ORDINANCE NO. 14,453

 

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, as heretofore amended, by repealing subparagraph (f) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of Section 134-1276 thereof, and enacting a new subparagraph (f) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of Section 134-1276, regarding the allowed duration of grand opening and special event signage under the Zoning Ordinance.

 

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Des Moines, Iowa:

 

Section 1.  That the Municipal Code of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, 2000, adopted by Ordinance No. 13,827, passed June 5, 2000, as amended by Ordinance No. 13,839 passed July 10, 2000, by Ordinance No. 13,863 passed September 25, 2000, by Ordinance No. 13,889 passed November 20, 2000, by Ordinance No. 14,118 passed July 8, 2002, by Ordinance No. 14,125 passed July 22, 2002, by Ordinance No. 14,362 passed July 26, 2004, and by Ordinance No. 14,406 passed January 24, 2005, be and is hereby amended by repealing subparagraph (f) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of Section 134-1276 thereof, and enacting a new subparagraph (f) of paragraph (1) of subsection (i) of Section 134-1276, regarding the allowed duration of grand opening and special event signage under the Zoning Ordinance, as follows:

 

Sec. 134-1276. General regulations.

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(i)         Signs permitted in all zones. The following designated signs shall be permitted in all zoning districts:

                        (1)        Temporary signs.

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f.          Grand opening or special event signs. Subject to having obtained a sign permit for the grand opening or special event signs, any signs, including banners, balloons, posters, pennants, ribbons, streamers, and similar devices, for up to ten consecutive days to announce a grand opening or a special event or up to thirty consecutive days to announce a special event sponsored by a neighborhood association recognized under the city neighborhood recognition program. Only one such permit shall be granted for each business or recognized neighborhood association in a one-year period.

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Sec. 2.  This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law.

 

 

FORM APPROVED:

 

Roger K. Brown, Assistant City Attorney

 

 

                                                                        T.M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor

 

                                                                       

 

Attest:

 

I, Jody Witmer, Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of Des Moines, Iowa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of an ordinance (Roll Call No. 05-1326), passed by the City Council of said City at a meeting held May 23, 2005 signed by the Mayor on May 23, 2005 and was published as provided by law in the Business Record on June 13, 2005 Authorized by Publication Order No.4811.

 

 

 

 

Jody Witmer, Chief Deputy City Clerk