Item 3D - Initiation of Sign Code Amendments

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3. Require the City to act on a sign permit application within three weeks of receipt of a complete application. Because the sign code is in Chapter 9, consideration of the amendments will follow land use code amendment procedures. If the City Council initiates the amendment process, the Planning Commission will consider the proposed amendments, hold a public hearing and make a recommendation to the City Council. The council would then hold a public hearing and take action. RELATED CITY POLICIES EC 9.7500 provides that a Land Use Code amendment is a “Type V” application. EC 9.7510 authorizes the City Council to initiate a Type V application on its own behalf. EC 9.7520 – 9.7560 describe requirements for notice, public hearings before both the Planning Commission and the City Council, and related procedures. The City’s sign code is in EC 9.6600 to 9.6680. EC 9.6600 describes the purposes of the sign code; EC 9.6610 contains the exemptions that are the primary subject of the proposed amendments. COUNCIL OPTIONS 1.Initiate the process to consider amending the sign code as described above, beginning with the Planning Commission. 2.Take no action on the proposal, leaving the sign code as it is now. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends that the council initiate amendments to the sign code to (a) consolidate exemptions into two general exemptions; and (b) create a time limit for acting on a sign permit application. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to initiate amendments to the sign code in Chapter 9 to consolidate exemptions, to limit the time to process a sign permit application and to make clarifying and conforming amendments to other sign code provisions. ATTACHMENTS None FOR MORE INFORMATION Staff Contact: Jerry Lidz Telephone: 541-682-8447 Staff E-Mail: jerry.lidz@ci.eugene.or.us S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M120529\S1205293D.doc