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ORDINANCE NO. 3 0 a d
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY ADVERTISING AND SIGN
ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 3 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY REPEALING ARTICLE II, BILL-
POSTERS, SEC. 3-13; ALSO BY REPEALING ARTICLE III, SIGNS,
SEC. 3-32 e(..) and (b), SEC. 3-36, SEC. 3-39, SEC. 3-45,
SEC. 3-47-(a) , AND SEC. 3-75; AND ENACTING IN LIEU
THEREOF NEW SECTIONS, SEC. 3-32 (a) and (b) , SEC. 3-33,
SEC. 3-36, SEC. 3-39, SEC. 3-45, SEC. 3-47(a) , AND
SEC. 3-73(d) , AND SEC. 3-74(d) , AND ADDING NEW ARTICLE
IV THERETO.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa:
That Article II, Billposters, Sec. 3-13; also Article III, Signs, Sec. 3-32 (a)
and (b) , Sec. 3-36, Sec. 3-39, Sec. 3-45, Sec. 3-47 (a) , and Sec. 3-75 of the
City Advertising and Sign Ordinance, Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Waterloo, are hereby repealed in their entirety; that new Sections,
Sec. 3-32 (a) and (b) , Sec. 3-33, Sec. 3-36, Sec. 3-39, Sec. 3-45, Sec. 3-47 (a) ,
Sec. 3-73(d) , and Sec. 3-74(d) , are hereby enacted in lieu thereof to Chapter 3
of the City of Waterloo Code of Ordinances, Advertising and Signs, as follows;
that Article IV is hereby added to Chapter 3 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Waterloo, as follows:
Sec. 3-32. Sign painters and erectors; License required; exception; license
fees; erector's bond required; amount, terms and conditions of bond.
(a) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the act of drawing,
painting, or posting a sign on any existing building or billboard or signboard
surface as covered by this article, shall first apply to the City Council of the
City of Waterloo for a license to do so. Said license shall be in the amount of
Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) aer year, except as in subsection (b) of this section,
payable annually on the first day of January each year. The license provided for
in this subsection shall be limited to the drawing or painting or posting of signs
only.
(b) Any person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the act of painting,
erecting, maintaining, repairing, servicing, installing or removing signs, portable
signs, billboards or signboards, as covered by this article, regardless of size or
weight, shall first apply to the City Council of the City of Waterloo on an
approved application form supplied by the City for a license to do so. After the
application form has been submitted the applicant shall appear in person before
the Sign Committee to take a test, either written or oral. Type of test to be de-
termined by the Sign Committee. The test shall be based on the information
contained within this sign ordinance. The Sign Committee shall consist of the
Waterloo Building Official, or his duly appointed representative, one member from
a duly licensed sign erection firm, and one member from the Waterloo Plan and
Program Commission. Upon completion of the test and answering 85% of the questions
correctly, the applicant shall receive a license, said license to be in the amount
of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) for the first year, thereafter the license
shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00) per year for each year of subsequent renewal. The
license provided for in this subsection shall also apply to the drawing or painting
of signs and is in lieu of the license in subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3-33. Truth in advertising.
No sign shall be permitted anywhere in the City of Waterloo which in the
opinion of the Building Official of the City of Waterloo does not accurately or
fairly represent the services or products advertised on such sign, and which is
likely to mislead the general public who rely upon the information contained on
the sign.
Sec. 3-36. Enforcement and Penalties.
The Building Official is hereby authorized and directed to enforce all the
provisions of this article.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof
during which any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed,
continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such person
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or by
imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
Sec. 3-39. Certificate of inspection and compliance required; time for filing;
persons who may make inspection.
Each owner of a sign shall furnish to the Building Official upon request a
letter certifying to a complete inspection from a bonded and licensed sign company
showing that any defective maintenance items have been corrected, and showing that
the sign is being maintained in a good state of repair.
Sec. 3-45. Required; exceptions; compliance with chapter necessary.
(a) No sign, permanent, temporary or portable, shall be painted, constructed,
erected, reerected, moved, or altered except as provided by this article, and until
a permit therefor has been issued by the Building Official.
(b) The following signs and sign work shall not require a sign permit; these
exceptions shall not be construed as relieving the owner of the sign from the
responsibility of its erection, maintenance, and compliance with the provisions of
this article or any other law, provisions of this Code or other city ordinance
regulating signs:
(1) Repairing not more than 50% of the sign or structure, repainting, or
cleaning of an advertising structure or the changing of the advertising copy or
message thereon shall not be considered an erection or alteration which requires
a sign permit.
