. 04-11(A) 6, 7, 2004; Ord. 03-38 8, 2003; 10/91 admin. Memo; Ord. 90-43 1, 1990).

Section 4. This Ordinance is of a permanent and general character and shall be included in the City Code.

ENACTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA this ________ day of ______________, 2007.

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JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

ATTEST:

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JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

YES:

NO:

ABSTAIN:

ABSENT:

First Reading:

Public Hearing:

Second Reading:

Effective Date:

Reviewed and Approved as to form and content:

__________________________ ________________________

Walt E. Wrede, City Manager Gordon Tans, City Attorney

Date: _____________________ Date: ___________________ Date: ___________