Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2018-14:  An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 10, the City of Flagstaff Zoning Code, Chapter 10-50, Supplemental to Zones, Division 10-50.100, Sign Standards, Section 10-50.100.100, Sign Districts of Special Designation, providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances, severability, and establishing an effective date.

The Zoning Code was adopted by the City Council on November 1, 2011, to replace the former Land Development Code.  Division 10-50.100 Sign Standards include provisions for Sign Districts of Special Designation (“Sign Districts”).  The three currently established Sign Districts—Flagstaff Central District, Flagstaff Auto Park District, and Flagstaff Mall and Marketplace District—provide standards and location requirements that differ from those that are applied to building mounted and freestanding signs that are not located within a Sign District.  The WLB Group, on behalf of Northern Arizona University (NAU) and Consolidated Investment Company, Inc., has requested an amendment to the Zoning Code to create the West University Drive District to allow NAU to locate an entrance monument sign on land not currently owned by the university.  Please see the attached Ordinance and Zoning Amendment Document for the project location and vicinity maps.

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Council Goals
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Regional Plan
There are no Regional Plan Goals or Polices that specifically address or relate to signage.

Strategic Plan
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A Public Hearing was held on March 6, 2018, along with first reading of the ordinance.

1. Approve Ordinance No. 2018-14 as proposed.
2. Approve Ordinance No. 2018-14 with conditions/modifications.
3. Deny Ordinance No. 2018-14.

Since the 2011 adoption of the Zoning Code, the following amendments have been reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission and adopted by the City Council:
 
1.  Division 10-20.50 (Amendments to the Zoning Code Text and the Zoning Map): adopted on November 5, 2013, Ord. No. 2013-21.  These amendments established a new process and procedure for zone changes.
 
2.  Section 10-50.100.080.E (Flagstaff Mall and Marketplace District): adopted on November 5, 2013, Ord. No. 2013-22. These amendments allowed for the installation of a new monument sign for the Flagstaff Mall and Marketplace District.
 
3.  Division 10-50.100 (Sign Standards): adopted on November 18, 2014, Ord. No. 2014-27.  These amendments to the City's sign standards addressed concerns from the City Council and local residents with the complexity of the former sign standards, especially for building mounted signs, and for the proliferation of temporary signs within the City.
 
4.  Division 10-20.100 (Assurance of Performance for Construction): adopted on March 4, 2015, Ord. No. 2015-01.  These amendments updated the standards and procedures regarding assurances for construction.
 
5.  Section 10-40.30.050 (Industrial Uses) and Sections 10-80.20.060 (Definitions, “F.”) and 10-80.20.200 (Definitions, “T.”): adopted on May 5, 2015, Ord. No. 2015-03.  These amendments to the industrial zones, Table B, Allowed Uses, and in the definitions clarify that freight and trucking facilities are a permitted use in the RD (Research and Development Zone.
 
6.  The comprehensive suite of amendments adopted on February 16, 2016, Ord. No. 2016-07, 2016 comprising mostly minor clarifications and corrections, but also some significant amendments to Section 10-40.40.030 to allow single-family dwellings and duplexes by right in the CC Zone, Section 10-40.60.260 (Mixed Use) and 10-40.60.280 (Planned Residential Development), Section 10-50.80.080 (Parking Spaces, Parking Lot Design and Layout) and in Division 10-50.110 to add two new building types: apartment building and stacked triplex.
 
7.  Division 10-50.100 (Sign Standards): adopted on June 21, 2016, Ord. No. 2016-22.  These amendments reconciled the sign standards with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert.
 
8.  Series of amendments adopted on April 4, 2017, Ord. No. 2017-10, including amendments to: Section 10-50.80.080.C (ADA Parking), clarified the depth of an ADA parking space; Sections 10-40.60.030, 10-80.20.010 (ADU's) created a definition for Attached and Detached ADU's, created standards for the attachment, and clarified the required amenities; Sections 10-40.30, and 10-40.40, 10-50.80 and 10-80.20.160 (Places of Worship), created a definition and land use classification for places of worship, and permitted the use in all zones; and Section 10-90.40.030 (Rural Floodplain Map), revised the rural floodplain map back to the boundaries of the 1991 map.

9.  Series of amendments adopted on December 19, 2017, Ord. No. 2017-31, including amendments to: Section 10-40.40 (Transect Zones) clarifying allowed building types and allowed private frontage types within each transect zone; Section 10-50.110.030 (Building Types Allowed) modifying the allowed building types table to include all transect open (O) sub-zones and alternate (N.2) zones; Section 10-50.110.160 (Live/Work) removing the occupancy requirement and increasing the maximum allowed building width to 50 feet; Section 10-50.110.180 (Commercial Block) adding standards for the division of facade planes into smaller elements; and, Table 10-50.120.020.A (Allowed Private Frontage Types) modifying the allowed private frontage types table to include all transect open (O) sub-zones and alternate (N.2) zones.

Inform/Consult

In accordance with State statute and the Zoning Code, the work session and public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission and the public hearing before the City Council were advertised in the Arizona Daily Sun on January 9, 2018, which is at least 15-days prior to the scheduled meeting dates.
 
As of this writing, staff has received one (1) e-mail asking for additional information regarding the proposed amendment.