03-1060 City Code Amending Amended Sign Ordinance
CITY OF MERIDIAN
ORDINANCE NO. 03~ I tJ 60
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AN ORDINANCE OF ~HE CITY OF MERIDIAN AMENDING SECTION S.I,
READERBOARDS OF CHAPTER 14 OF TITLE 11 OF THE MERIDIAN CITY
CODE TO PROVIDE' ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ON MANUAL SIGNS
WITHIN THIS SECTION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, VALIDITY; A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADA, STATE OF IDAHO:
SECTION 1: That Section 5.1. Readerboards of Chapter 14 of Title 11, be, and the same
is hereby amended to provide for the additional language on Manual signs, and the same
shall read as follows:
11-14-S: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
1.
Readerboards:
Automatic
1. Animation and/or automatic readerboards are prohibited on all signs in
Residential, L-O, C-N, C-C and T-E zoning districts.
2,
In CoG and I-L zoning districts, animation is allowed for a maximum of
thirty percent (30%) of the sign background area.
Public middle school and high schools shall be allowed one (1) on-
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premise, animated sign where the animation is a maximum ofthirty
percent (30%) of the sign background area, regardless of the zone in
which the school is located.
3.
Direct light sources shall not exceed 40 watts or 60 milliamps. No part of
the sign structure shall physically move. No part of the sign shall flash or
strobe. Animated signs are prohibited within one hundred feet (100') of
any residentially zoned property.
4.
All animated signs that are visible from a public roadway shall be
programmed as follows:
a.
Text messages that are no longer than the display area and do not
contain any graphics shall scroll in a consistent and predictable
manner, per Section 11-14-2.
b.
In all other text displays (letters and/or numbers), the display shall
remain unchanged for a minimum of five (5) seconds, including
unchanged color and brightness.
Manual
L Manual readerboards are prohibited in all Residential districts, except as
approved through the Conditional Use Permit process for non-residential
uses.
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In all other districts. manual readerboards are allowed for a maximum of
fifty percent (50%) of the sign background area.
SECTION 2: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled.
SECTION 3: VALIDITY: The Meridian City Council hereby declares that any
section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance as adopted and amended herein be
declared for any reason to be invalid it is the intent of the Meridian City Council that it
would have passed all other portions of this Ordinance independent of the elimination
here from of any portion as may be declared invalid,
SECTION 4: SAVINGS CLAUSE: This Ordinance does not affect an action or
proceeding commenced or right accrued before this Ordinance takes effect.
SECTION 5: DATE OF EFFECT: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect
after its passage, approval and publication, according to law.
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PASSED BY ~E CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO,
this 2.ytfL day of cemb-err- ,2003.
APPROV~Y THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this
2y¡¿J.. day of e;%6-vr-- , 2003.
Attest:
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
STATE OF IDAHO,)
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County of Ada.
On this~day of -::bc"..""b.r , 2003, before me, the
undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared RBBERT D,'1ï,"""'fj)t~tn/
GGRRffi-tmd WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., known to me to be the Mayor and City Clerk,
respectively, of the CITY of Meridian, Idabo, and who executed the within instrument,
and acknowledged to me that the City of Meridian executed the same.
IN WITN~.»niW.REOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal the day an." 2-~~\CBßt '*'¡, written,
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November 21,2003
William G. Berg, Jr.
City of Meridian
33 E. Idabo
Meridian, Idabo 83642
Re:
Ordinance No, 03-/~6(J, (Ordinance Amending Amended Sign Ordinance
No. 03-l0SS Title 11 Chapter 14 Section S.I, Summary Ordinance for the
City of Meridian) Summary of Publication
Dear Will:
Pursuant to the direction of the Meridian City Council, this office has prepared a
summarization of the ordinance providing for an Ordinance Amending the Amended Sign Ordinance
Title II Chapter 14 Section 5.1. SurnmaryOrdinance for the City of Meridian, pursuant to the City's
action, I do hereby advise the City, and make this statement, that said summary is true and complete
and provides adequate notice to the public of the provisions of said ordinance.
You are hereby directed to file this statement with the ordinance, pursuant to the
provisions ofldabo Code § 50-901(A).
Enclosure
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NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C, § SO-901(A)
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO, 03-ltJ60
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION S,I, OF THE AMENDED SIGN
ORDINANCE MERIDIAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 14 TITLE 11
(SIGN ORDINANCE)
An ordinance of the City of Meridian amending Section 5.1. of the amended Sign
Ordinance Chapter 14 Title II Meridian City Code, to provide for additional language
pertaining to Manual signs and that they are prohibited in all Residential districts, except
through a Conditional Use Permit, and providing that in all other districts manual
readerboards would be allowed for a maximum of 50% of the sign background area.
A full text of this ordinance is available for inspection at City Hall, City of
Meridian, 33 Eas~o,. Meridian, Idabo. This ordinance shall become effective on the
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