Subject: 9822/City Code/3-102/Sign Appl.Juris. Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 08:45:00 -0500 ORDINANCE NO. 9822 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE, PART II, SECTIONS 3-102 BY ADDING A NEW SUBSECTION (E) RELATIVE TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD OF SIGN APPEALS. SECTION 1. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that Chattanooga City Code, Part II, Section 3-102 be and the same is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (e) as follows: (e) To hear and rule on requests for special permits for the use of certain banners not otherwise permitted, including banners (i) which are in excess of the number permitted for a building under Section 3-84 of this Ordinance, (ii) which extend more than eighteen (18) inches but not more than thirty (30) inches from the side of a building while still being considered as an "attached sign" under Section 3-61 of this ordinance, and/or (iii) which exceed forty (40) square feet in size, notwithstanding the limitations in Section 3-71(2) of this ordinance. The Board may grant special permits for any one or more of the foregoing exceptions, but only if all of the following conditions are satisfied with respect to each such exception: (1) The building for which a special permit is requested shall not be less than two (2) stories in height; (2) The building for which a special permit is requested shall be a retail shopping facility or mixed-use facility containing at least 40% retail shopping 0C area by square footage; (3) The banners for which a special permit is requested may contain only the following information (or any combination thereof): the name of the building, the name of the owner or occupants within the building, and/or the name of a special event to be carried on within the building for a temporary period not exceeding 60 consecutive days. No special permit shall be given for a banner containing any other message or information other than the foregoing; (4) No banner shall extend more than 30 inches from the side of the building to which it is attached, and banners within this limitation shall be considered as "attached signs" within the meaning of Section 3-61 of this ordinance; (5) No banner may exceed fifty (50) square feet in sign area; (6) The application for a special permit under this section shall be made by the owner of the premises and shall illustrate the approximate placement of the requested banners along each side of the building for which a permit is requested, and the number of banners on any side of a building shall not exceed one banner for each twenty (20) linear feet along the ground level of that side of the building. The owner or lessor of a building may allow banners to be utilized by occupants within such building, but such use by any occupant shall not increase the total number of banners allowed along the side of a building. Once the total number of permissible banners along the side of a building is determined, the banners may be placed along such side in any location the owner/occupant chooses (subject to the remaining limitations of this ordinance), and such banners are not required to be placed twenty (20) linear feet apart from one another; and (7) Any permit granted by the Board may contain such other conditions, including without limitation, further restrictions (but not liberalizations) on the size, height, placement and numbers of banners, such as the Board may in its discretion feel are appropriate to protect the public interest and as may be warranted by the particular circumstances of the request for a special permit under this section. SECTION 2. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall be effective two weeks from and after its passage on third and final reading as required by law, provided, however, that this ordinance shall be operative immediately upon its passage. PASSED on Third and Final Reading January 5, 1993. s/s_________________________________ CHAIRPERSON APPROVED:_______ DISAPPROVED:_______ DATE:_________________ ______, 1992. s/s_________________________________ MAYOR WSPjr:jrm