File #: 17-14    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/14/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/11/2014 Final action: 2/11/2014
Title: Be it ordained that Section 3.35 of R.O. 1991 be amended relative to portable signs.
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Be it ordained that Section 3.35 of R.O. 1991 be amended relative to portable signs.
 
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Be it hereby ordained by the Malden City Council that Section 3.35 of the Revised Ordinances of 1991 as amended be and the same are hereby further amended as follows:
 
-by adding to Section 3.35.5  (Prohibited Signs), the following new section:
.11      A-frame or T-frame portable signs, except as permitted under Section 3.35.11.
 
-by striking out Section 3.35.11 as it currently exists and inserting in place thereof the following new section 3.35.11:
.11      REGULATION OF PORTABLE SIGNS
 
The Sign Design Review Committee may issue annual permits for portable signs only to those businesses which, in the ordinary course of their affairs, temporarily conduct business at locations which are not their principle place of business.
 
A portable sign permitted under this section shall meet the following minimum requirements:
      .1      Portable signs shall be either A-frame or T-frame;
.2      No portable sign shall exceed 6 square feet per sign face nor contain more than two sign faces;
.3      Portable signs shall be removed within one hour of the conclusion of the event to which they relate.