ORDINANCE NO. BL2013-568

An ordinance to amend Section 17.32.050 of the Metropolitan Zoning Code to prohibit LED message boards and digital display signs within the MUI, MUI-A, ORI, and MHP zoning districts (Proposal No. 2013Z-013TX-001).

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That Section 17.32.050 of the Code of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Zoning Regulations, is hereby amended as follows by amending subsection H.2 by deleting the phrase “AG, AR2a, R, RS, RM, RM-A, MUN, MUN-A, MUL, MUL-A, MUG, MUG-A, ON, OL, OG, OR20, OR20-A, OR40, OR40-A, CN, CL, SCC and SCN districts”, and substituting with the phrase “AG, AR2a, R, RS, RM, RM-A, MUN, MUN-A, MUL, MUL-A, MUG, MUG-A, MUI, MUI-A, MHP, ON, OL, OG, OR20, OR20-A, OR40, OR40-A, ORI, CN, CL, SCC and SCN districts”.

Section 2. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after its passage and such change be published in a newspaper of general circulation, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored by: Burkley Allen

Amendment No. 1
To
Ordinance No. BL2013-568

Madam President:

I move to amend Ordinance No. BL2013-568 by deleting Section 1 in its entirety and substituting with the following new Section 1:
Section 1. That Section 17.32.050 of the Code of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Zoning Regulations, is hereby amended by deleting subsection H.2 in its entirety and substituting with the following new subsection H.2:

“2. LED message boards and digital display signs in the AG, AR2a, R, RS, RM, RM-A, MUN, MUN-A, MUL, MUL-A, MUG, MUG-A, MUI, MUI-A, MHP, ON, OL, OG, OR20, OR20-A, OR40, OR40-A, ORI, CN, CL, SCC and SCN districts, except for time/temperature/date signs, provided that this prohibition shall not apply to signs existing as of January 1, 2014, that are located on property zoned MUI-A along an arterial street within the urban zoning overlay district and have a surface area in excess of 1,200 square feet”.

Sponsored by: Burkley Allen

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Introduced: October 1, 2013
Passed First Reading: October 1, 2013
Referred to: Planning Commission
Planning & Zoning Committee
Passed Second Reading: November 5, 2013
Deferred to December 17, 2013: November 19, 2013
Amended: December 17, 2013
Passed Third Reading: December 17, 2013
Approved: December 18, 2013
By: mayor's signature
Effective: December 20, 2013

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