City Council Ordinance 334ORDINANCE NO. 334
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10, CHAPTER 2, SECTION 2-2, ITEM [PI]; TITLE 10,
CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3-9, ITEM [B] 2. (k); AND, TITLE 10, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3-9, ITEMS
[E] 2.; OF THE MONTICELLO ZONING ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING SIGN
REGULATIONS.
THE CITY OF MONTICELLO DOES ORDAIN:
Title 10, Chapter 2, Section 2-2, Item [PI] of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
[PI] PROJECTING SIGN: A sign, other than a wall sign, which is affixed to a building and
which extends perpendicular from the building wall, including but not limited to
overhanging signs.
Title 10, Chapter 3, Section 3-9, Item [B] 2. (k) of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(k) Gverhang Projecting Signs except as hereinafter provided.
Title 10, Chapter 3, Section 3-9, Items [E] 2. of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2. Within the PZM, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, CCD, I-1, and I-2 districts, signs
are subject to the following size and type regulations:
(a) Within the PZM and B-1 districts, the maximum allowable
-square footage of sign area per lot shall not exceed the sum of
one (1) square foot per front foot of the building plus one (1)
square foot for each front foot of lot not occupied by a building,
up to one hundred (100) square feet. Each lot will be allowed
one (1) pylon or freestanding sign and one (1) wall sign or two
(2) wall signs total.
(b) For buildings in which there is one (1) or two (2) business uses
within the B-2, B-3, B-4, CCD, I-1, and I-2 districts, and for
buildings used for commercial retail activities located within a
PZM district and located on property adjacent to B-2, B-3, B-4,
CCD, I-1, or I-2 districts, there shall be two (2) options for
permitted signs, as listed below in 2.(b)I. And 2.(b)ii. The
property owner shall select one option, which shall control sign
development on the property.
6. Proiecting Signs: Projecting signs shall be permitted within the CCD
District but only in the "Broadway Downtown District" thereof as
defined by the Monticello Downtown and Riverfront Revitalization Plan.
Only one (1) projecting sign may be erected per business, with no more
than two (2) such signs erected per building, subject to the following
conditions: Projecting signs
i. shall be only business identification sighs,
ii. shall be fronting_ onapublic street,
iii. shall not exceed six (6) square feet in area,
iv. shall be considered a wall sign for the purposes of maximum
allowable sign area,
V. the edge of the sign closest to the building must be no farther
than 12 inches away from the building,
vi. may extend over the public sidewalk, but shall not extend cic
to the public street than to within 3 feet from the backside of
curb,
vii. shall be at least 8 feet but not more than 12 feet in height above
walking surfaces or sidewalks,
viii. shall not be internally illuminated, but may be externally
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This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and publication according to law.
ADOPTED by the Monticello City Council this 13 thday of September 1999.
CITY OF rNTICELLO
By•
Roger Belsaas, Mayor
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Rick Wolfstel r, City Administrator
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