Memo / Application Checklist~irE IDIAN -
MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning and Zoning Commission
FROM: Kristy Vigil, Assistant Planner
RE: Request for approval to create new Development Application
Forms/Checklists
DATE: On Commission Agenda January 7, 2010
CC: City Clerk, Legal Department
MayorTammy de Weerd
City Council Members:
Keith Bird
Brad Hoaglun
Charles Rountree
David Zaremba
Per UDC ll-SA-3B2, the Planning Department is requesting approval from the Planning
& Zoning Commission to create a new specific development application forms
(checklists), as follows:
• Modify the temporary sign permit checklist to be consistent with the new sign
ordinance and include the following changes (see attached application checklist):
o Change the name form temporary signs to limited duration signs;
o Affidavit of legal interest;
o Drawing of the proposed limited duration sign;
o Specifications for limited duration wall signs;
o To require a site plan for freestanding limited duration signs; and
o Include the standards for limited duration signs (UDC ll-3D-9).
Planning Department 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, [D 83642
Phone 208-884-5533 Fax 208-888-6854 . www.meridiai~city.org
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LIMITIJD DURATION SIGN PERMIT
^ Application Checklist
Project name: File #:
Applicant/agent:
All applications are required to contain one copy of the following:
Applicant Staff
~~~ Description ~~
Com leted & si ned Si ~n Permit a lication
Affidavit of Legal Interest signed & notarized by the property owner (tf owner a a corporation,
submit a co of the Articles of Inco oration or other evidence to show that the erson si~nin ~ is ~i authorized a ent.)
Drawing of the proposed sign, including the following:
- Overall sign dimensions (including base, wall area, background area)
- Construction materials
- Method of fastening the si n to the round or ermanent structure
For Limited Duration Wall Signs: Gross floor area of building/tenant space, exact, scaled
location of sign on buildin ~. Elevations must include existin buildin si ns.
For Li~r~iled Durution Freesta~~ding Signs: Site plan showing property lines & any adjacent
sidewalks, rights of way from center of streets, vision triangle, landscaping, screening and
exact, scaled location of sign on property. Site plan must include all existing freestanding
signs within 100 feet of the ro osed si gyn.
Fee
TH/S APPL/CATION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE UNTIL STAFF HAS RECEIVED ALL
REQU/RED INFORMATION.
11-3D-9: ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR SIGNS OF A LIMITED DURATION: The following
standards shall apply to business identification signs allowed for a limited duration for all allowed non-
residential uses:
A. Purpose: The purpose of this section is to allow additional business identification signs for a
limited duration.
B. Applicability: This section shall apply to all allowed non-residential uses in all districts.
C. Exemptions: The provisions of the section shall not apply to handheld signs. Handheld signs are
allowed and do not require a permit.
D. Process:
1. The applicant shall obtain a limited duration sign permit through the Planning Department
for fifteen (15), thirty (30), sixty (60), or ninety (90) day time periods. It shall be unlawful
for any person to erect or display on any property a limited duration sign without a valid and
current limited duration sign permit.
2. In no instance shall a limited duration sign requiring a permit be displayed for more than one
hundred and twenty (120) days per calendar year per business.
33 E. 13roadway Avenue, Suite 210 Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: (208) 884-5533 • Facsimile: (208) 88&6854 • Website: www.mcridiancit~g
(Rev. ll/~l/08)
3. The applicant shall obtain a limited duration sign permit for eve-y new and/or renewed
limited duration sign to be displayed.
4. Removal of any limited duration sign for any period of time shall not extend the expiration
date for such limited duration sign permit.
5. The limited duration sign permit shall be attached to the approved sign so that it is visible
from the nearest public right of way.
6. Any person displaying or erecting limited duration1 signs on any property shall obtain the
written consent of the property owner and file that consent with the planning department
prior to issuance of a permit.
E. General Standards for Limited Duration Signs: The following standards shall apply to all Limited
Duration Signs in all districts:
1. All limited duration signs shall be securely fastened to the ground or to a permanent
structure. Signs shall be erected in a manner that does not create a potential hazard of any
kind. The attachment line for inflatable signs shall not be within ten feet (10') of the nearest
overhead power line.
2. No limited duration sign shall be illuminated. Illumination is prohibited.
3. No limited duration sign shall be located within a public right of way.
4. All limited duration signs shall be weatherproofed and kept in a state of good appearance,
safety, and repair. Any damaged or potentially hazardous sign shall be repaired or removed
immediately.
5. A maximum of one such sign shall be displayed per business at any one time.
6. Limited duration signs shall maintain a minimum fifty feet (50') of spacing from any and all
other approved freestanding and limited duration signs.
7. The background area for limited duration banner signs located on an exterior of a building
shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet per business, except that businesses having over
one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet of gross floor area shall be allowed sixty-four
(64) square feet for such sign.
8. The background area for freestanding li-nited duration signs, shall not exceed twenty (20)
square feet.
9. Balloons and other inflated devices that are limited duration signs shall be no greater than
one and one-half (11/2) times the maximLUn building height within the district.
10. Electrical components shall be prohibited as part of a limited duration sign, except electrical
pumps may be allowed for balloons and other inflated devices.
AFFIDAVIT OF LEGAL INTEREST
STATE OF IDAHO )
COUNTY OF ADA )
I,
(name) (address)
(city) (state)
being first duly sworn upon, oath, depose and say:
1. That I am the record owner of the property described on the attached, and I grant my
permission to:
(name) (address)
to submit the accompanying application(s) pertaining to that property.
2. I agree to indemnify, defend and hold the City of Meridian and its employees harmless
from any claim or liability resulting from any dispute as to the statements contained
herein or as to the ownership of the property which is the subject of the application.
3. I hereby grant permission to City of Meridian staff to enter the subject property for the
purpose of site inspections related to processing said application(s).
Dated this day of , 20
(Signature)
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me the day and year first above written.
(Notary Public for Idaho)
Residing at:
My Commission Expires: