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ORDINANCE NO. '~
Series of 1976
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SIGN CODE OF THE
TOIVN OF VAIL, ADOPTED AS ORDINANCE N0. 9,
SERIES OF 1973, TO PROVIDE NEW DEFINITIONS
FOR MURAL OR SUPERGRAPHTC, DESIGN REVIEW
BOARD, AND SIGN; PROVIDING REGULATIONS IN
RELATION TO POLITICAL SIGNS; AMENDING THE
PROVISIONS AS TO THE SIZE OF WALL SIGNS:
SINGLE BUSINESS USE; INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES
WITHIN A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING AND PRO-
JECTING AND HANGING SIGNS: SINGLE BUSINESS
USE; AMENDING THE PROVISIONS AS TO THE
NUMBER OF WALL SIGNS, FREE STANDING SIGNS,
PROJECTING AND HANGING SIGNS: JOINT
DIRECTORY SIGNS FOR A MULTI-TENANT BUILDING
AND RESIDENTIAL NAME PLATE SIGNS; AND SET-
TING FORTH DETAILS IN RELATION TO THE
FOREGOING.
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WHEREAS, the Design Review Board has recommended to
the Town Council. that certain provisions of the Sign Code be
amended;
WHEREAS, the Design Review Board has proposed to the
Town Council. certain regulations concerning political signs;
WHEREAS, the Town Council is of the opinion that the
general recommendations from the Design Review Board are in
accordance with the public's intention as to the placement and
regulation of signs within the Town of Vail and further that
political signs serve a public function but their placement,
maintenance, size, number should be regulated in conformance
with other signs within the Town; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is of the opinion that it
is for the public's health, safety, and welfare that said
amendments should be adapted;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF VAIL, COLORADO THAT:
(1) Section 3, entitled "Definitions", of Ordinance
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No. 9, Series of 1973, the Sign Code of the Town of Vaii, Colorado,
is hereby amended by the repeal of subsections (d}; (o}; (0)(12)
and their reenactment to read as follows:
(d) Design Review Board. A five member board
appointed by the Town Council as dictated by the Zoning
Ordinance which shall consist of four (4) members
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appointed from the community and one rotating
member from the Planning Commission.
(o) Sign.- A surface or space as permitted
in this ordinance, whether continuous or not, which
~' attracts the attention of; identifies a business or
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building, conveys a message to any person by means
of letters, numbers,fibures, or other symbols,
devices, or representations.
(0}(12) Mural or Supergraphic. A painted
scene, figure, or decorative design so as to
enhance the building architecture, not including
written trade or place names or advertising mes-
sages.
(2) Section 3, entitled "Definitions", of Ordinance
No. 9, Series of 1973, is amended by the addition of subsection
(0)(1.4} to read as follows:
(0)(14) Political Signs. A temporary sign
denoting a political campaign headquarters, party
affiliation, cause ar candidate, but said sign
shall not include the name of the sponsor or
business promoting said activity or advertising
said business,
{3} Section 14 of Ordinance No. 9, Series of 1973,
is hereby amended by the repeal of subparagraphs (1)(h){2); (2)(b);
(2)(h)(5); {3)(d); (6)(d); (7)(b); {7)(h)(2); {9)(d);
and (13){d) and the reenactment of said sections to read as
follows:
{1){h)(2) A maximum of twenty (20} square
feet will be allowed for a building identification sign.
(2)(b) Wall Signs: Individual Business
Within a Multi--Tenant Building
Size: One (1) square foot for each
five (5) front lineal feet of the individual busi-
Hess or organization having its own exterior public
entrance in a multi-tenant building, with a maximum
of three (3) square feet allowed for a business
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with insufficient frontage. Combined
maximum area for more than one sign shall
not exceed twenty {20) square feet.
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(2}(h}(5} A maximum of twenty (20) square
~" feet will be allowed for a building identification
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sign.
{3)(d} ~ Wall Signs: Joint Directory Signs
for a i~7ulti-Tenant Building
Number: One {1) sign on the major
pedestrian way which the building abuts; subject
to the approval of the Design Review Board. If
a building has two (2) ox more major public
entrances on distinct, separate pedestrian ways,
proposals for additional joint-business directories
may be approved at the discretion of the Design
Review Board,
(6)(d) Free~Standing Signs: Joint Directory
~~ for a 114u1ti--Tenant Building .
