Chapter 8.16
PERMITS AND VARIANCES

Sections:

8.16.010    Graphic permit required.

8.16.020    Approval or denial.

8.16.030    Appeals.

8.16.040    Application fee schedule.

8.16.050    Exemptions.

8.16.060    Variance.

8.16.010 Graphic permit required.

(A) No person shall erect or display a street graphic unless the Planning Department has issued a permit for the street graphic, or unless this section exempts the street graphic from the permit requirement.

(B) The Planning Commission may review a sign permit at any time to ensure compliance.

(C) Application. A person proposing to erect or display a street graphic shall file an application for a permit with the Planning Department. One application is required per street graphic permit being requested. The application shall contain:

(1) The name, address, and contact information of sign contractor and the owner and occupant of the premises where the street graphic is to be erected or displayed; the date on which it is to be erected or displayed; the zoning district in which it is located; and any variance that has been approved.

(2) Drawings and site plan drawn to scale that show (a) all existing street graphics displayed on the premises; (b) the location, height and size of any proposed street graphics; and (c) the percentage of the signable area covered by the proposed street graphics.

(3) Specifications for the construction or display of the street graphic and for its illumination and mechanical movement, if any, is to be provided.

(4) Written information that includes detail showing type of lamp and total lumens.

(5) For Fuel Station Canopies. Written material showing lamp type and initial lamp total lumens. (Ord. CCO-18-03, 2018; Ord. CCO-03-04, 2003; Ord. CCO-95-05, 1995)

8.16.020 Approval or denial.

The Planning Department shall approve a permit for the street graphic if it complies with the building, electrical, and other adopted codes of the City of Mt. Shasta and with:

(A) The regulations for street graphics contained in this title and any variance that has been granted for these regulations, and

(B) Any special regulations that have been adopted for a historic district.

If the Planning Department does not approve a permit for the street graphic they shall state the reasons for the denial in writing, and shall mail and/or email a copy of the reasons for denial to the address and/or email address of the applicant stated on the application. (Ord. CCO-18-03, 2018)

8.16.030 Appeals.

Any applicant who is denied a permit for the display of a street graphic may appeal as per Chapter 18.32 MSMC, Appeals. (Ord. CCO-18-03, 2018)

8.16.040 Application fee schedule.

The application fee schedule for the following graphic permit applications shall be set by the City Council through resolution. The graphic permit types to be included in the fee schedule are:

(A) Temporary graphic.

(B) Graphic resurfacing.

(C) Permanent graphic. (Ord. CCO-18-03, 2018)

8.16.050 Exemptions.

The following street graphics are exempt from the permit requirement:

(A) A street graphic exempted from the provisions of this title.

(B) A temporary window graphic, erected no longer than 30 days.

(C) A street graphic that is a permanent architectural detail of the building. (Ord. CCO-18-03, 2018)

8.16.060 Variance.

(A) The Planning Commission may grant variances from the regulations contained in this title:

(1) To permit the area or height of a street graphic to be increased by up to 25 percent more than the maximum height allowed.

(B) Approval Standard. The Planning Commission may grant a variance authorized by this section if it finds the variance requested is required by special or unique hardship because of:

(1) Exceptional narrowness, shallowness, or shape of the premises on which a street graphic is located; or

(2) Exceptional topographic conditions or physical features uniquely affecting the premises on which a street graphic is located.

(C) A showing that the display of a street graphic would be more profitable, or that the street graphic would be more valuable, is not a special or unique hardship as required by this section. (Ord. CCO-18-03, 2018; Ord. CCO-03-04, 2003; Ord. CCO-95-05, 1995. Formerly 8.16.040)