File #: O-2012-0028    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/7/2012 In control: Safety and Development Committee (INACTIVE)
On agenda: Final action: 8/7/2012
Title: Ordinance to amend Section 13.21(10) relative to prohibiting non-political signage greater than 6 square feet on a residential use property.
Sponsors: Gary T. Barczak
Attachments: 1. O-2012-0028 Ordinance & Affidavit
Title
Ordinance to amend Section 13.21(10) relative to prohibiting non-political signage greater than 6 square feet on a residential use property.
 
Body
The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
 
PART I.  Section 13.21(10) of the Revised Municipal Code of the City of West Allis is hereby amended to read:
 
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(10) Prohibited Signs, Lighting and Movement.
 
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(b) Prohibited Signs. It is unlawful to erect or maintain the following signs:
 
1. Flashing signs.
 
2. Portable signs.
 
3. Pennants or streamers.
 
4. Abandoned signs/structures.
 
5. Snipe signs-signs in, on or over public property; excluding those regulated in Section
13.21(11).
 
6. Signs that interfere with traffic.
 
7. Non-political signs greater than 6 Square Feet on a residential use property; not including residential properties over 3-family which are regulated by the Plan Commission under the master sign program 13.21(13).  
 
8. All prohibited signs not mentioned in this section.
 
PART II.  All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
 
PART III.  This ordinance shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and publication.
 
cc:  Department of Development
      Department of Building Inspections & Neighborhood Services
 
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