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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPEC130026 DDepartment of Community Development 75 South Frontage Road SEP 1 0 2013 Vail, CO 81657 TOWN OF VAIL .1 Tel: 970-479-2128 www.vailgov.com TOw� OF VAIL. Development Review Coordinator Amendment to District Boundaries (Rezoning) or Zoning Ordinance Application for Review by the Planning and Environmental Commission General Information: An amendment of the zoning regulations or change in zone district boundaries may be initiated by the Town Council, by the Planning and Environmental Commission, by petition of any resident or property owner in the Town, or by the Administrator. Required criteria and findings for such petition are stated in Section 12-3-7C, Vail Town Code. Relevant sections of the Vail Town Code can be found on the Town's website at www.vailgov.com. The proposed project may also require other permits or applications and/or review by the Design Review Board and/or Town Council. Fee: $1300 '�`� Description of the Request: Amendments to Title 11,Sign Regulations,pertaining to vehicle signs. Physical Address: TownofVail Parcel Number: 1wa Al OJT(oH DOOn �_(Contact Eagle Co. Assessor at 970-328-8640 for parcel no.) Property Owner: " ToL,)tt ty VA►L Mailing Address: 75 South Frontage Road,Vail CO 81657 Phone: 970-479-2128 Owner's Signature: Primary Contact/Owner Representative: Jonathan Spence Mailing Address: seeabove Phone:970-479-2321 E-Mall: Jspence @vailgov.com Fax: 970-479-2157 For Office Use Only: Cash_ CC: Visa/MC Last 4 CC # Exp. Date: Auth# Check# Fee Paid: LoAtyun Received From: Meeting Date:_10 -a.1%-13 P E C No.: PEG\3 0n Planner: ]�,S. Project No: 2R.S13- o5toS Zoning: Land Use: Location of the Proposal: Lot: Block: Subdivision: U N P L-R TTE n Application for Text Amendment Background: Ordinance No.19, Series of 2003, approved by Town Council on November 4, 2003, replaced Title 11, Sign Regulations with a new Sign Code. The new sign code was developed collaboratively between the Community Development Department, business owners, signage professionals and the Planning and Environmental Commission. The new sign code was intended to support the Town's vision of being the Premier Resort Community while making the code easier to understand, implement and enforce. Prior to the new sign code, the language related to vehicle signs was located in Sec. 16- 24: Exempted Signs and read: Signs displayed on trucks, buses, trailers or other vehicles which are being operated or stored in the normal course of a business, indicating the name of the owner, business and location, which are applied to moving vans, delivery trucks, rental trucks and trailers and the like; provided, that the primary purpose of the vehicles is not for the display of signs, and provided that they are parked or stored in areas appropriate to their use as vehicles. The new sign code revised the language of Vehicle Sign and relocated it to Sec. 11-7: Other Signs. This language reads: Any vehicles displaying the name of the business associated with said vehicle shall be used on a regular basis for service and delivery or other vehicular needs related to that business activity. Vehicular signs shall not be used for the sole purpose of advertising a business, as determined by the administrator The new language was effective in removing content based references but does not clearly convey what is permissible. Ambiguous and vague phrases including "on a regular basis", "other vehicle needs" and "sole purpose of advertising", for example, can be difficult for business owners to understand and have proven to be problematic for enforcement, if not unenforceable. Proposal: Staff has initiated this text amendment to add clarification to the code language and to introduce a site planning standard related to vehicle signs. Preliminary Analysis: 1. The extent to which the text amendment furthers the general and specific purposes of the Zoning Regulations; and The proposed amendment furthers the general and specific purposes of the Zoning Regulation by improving the ability to describe and enable the fair and consistent enforcement of signs in the town of Vail. 2. The extent to which the text amendment would better implement and better achieve the applicable elements of the adopted goals, objectives, and policies outlined in the Vail Comprehensive Plan and is compatible with the development objectives of the Town; and The proposed amendment assists in achieving applicable elements of the adopted goals, objectives, and policies outlined in the Vail Comprehensive Plan and are compatible with the development objectives of the Town by working to maintain the quality of the built environment and Vail as a world class destination resort. 3. The extent to which the text amendment demonstrates how conditions have substantially changed since the adoption of the subject regulation and how the existing regulation is no longer appropriate or is inapplicable; and The proposed amendment is not meant to address a condition that has substantially changed since the adoption of the subject regulation. 4. The extent to which the text amendment provides a harmonious, convenient, workable relationship among land use regulations consistent with municipal development objectives. The proposed amendment is intended to assist the community in understanding the regulations pertaining vehicle signage. Staff believes the proposed text amendment will continue to facilitate and provide a harmonious, convenient, workable relationship among land use regulations that are consistent with the Town of Vail master plans and development objectives. 5. Such other factors and criteria the Commission and/or Council deem applicable to the proposed text amendment.