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RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING THAT, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 26.92, AMENDMENTS TO THE
LAND USE REGULATIONS AND OFFICIAL ZONE DISTRICT MAP, OF THE ASPEN
MUNICIPAL CODE, CITY COUNCIL APPROVE TEXT AMENDMENTS TO
SECTIONS 26.36.030(B)(17), RESIDENTIAL NAME AND ADDRESS SIGNS, AND
26.36.040(B), BILLBOARDS AND OTHER OFF-PREMISE SIGNS, OF THE ASPEN
MUNICIPAL CODE
Resolution No. 98-29
WHEREAS, Pursuant to the procedures and provisions set forth in Chapter 26.92 of the
Aspen Municipal Code, the Community Development Department has formally proposed
amending Sections 26.36.030(B)(I 7) and 26.36.040(B) of the Aspen Municipal Code in an effort
to provide a means and parameters for allowing security signs in the City of Aspen while
regulating the off-site placement of security company signage; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26.92.030, Procedure for Amendment, of the Aspen
Municipal Code, a development application for amendment to the text of the Municipal Code
shall be reviewed and recommended for approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval by
the Planning Director and then by the Planning and Zoning Commission at a public hearing, and
then approved, approved with conditions, or disapproved by the City Council at a public hearing;
and,
WHEREAS, the Community Development Department prepared the proposed
amendments and recommended approval to the Planning and Zoning Commission; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the proposed amendments
and did conduct a properly noticed public hearing on October 6, 1998, and then continued to
November 3, 1998; and,
WHEREAS, upon review and consideration of the proposed text amendments, agency
and public comment thereon, mad those applicable standards as contained in Chapter 26 of the
Municipal Cod~e~to wit, Division 92 (Text Amendments~, the Planning and Zoning COmmission
has, by vote of'J2J.I/.~ to ~ (~- ] ), recommended that City Council adopt the
amendments related to security signs proposed in the Community Development Department staff
memorandum prepared by Mitch Haas and dated November 3, 1998.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission:
Section 1:
That the Commission formally recommends that City Council amend Section 26.36.030(B)(17),
Residential Name and Address Signs, of the Aspen Municipal Code to read as follows:
17. Residential name and address signs. Every detached residential dwelling unit or duplex
unit in the City of Aspen shall have one (1) mailbox or wall sign with an area not to
exceed two (2) square feet, and said sign must clearly' identify the street address of the
dwelling unit and may include the name of the occupant(~). In addition to this square
foot limitation, it is also acceptable to include a sign of security nature with an area of up
to six inches by six inches (6" x 6"), neutral in colo[, to be placed upon the wall of the
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