Subject: 10338/Amend:Def.Sign/ArtIISec.100(83)
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 1990 11:55:00 -0500


                               ORDINANCE NO. 10338
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                   TO AMEND ARTICLE II, SECTION 100(83) RELATIVE
                   TO THE DEFINITION OF SIGN, SO AS TO PERMIT
                   TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION SIGNS.
                   
                                        
        
        
              	   WHEREAS, the City of Chattanooga Zoning Ordinance has
         no provision for temporary signs to be located on property 
while
         construction is taking place; and
              	   WHEREAS, the Chief Building Official has requested
         that some provision be incorporated in the Zoning Ordinance to
         permit such signs; and
              	   WHEREAS, there is a need for the Building Permit
         Department to identify such sites in order to better enforce 
the
         permit procedure,
                                 NOW, THEREFORE,
              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as amended, 
the
         Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amended as follows:
              	   SECTION 1.	  That Article II, Section 100 (83) be
         amended by deleting in its entirety and substituting in lieu
         thereof the following:
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                   (83)	Sign:  Any structure, part thereof, or
                        device attached thereto or painted or
                        represented thereon, used, as or in the
                        nature of, any place, product or service,
                        which is located upon any land, or any
                        buildings, or otherwise displayed. 
                        provided, however, the following shall
                        not be included within the meaning of
                        this definition:
                  
                   	(a)  The flat emblem, or other insignia
                             of a nation, government unit;
                             educational, charitable or religious
                             group which designated only the use
                             of occupancy of a building and is
                             wholly attached to said building.
                  
                   	(b)  Directional or other official signs
                             or notices that are required or
                             authorized by law.
                  
                   	(c)  Temporary signs identifying
                             construction or paving sites, which
                             are removed from the property as
                             soon as the activity is completed.
                  
                  
         	   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 November 21, 1995.    
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         	   	     	       APPROVED: __X___ DISAPPROVED:_____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:___________ ___, 1995.
        
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