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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-9- 6-6 73
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2002-4-6500
WHEREAS, on the 30th day of April 2002, the Board of Commissioners
enacted Ordinance No. 2002-4-6500 wherein the Board of Commissioners declared a
moratorium on permitting any additional off -premises commercial signs to be located
within the City of Paducah, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, on the 23rd day of July 2002, the City of Paducah adopted
Ordinance No. 2002-7-6549 to amend Ordinance No. 2002-4-6500 to extend the effective
date of the moratorium from 90 days to 135 days; and
WHEREAS, additional time is necessary to consider and enact a
comprehensive scheme of regulations to provide for the reasonable control and
establishment of all signs within the City of Paducah; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners desires to extend the
moratorium period to accommodate the ongoing comprehensive study.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. There is hereby declared a moratorium on the permitting
and establishment of any additional off -premises commercial signs to be located within
the City of Paducah, Kentucky. For purposes of this ordiancne, off -premises commercial
signs shall mean any sign that contains a message that does not relate to any activity or
product on the premises where the sign is displayed, or a sign erected by a company or
individual for the purpose of selling advertising messages for profit. This moratorium
shall commence from and after the effective date of Ordinance No. 2002-4-6500 and
shall continue until December 31,
2002.
SECTION 2. This moratorium shall not affect any applications which
shall have been filed prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 2002-4-6500. As to
such applications, such applications shall be processed under the Paducah Code of
Ordinances as presently exist.
SECTION 3. Immediate enactment of this ordinance is necessary in order
to preclude any possibility of further applications being filed with the City of Paducah for
the establishment of additional off -premises commercial signs. Therefore, an emergency
is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance shall become effective immediately with
one reading.
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Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk
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Introduced and adopted by the Board of Commissioners September 10, 2002
Recorded by Tammara S. Brock, City Clerk, September 10, 2002
Published by The Paducah Sun, September 17, 2002
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