Ordinance 1715 - Zoning Text Amendment - Red Lions Hotels Limited Partnership0•
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE KALISPELL ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE
NO. 1677), BY AMENDING SECTION 27.22, SIGN REGULATIONS, AND DECLARING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Kalispell has submitted a written request to amend the Kalispell Zoning
Ordinance, by amending Section 27.22, Sign Regulations; and
WHEREAS, the request was forwarded to the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning
Commission by the Kalispell Planning Department after having been evaluated under
27.29.020, Kalispell Zoning Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Kalispell City Planning Board and Zoning Commission recommended that the
text of the Kalispell Zoning Ordinance be amended by considering certain changes to
existing reader boards to be routine maintenance rather than an alteration of the sign;
and
WT.'EREAS, the City Council has reviewed the KPD Report and the transmittal from the Kalispell
City Planning Board and Zoning Commission and hereby adopts the findings made in
Report #KZTA- 12-2 as the Findings of Fact applicable to this Ordinance.
-nOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The City of Kalispell Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 1677, is
hereby amended as follows on Exhibit "A".
SECTION H. All parts and portions of Ordinance No. 1677 not amended hereby
remain unchanged.
SECTION 111. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF KALISPELL THIS 20TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2012.
Tan mi Fisher
Mayor
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Theresa White
City Clerk
27.22.040: Permits Required. Unless otherwise provided by this ordinance, all signs shall
require permits and payment of fees as described in Section 27.22.160 of this
ordinance.
(1) No permit is required for the routine maintenance of a sign, except as
otherwise specified in this section.
(2) Changing a face or other component of a sign is considered an alteration of
the sign and shall not be considered routine maintenance, except that the
replacement of reader boards with reader boards of the same size. color
lights, and type are considered to be routine maintenance provided that a
permit is obtained. Any reader board replaced under this provision shall
comply with light intensity requirements for electronic reader boards as
provided for in Section 27.22.070.