(2) A permit will not be required for a temporary job sign or signs not
more than thirty-two (32) square feet in area erected on the construction site,
which shall be removed upon completion of the project for which said sign or signs
have been erected or Real Estate signs, which do not exceed nine (9) square feet,
advertising either the sale or rental of the property on which they are placed.
(3) A permit shall not be required for a sign if not more than one (1)
square foot in area stating merely the name and profession of an occupant, nor
for a wall sign not exceeding two and one half (2-1/2) square feet in area; nor
for signs erected by the city, county, state, or federal government; nor for signs
that are an integral part of a building.
(4) One temporary sign denoting a new sub-division and placed at its
entrance shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet and must be removed promptly
when 75% of the lots are sold or after a maximum of twelve months, whichever occurs
first.
Sec. 3-47. Permit fees; penalty for failure to obtain a permit.
The following permit fees shall be required for all permits required by this
division.
(a) The sign permit fee shall be Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) for the first one
hundred (100) square feet, plus Three Dollars ($3.00) per each additional one
hundred (100) square feet or fraction thereof of the display surface. In the case
of multiple display surface, all display surface shall be added and the fee based
on one-half (1/2) the total area. In the case of several signs being attached to
one building or structure at the same time, one permit fee may be required provided,
however, that a list is submitted with the application for permit giving the sizes,
copy and location of all signs covered by the permit application.
Sec. 3-73. Electric signs: Illumination; flashing and rotating beacons;
statement of power consumption.
(d) All electrical wiring to ground, pole, portable, or temporary signs shall
be underground and enclosed in structure or raceway. In no case should the wiring
be exposed to the view of the public.
Sec. 3-74. Temporary signs, Portable signs: Area, height; not to be fastened
to the ground; maximum time; projection.
(d) Portable signs, whether on wheels, chassis, or frame, and whether licensed
by the motor vehicle department or not, with either fixed or changeable letters,
must meet all sections of this or any other city ordinance.
Article IV. Off Premise Advertising.
Sec. 3-75. Restrictions on outdoor advertising, off premise advertising,
poster panels, billboards, permanent paint units and rotary
paint units and all other conveyances of off premise
advertising.
(a) No free standing off premise outdoor advertising structure, poster panel,
billboard, permanent paint or rotary paint unit shall exceed a maximum height of
forty (40) feet from surrounding grade level of the arterial the unit faces. This
includes the message area, cut outs, embellishments and extensions.
(b) No roof or wall mounted off premise outdoor advertising structure, poster
panel, billboard, permanent paint or rotary paint unit shall exceed a maximum of
twenty-two (22) feet above the roof line. This includes the message area, cut outs,
embellishments and extensions.
(c) No off premise outdoor advertising structure, poster panel, billboard,
permanent paint or rotary paint unit shall have a prime copy or message larger than
seven hundred fifty (750) square feet. The embellishment, trim, and skirting area
are not to exceed an additional two hundred fifty (250) square feet.
(d) No off premise outdoor advertising structure, poster panel, billboard,
permanent paint or rotary paint unit exceeding one hundred fifty (150) square feet
shall be permitted within three hundred fifty (350) feet of any other off premise
advertising structure located on the same side of an arterial when facing the same
directional traffic flow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council th._s �n day of
1979, and approved by the Mayor this 9' day of , 1979.
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Leo P. Rooff, Mayor
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STATE OF IOWA, I, Robert J . McCoy
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Black Hawk County, Publisher of the WaterlooCroItrier
a daily newspaper printed in the English
language and published in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa do solemnly swear that
the annexed copy of Ordinance No . 3020
ORD'�1ANCE Na 3020 I notice was published in the English language only xagulaxlyx
AN ORDlhIARCE7CAI�NDING THE �
CITY ADVERTISING AND SIGN
ORDINANCE, CHAPTEF- " OF THE once a for consecutive
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, BY REPEALING ARTICLE II, BILL commencing on the day of 19
POSTERS, SEC. 313, ALSO BY Q`]
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that the annexed rate of advertising is the regular legal rate of
said newspaper, and that the following is a correct bill for pub-
lishing said notice.
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