Number: One (1) sign on the major
pedestrian way which the building abuts; subject
to the approval of the Design Review Board. If
a building has two (2) or more major public
entrances on distinct, separate pedestrian ways,
proposals for additional joint-business directories
may be approved at the discretion of the Design
Review Board.
(7)(b) Projecting and Hanging Signs: Single
Business Use
-Size: Shall not exceed one (1) square
foot for each five (5) front lineal feet of the building,
and a maximum area of ten (10} square feet .for a single
panel sign. On a multiple panel sign, the size shall
be calculated per panel. A maximum of three (3} square
feet will be allowed far a business having insufficient
frontage. Combined maximum area for mare than one
sign shall not exceed twenty (20} square feet.
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(7)(h}(2} For the purposes of this section
panel shall be defined as a two-sided piece o.f matera.al
within the same plane. A multiple panel sign is con-
sidered separate pieces of material not within the same
plane, but connected.
(9)(d) Projecting and Hanging Signs: Joint,
Directory Signs for a r,~ulti-Tenant Building
Number: One (1) sign on the major
pedestrian way wha.ch the building abuts; subject to the
approval of the Design Review Board. if a building
has two (2} or more major public entrances on distinct,
separate pedestrian ways, proposals for additional
joint-business directories may be approved at the
discretion of the Design Review Board; said proposal
shall conform to the other provisions of this section.
(13}(d) Residential Name Plate Signs.
Number: Limited to one (1) sign
for each dwelling unit.
(4} Section l~ of Ordinance No. 9, Series of 1973,
is amended by the addition of subparagraph (21} to read as
f ollows
(21) Political Signs.
(a) Purpose: Window or wall-mounted
sign with the intended use of denoting a political
campaign headquarters, party affiliation, or advertising
of a political figure or cause.
(b) Size: The size of such sign shall
be limited to twenty (20) square feet. Combined maximum
area for more than one sign shall be no larger than
twenty (20) square feet.
(c} Height: Subject to the approval
of the Design Review Board.
(d) Number: One (1} sign on the major
pedestrian way which the building abuts; subject to
the approval of the Design Review Board,
(e} Location: Subject to the approval
of the Design Review Board.
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(f} Design: Subject to the approval
of the Design Review Board.
(g) Lighting: Indirect or pan-channeled.
(h) Landscaping: Not applicable.
y (i} Special Provisions:
~~ (1) If the sign is to be up more
than one (1) week, then the duration of the sign
shall be determined by the Design Review Board,
(2) The sign must be taken dawn
twenty-four (24) hours after said election, cause
or event, for which it was erected, has terminated.
(5) If any part ox' provision of this ordinance or
the application hereof to any person, property or circumstance is
adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
judgment shall be confined in its operation and direction to
the part, provision, section, or application directly involved
in the controversy in which judgment shall have been rendered,
and shall not affect or impair the integrity or validity of the
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remainder of this ordinance even without any such part, provision,
section or application.
(6) Nothing herein shall be construed to invalidate
or set aside any previous consent, premission, or erection of
any sign in accordance with the repealed provisions herein.
Nor shall this ordinance be construed to invalidate any appli-
cation or other permission sought for the erection of a sign
in conformity with the sections repealed and reenacted here-
under, nor shall the same affect or apply to or invalidate any
prosecution or other legal ,action taken under or in accordance
with the provisions repealed and reenacted herein.
(7) The Town Council finds that this ordinance is
~~ necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare, and
the same sha11 take effect as provided by the Charter of the
Town of Vail.
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INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, APPROVED, AND
ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL this 18th day of May, 1976. A
publl.c hearing shall. be held on the 1st day of June ,
1976, at 7:30 P.M. in the Council Chambers, Municipal Building,
Vail, Colorado.
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Ord. 13, 1976
INTRODUCED, READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PL3BLISHED
BY TITLE ONLY this lst day of June, 1976.
TOWN OF VAIL
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