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Home My WebLink AboutG28-08 Ordinance No. G28-08 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SPECIAL REGULATIONS FOR STREET GRAPHICS WITHIN A PORTION OF THE RANDALL ROAD/I 90 AREA OF SPECIAL CHARACTER (RANDALL POINT WEST SUBDIVISION) WHEREAS, Section 19.50.105 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, provides that the City Council may designate specific locations within the City as Areas of Special Character in order to provide appropriate flexibility in the regulation of street graphics through the adoption of special regulation for these areas that can vary from the regulations contained within the City's Street Graphics Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the City Council, in its Ordinance No. G25-08, has designated the Randall Point West Subdivision as part of the Randall Road/I 90 Area of Special Character (the "Randall Road/I 90 Area of Special Character")pursuant to Section 19.50.105; and WHEREAS, written application has been made to adopt special regulations for street graphics within the Randall Point West Subdivision as part of the Randall Road/I 90Area of Special Character; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Commission held a public hearing concerning the proposed special regulations; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Development Commission has submitted its written findings and recommendation that the requested special regulations for street graphics be denied; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Group has submitted its written findings and recommendation that the requested special regulations for street graphics be granted; and WHEREAS, the City Council has previously determined that the Randall Road/I 90 Area of Special Character has unique characteristics including the area's location, topography and being adjacent to U.S. Interstate 90; and WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the proposed use of the Randall Point West Subdivision as mixed use office and industrial park presents specified unique challenges and demands such that the City's street graphic ordinance cannot adequately regulate street graphics for such use in such area; and WHEREAS, the proposed special regulations for the Randall Point West Subdivision are consistent with the unique character and unique use of the Randall Road/I 90 Area of Special Character and departures from the street graphics ordinance as contained within such proposed special regulations are limited to address the unique and particular area characteristics and use characteristics of the Randall Point West Subdivision portion of the Randall Road/I 90 Area of Special Character. elk NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That the following Special Regulations for Street Graphics for the Randall Point West Subdivision portion of the Randall Road/I 90 Area of Special Character, such Randall Point West Subdivision being legally described in the Planned Development Ordinance for the Randall Point West Subdivision under Ordinance No. G98-07 (the "Subject Property"), be and are hereby granted and approved pursuant and subject to the following terms and conditions: 1. Compliance with the Randall Point West Special Sign District Plan prepared by White Way Sign Company, dated August 14, 2007, revised April 8, 2008 and April 10, 2008 attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (such plan is hereinafter referred to as the "Subject Special Sign District Plan"). Pursuant to the Subject Special Sign District Plan, one double-faced light emitting diode (LED) message center (the "Special Sign") shall be permitted on the Subject Property in the location as set forth in paragraph 2 below. At the election of its owner, the light emitting diode (LED) message center on the west- facing side of the Special Sign may initially be constructed and / or from time to time replaced with a static (no-LED) sign face. 2. The Special Sign shall be located only at a location within the strip of land constituting the southerly fifty (50) feet of Lots 2, 3, 4 or 5 of the Randall Point West Subdivision. 3. The light emitting diode (LED) message center included as part of the sign shall also comply with the following additional standards: a. All images, displays or messages of any type or nature (hereinafter collectively "Image" or "Images") shall be static without any type of movement or motion whether the Images are in the form of animation, video, text or otherwise. No continuous traveling, scrolling, flashing, spinning, revolving or shaking, or any other type of movement or motion of an Image shall be allowed. b. The rate of change for any Image shall be for a minimum period of one (1) minute, i.e., each Image displayed shall be displayed for a minimum period of one (1) minute. c. Any Image or message change sequence shall be accomplished immediately with no transition by changing from one screen to another or by means of fade or dissolve mode. d. The intensity of the light emitting diode (LED) display shall not exceed the level specified in the chart below: r 2 INTENSITY LEVELS (NITS) Color Daytime Nighttime Amber only 4,690 1,675 Full Color 7,000 2,500 Green only 6,300 2,250 Red only 3,150 1,125 e. The square footage of the light emitting diode (LED) message center shall not exceed 72 square feet. f. The light emitting diode (LED) message center, as well as all other street graphics within the Subject Property shall not be operated, in whole or in part, as an Off Premises Street Graphic. g. The light emitting diode (LED) message center shall display Images limited solely and only to displaying in text (i) the names and logos of the companies, one at a time, then currently occupying the mixed used office and industrial park on the Subject Property as a bona fide full time and year round owner or tenant on the Subject Property and (ii) the name of the subdivision developer/manager. h. In the event of any conflict between the standards for the light emitting diode (LED) message center as provided in this subsection 3 and the provisions within the Subject Special Sign District Plan, the provisions of this subsection 3 shall supersede and control. 4. In the event of any conflict between the special regulations for the Subject Property as provided herein, and the provisions of Chapter 19.50 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled "Street Graphics", the provisions of these special regulations for the Subject Property as contained herein shall supersede and control. 5. With the sole exception of the Special Sign (i.e., the light emitting diode (LED) message center authorized in this ordinance), all other street graphics on the Subject Property shall comply with the provisions of Chapter 19.50 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled "Street Graphics". Section 2. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage in the manner provided by law. d Sc ock, Mayor r 3 r Presented: May 28, 2008 Passed: May 28, 2008 Omnibus Vote: Yeas: 6 Nays: 0 Recorded: May 29, 2008 Published: Attest: Diane Robertson, City Clerk r r 4 ------------- I r- ----- 24._0.. i r n Y !m' :.-,-,. ,.,'.--',-',-.- :. ..:” ,-,'-.. ,,'-'-?.'',,.- ,-..:.I''-. ..'-'-'.'''. -'.--.' . , .-:'' ','....'.*::,-'-';`," . ,'i'i7;.-1''''' -',/' ,-, .,,.:;":,'".'' I!'- -...-:-.-.I--;-',-,;::-.',:::?; -, ; '' ..-'..'". , a - x4, - b �..-_ »° i i .Via " � �° °m"� :aaiaai:i:a:a:ia: Ri:: :a: ::siaia:a .:IIaa::iaiaai i':a:':aai.aaaaiaal:aa:aa:::as::�=i::f:a::S::fa:::.:::::::::r.::; o �.. f' {{ :i i"• :::::*•:::sr ::::::::::::::::iai :a.:..a:a. . . v a S ..i.aaai.ii::a i. 32�.... .','t ::X .... 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