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RESOLUTION OF THE ASPEN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 26.104.100, DEFINITIONS, "SIGN" AND SECTION 26.510, SIGNS OF
THE ASPEN MUNICIPAL CODE
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WHEREAS, City Council directed staff to pursue a simple code amendment that
would allow window displays to be excluded from the sign code regulations; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 26.310, applications to amend the text of Title
26 of the Municipal Code shall be reviewed and recommended for approval, approval
with conditions, or denial by the Community Development Director and then by the
Planning and Zoning Commission at a public hearing. Final action shall be by City
Council after reviewing and considering these recommendations; and,
WHEREAS, the Community Development Director reviewed the recommended
revisions as outlined herein and recommended approval; and,
WHEREAS, during a public hearing at a meeting on August 3, 1999, the
Planning and Zoning Commission recommended, by a six to zero (6-0) vote, the City
Council approve the amendments to Section 26.104.100, Definitions, "Sign," and Section
26.510, Signs as proposed by the Community Development Department.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Commission:
That City Council is advised to adopt amendments m Section 26.104.100, Definitions,
"Sign," of the Municipal Code, making said Section read as follows:
Sign. An object, device, symbol, light or structure fixed to, painted on, placed on, or
incorporated into the surface of a building or structure, or displayed from or within a
building or structure, or freestanding, constructed, designed, place or intended to convey
information or to advertise. Window displays of memhandise, or representations thereof,
are not considered signage and shah not be subject to sign regulations (see Section
26.510.140, Signs - Window Displays).
Section 26.510.140 of the Municipal Code to read as follows:
26.510.140 Window displays. Window displays of merchandise, or representations
thereof, are not subject to sign regulations, sign square footage, and do not require a sign
permit, except the following are prohibited in window displays:
Televisions, computer monitors, or other similar technological devices
that create oscillating light.
b)
Neon or other gas tube illumination, rope lighting or Iow-voltage strip-
lighting.
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APPROVED by the Commission during a public hearing on August 3, 1999.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION:
Bob Blaich, Chair
ATTEST:
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