Ordinance 1639 - Zoning Text Amendment - Sign RegulationsORDINANCE No, 1639
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE KALISPELL ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE
No. 1460)9 BY AMENDING SECTION 27.24, 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 27.24, Signs 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
27.30.020, 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 altering the extent to which
non -conforming signs would maintain that status when the signage is discontinued or
the face of the sign is modified, and
WHEREAS, 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 #K.ZTA-08-1 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. 1460, is
hereby amended as follows on Exhibit "A".
SECTION II. All parts and portions of ordinance No. 1460 not amended hereby
remain. unchanged.
SECTION III. 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
Theresa White
City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
27.24.060: General Standards for all Signs.
(2) An electronic message board provided it displays time and temperature a
minimum of every 30 seconds. '
. The electronic
message shall not change in increments of less than five seconds and shall not use
flashing or blinking characters. The use of red and green lights in the display
and streaming video
are prohibited.
(5) A sinmay-include electronic and manually -changeable reader boards. No
more than 25 % of any sign area may incorporate an electronic reader board, and
no more than 50 % of any sign area may 'incorporate a manuall-v changeable
reader board. In no event shall the percentage of sin area occupied b
reader board exceed 50 % . The reader board portion shall be architecturally
incorporated into the overall design of the sign. No such sign shall be considered
to be architecturally incorporated unless the reader board is contiguous to the
remainder of the sign face and is bounded by the same or similar framework.
27,24,150: Nonconforming Signs and Signs without Permits. Existing signs
that do not conform to the provisions of these regulations but were legally in place
prior to the adoption or application of this ordinance, are considered non -conforming.
All non -conforming signs shall be removed or brought into compliance with these
regulations as follows:
(5). Discontinued freestanding signs shall be brought into compliance
immediately unless part of a multi -panel sign, subject to Section
27.24.150($).
(8). Freestanding ssSigns containing removable or replaceable panels shall be
brought into compliance when a cumulative total of more than 50% of the
sign area or sign panels are replaced or modified.