Subject: 9703/Code/Message Centers 3-102(b)
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1989 14:54:00 -0500


                  
                                ORDINANCE NO. 9703
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, SECTION 3-102(b) RELATIVE TO
                   MESSAGE CENTERS.
                  
                  
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              	   SECTION 1.	  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
         THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that Chattanooga City Code, 

         Part II, Section 3-102(b) be and the same is hereby amended by
         deleting said subsection in its entirety and inserting in lieu
         thereof a new subsection as follows:
                   (b)	To hear and rule on requests for special
                   permits for not more than one (1) on-premise
                   message center.  In no event shall any special
                   permit be granted for a message center unless
                   (i) such premises have facilities which
                   provide a location for public events or
                   gatherings whether sporting, cultural, civic
                   or entertainment and which provide a fixed
                   seating capacity of not less than 1,200
                   persons or (ii) the message center is an
                   attached sign which is placed in a manner to
                   be viewed by persons in a drive-thru line on
                   the same premises and the message or scrolling
                   of which cannot be seen from any public
                   right-of-way.  The Board may in its discretion
                   impose such reasonable conditions on the
                   operation, size and placement of message
                   centers as its deems appropriate for traffic
                   safety; in imposing any such conditions, the
                   Board may consider any recommendations by the
                   Office of the City Traffic Engineer.  Any
                   message center operated or maintained in
                   violation of any condition placed upon it by
                   the Board of Sign Appeals in the special
                   permit for such message center is hereby
                   declared to be a violation of the provisions
                   of this chapter and subject to abatement as
                   set forth in Article I of this chapter.
                  
         	   SECTION 2.   BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
        
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading April 21, 1992	       
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              	   	     	       	         CHAIRPERSON
        
              	   	     	       APPROVED: ______ DISAPPROVED:_____
        
              	   	     	       DATE:___________ ___, 1992.
        
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              	   	     	       	           MAYOR
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