[CPN] NOTIFICATION OF DENVER ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING

NOTIFICATION OF DENVER ZONING CODE TEXT AMENDMENT PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
CASE #	Denver Zoning Code , Text Amendment #14 –  Revisions to Noncommercial Sign Definition and Standards
APPLICANT	Molly Urbina, Acting Manager of Community Planning & Development
CASE MANAGER(S)	Tina Axelrad, Principal City Planner – tina.axelrad@denvergov.org
DATE	Wednesday, November 21, 2012
TIME	3:00 pm
PLACE	Wellington E. Webb Municipal Building at 201 W. Colfax Avenue
ROOM	4th floor conference room #4.F.6
LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING INFORMATION
DATE	Tuesday, November 27, 2012 (Tentative)
TIME	10:30 am
PLACE	City and County Building, 1437 Bannock Street, Denver
ROOM	3rd floor conference room #391
INTERESTED REGISTER NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS - **ALL REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE**
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS - **ALL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL HAVE RECEIVED THIS NOTICE**
Description:  Revisions to sign regulations in the Denver Zoning Code to ensure compliance with U.S. constitutional and federal case law requirements protecting freedom of speech.  Details below. 1.       Revisions to Article 13, Division 13.3, Definitions of Words, Terms and Phrases: a.        Revise definition of “sign” to remove exemptions for (a) flags, (b) time and temperature devices, (c) national/state/religious/ fraternal or professional symbols or crests, and (d) works of art that do not identify a product. b.       Revise definition of “sign, noncommercial” to include political signs. c.        Delete separate definition of “sign, political.” 2.       Revisions to Article 10, Division 10.10, Signs: a.        Add general provision allowing owners of any type of sign to substitute protected noncommercial speech/message on a legal sign that may have been approved/used originally for commercial speech/message. b.       Remove reference to and standards for holiday decorations. c.        Revise regulations for noncommercial signs on residential properties to allow flags and other noncommercial signs (including political signs) no larger than 15 square feet in area. d.       Add new standards for noncommercial flags on nonresidential properties.  Clarify regulations for other noncommercial signs on nonresidential properties.                   The Denver Planning Board will hear and make a recommendation on text amendments to the Denver Zoning Code, together with amendments to related provisions of the Denver Revised Municipal Code, on Wednesday, November 21, 2012.    Following the Planning Board’s action, the Land Use, Transportation, and Infrastructure Committee of the Denver City Council is scheduled to consider the same proposed text amendments at their meeting on Tuesday, November 27, 2011 (tentative).   A draft of the proposed ordinance, together with CPD’s staff report, will be available in electronic format one week before the scheduled Planning Board hearing date at http://denvergov.org/cpd/Zoning/Rezoning/PendingTextAmendments/tabid/437326/Default.aspx.   The “RNO Position Statement” located on the above web page should be e-mailed to CPD Planning Services at RNOresponses@denvergov.org so that your organization’s position regarding this application may be addressed at the Planning Board Hearing.   ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS SHOULD EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR SUPPORT AT THE PLANNING BOARD HEARING AND AT THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL

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