HomeMy WebLinkAbout145 - 11/07/2000 - AMENDING CITY CODE PERTAINING TO SIGNS ON BUS SHELTERS AND BUS BENCHES ORDINANCE NO. 145, 2000
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 24-1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
PERTAINING TO SIGNS ON BUS SHELTERS AND BUS BENCHES
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Fort Collins has determined that it is in the best
interest of the citizens of the City that Section 24-1 of the Code of the City be amended to
specifically authorize the placement by the City of signs on bus benches and bus shelters; and
WHEREAS, previously, signs have been placed by the City upon bus benches pursuant to
an exemption contained in the Land Use Code, and the Council, by adopting Ordinance No. 192,
1999, added an exemption to Section 24-1 of the City Code allowing for the placement of signs by
the City on bus shelters, which exemption authorized no more than five bus shelters and expired on
October 1, 2000; and
WHEREAS,the Council has determined that the October 1,2000,expiration and the five bus
shelter limitation should now be repealed.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Section 24-1(b)(5)of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be,and hereby is,amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 24-1. Signs on streets and sidewalks prohibited; exceptions; permit.
(5) Signs placed by the city on bus benches and bus shelters.displaying
advertisements„ provided that:
(a) Any bus shelters displaying advertising signs shall be located
either: (1) within three hundred (300) feet of any existing
commercial/retail or industrial use, (2) within three hundred (300)
feet of any land zoned to permit any commercial/retail or industrial
use, or (3) along any arterial street provided that no residential uses
front on such arterial street within three hundred (300) feet of such
bus shelter; and
(b) If signs are placed on bus benches or bus shelters by a private
contractor pursuant to a contract between the city and said contractor,
such contract shall specify the content,size,placement,illumination,
design and material to be used for the construction of the benches or
shelters, and the signs placed thereon, so as to minimize the visual
impacts of such signs on the general public and surrounding
properties.
Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 17th day of
October, A.D. 2000, and to be presented for final passage on the 7th d y of November, A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 7th day of NovemberrA.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk