HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-8-7730ORDINANCE NO. 2010-8-7730
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 126-76(K)(6), SIGN
REGULATIONS OF CHAPTER 126, ZONING OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 126-76(k)(6), "Sign Regulations" of Chapter 126,
Zoning of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 126-76(k)(6), Sign regulations.
(k) Signs authorized for B-1, B-2, B-3, M-1, M-2, M-3 and HBD zones.
No signs shall be permitted in the B-1, B-2, B-3, M-1, M-2, M-3, and
HBD zones in the city except as provided in subsections (e) and (g) and as
provided as follows:
(1) Flag signs attached to a permanent pole shall be permitted. Such signs
shall not exceed 12 square feet in area per sign face. One flag sign is
permitted per permanent pole. The maximum height of a flag sign shall
not exceed a height of 40 feet from the adjacent grade.
(2) Private directional signs indicating entrance, exit, or location of parking
shall be permitted provided such signs do not exceed four square feet in
surface area for each sign face and the height shall not exceed 30 inches
from the street level. These signs shall not be placed within the public
right-of-way.
(3) Only one freestanding business sign shall be permitted on any lot,
provided, however, one additional sign shall be permitted for each
additional 300 feet of frontage. One additional freestanding business sign
shall be permitted if the business is located at the intersection of two
streets. The size of the sign shall not exceed 1.5 square foot per lineal foot
of street frontage subject to a maximum size of 200 square feet in area per
sign face. The outer edge of the sign shall be set back at least seven feet
from the side lot line. All permitted freestanding signs shall not exceed a
height of 40 feet from adjacent grade, except as maybe otherwise
authorized in the following subsection. Lighted signs are permitted.
(4) Property zoned B-1, B-3, HBD, M-1, M-2, or M-3 and within 2,000 feet
of the centerline of I-24 shall have the right to construct one free standing
sign permitted under subsection (4) above to a height not to exceed 100
feet in sign height and 300 square feet in area per sign face. For the
purpose of calculating the 2,000 feet from the centerline set forth above.
(See Illustration #2). Lighted signs are permitted.
(5) Exterior electronic message signs that change messages not more than
once every 8 seconds of a static image, followed by 2 seconds of transition
or animation shall be permitted in the B-1, B-3, HBD, M-1, M-2, and M-3
zones.
a. Electronic message signs must have controls in place to prevent
flashing when a malfunction or power loss occurs.
b. Electronic message signs must contain brightness controls that adjust
to the ambient light where the sign is easily readable during daytime
hours, but not overbearing at night.
(6) Wall signs shall be permitted for each tenant or lessee, except as provided
in (k)(6)(a) below. The area of wall signs shall not exceed 20 percent of
the square footage of the face of the building, structure or the face of
tenant or lessee space. Lighted signs are permitted. Wall signs shall not be
located on any portion of the roof that encloses any building.
(a) Covered Mall Buildings. Wall signs shall be permitted on each facade
of a covered mall building as defined as follows: A single building
enclosing a number of tenants and occupants such as retail stores, drinking
and dining establishments, entertainment and amusement facilities,
assenaer transportation terminals. offices and other similar uses wherein
two or more tenants have a main entrance into one or more malls.
(b) The area of wall signs on an�fagade of a covered mall building shall
not exceed 20 percent of the square footage of each individual fagade of
the structure. Wall signsy not advertise any business that is not located
within the structure the sign is affixed to. Lighted signs are permitted.
Wall signs shall not be located on anv portion of the roof that encloses anv
covered mall building.
(7) No flat wall signs shall project above the roof or parapet line.
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GRAPHIC LINK: Illustration 2
SECTION 2. That if any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be found
to be inoperative, ineffective or invalid for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section,
paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph or provision hereof, it being the
purpose and intent of this ordinance to make each and every section, paragraph, an provision hereof
separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be read on two separate days and become effective
upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, August 10, 2010
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, August 24, 2010
Recorded by Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk, August 24, 2010
Published by The Paducah Sun, August 30, 2010
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