HomeMy WebLinkAbout2598 Adds AMC 18.96.160
ORDINANCE NO. 2598
AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW SECTION 18.96.160 TO THE SIGN
ORDINANCE OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO HISTORIC
SIGNS.
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A new Section 18.96.160 shall be added to the Ashland
Municipal Code and shall read as follows:
"18.96.160 Historic Siqns.
A. Historic Sign Inventory. The inventory of historically
significant signs shall be established by resolution of the City
Council.
B. criteria for designation of Historic Signs. All signs for
which designation as a Historic Sign are requested shall be
substantially in existence at the time of the application; shall be
displayed in their original location; shall be in association with an
important event, person, group, or business in the history of the City
of Ashland; shall follow a guideline of being in existence for
approximately 40 years; and shall meet one of the following criteria:
1. The sign is exemplary of technology, craftsmanship or
design of the period when it was constructed, uses historic sign
materials or means of illumination, and is not significantly altered
from its historic period. If the sign has been altered, it must be
restorable to its historic appearance.
2. The sign is integrated into the architecture of the
building and is exemplary of a historically significant architectural
style.
C. The owner of any sign may request that said sign be reviewed
for significance in the Historic Sign Inventory upon written
application to the City Council. Application fees shall be the same
as for Type I applications. Applications shall include written
findings addressing the criteria for designation of historic signs,
and current and historic photographs of the sign, if available.
1. The Council shall refer all requests for inclusion on the
Historic Sign Inventory to the Historic Commission for review and
recommendation in relation to the criteria. The Commission shall make
a recommendation to the Council within 30 days of the request. Notice
of the Historic commission meeting shall be mailed to all affected
property owners within laO' of the subject property. If a
recommendation is not made within 30 days the request shall be
forwarded to the Council without a recommendation.
2. The Council shall, after receiving the recommendation of
the Historic Commission or after 30 days, provide notice to all
affected property owners within 100' of the subject property of a
public hearing before the City Council.
3. The Council shall decide, based on the criteria above and
the recommendation of the Historic commission, whether to approve the
request to include the sign on the inventory.
4. Inclusion on the Historic Sign Inventory shall be by
resolution of the Council.
5. The burden of proof shall be on the applicant.
D. Signs on the Historic Sign Inventory in any zoning district
shall be exempt from the requirements of this section except sections
18.96.110 and 18.96.120D. Also, that the sign area of the historic
sign is exempted from the total allowable sign area, as defined in
this section, except as modified by Council conditions in E. below.
E. The city Council shall have the authority to impose
conditions regulating area, maintenance, etc. on the signs included in
the Historic sign Inventory to further the purpose and intent of this
ordinance.
F. Removal or demolition of a Historic Sign shall be done under
permit and approval of the Staff Advisor. The Historic Commission
shall review the permit at their next regularly scheduled meeting and
shall have the authority to delay issuance for 30 days from the date
of their review meeting. Such delay shall be to allow the Commission
the opportunity to discuss alternate plans for the sign with the
applicant.
G. signs on the Historic Sign Inventory, which have been
destroyed or damaged by fire or other calamity, by act of God or by
public enemy to an extent greater than 50%, may be reconstructed in an
historically accurate manner. Such reconstruction shall be authorized
by the City Council, only after determination that the reconstruction
will be an accurate duplication of the historic sign, based on review
of photographic or other documentary evidence specifying the historic
design. The Historic Commission shall review and make recommendations
to the City Council on all such reconstructions.
H. Maintenance and Modification of Historic Signs.
1. All parts of the historic sign, including but not limited
to neon tubes, incandescent lights and shields, and sign faces, shall
be maintained in a functioning condition as historically intended for
the sign. Replacement of original visible components with substitutes
to retain the original appearance shall be permitted provided such
replacements accurately reproduce the size, shape, color and finish of
the original. Failure to maintain the sign in accord with this
section shall be grounds for review of the historic sign designation
by the City Council.
2. Modifications of a historic sign may be allowed, after
review by the Historic commission and approval by the city council,
only if such modifications do not substantially change the historic
style, scale, height, type of material or dimensions of the historic
sign, and does not result in a sign which does not meet the criteria
for designation as a historic sign.
3. Changes in the location of a historic sign may be
allowed, after review by the Historic Commission and approval by the
city council, only if such locational change does not result in the
sign no longer meeting the criteria for designation as a historic
sign.
The foregoing ordinance was first read by title only in accordance
with Article X, section 2(C) of the City Charter on the 11th day of
September, 1990, and duly PASSED and ADOPTED this 12th day of
September, 1990.
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Na'n E. Franklin
city Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this J'7z:!Lday of j.L~lz),CVt.-/
, 1990.
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L Catherlne M. Golden
Mayor