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