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Information MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott Clark, Community Development Director~ DATE: April 17, 2006 SUBJECT: Temporary Signs On April 17, 2006, Councilmember Motin asked staff to investigate a series of temporary signs that have been recently erected on Freeport Avenue. As a review, Council should be reminded that the City has a very liberal on-premise temporary or portable sign regulation which is found in City Code Section 30-866. The key elements of this ordinance are as follows: 1. Signs may not be displayed for more than 90 days per calendar year. 2. Signs may not be displayed without a permit. Up to six permits per year may be issued to a business not to exceed the days allowed... . 3. Size of sign ranges from 32 square feet to 64 square feet depending upon the allowable posted speed of the street. The Planning staff administers the permitting system which is shown as an attachment. Staff has in hand temporary permits only for Papa Murphys and Island Sun T arming. Staff has now contacted Taco Bell, Zylstra, My Dinner Party, and BP Amoco. None of the aforementioned businesses have permits and were contacted by City staff requiring the same. In addition to this, the City has contacted the sign company that produces a majority of the signs and has stated to them that they need to get permits before erecting signs in the community. As stated in the beginning, the ordinance does allow the signs up to 90 days and we will be reviewing the permits that come in and monitoring the same. If Councilmembers have any questions, please contact me. cc: Lori Johnson, City Administrator S:\Community Development\Scott 0ark\2006 CCmemos\04 1706 temp signs.doc