City Council - Regular Meeting

An Ordinance to Amend the Code of the City of Gardner, Chapter 675, Thereof Entitled Zoning, to Remove Article IX, Thereof Entitled "Signs and Advertising Devices," and Move it to a New Non-Zoning Chapter to be Numbered Chapter 665

PREAMBLE: WHEREAS, the City of Gardner is looking to promote business growth and make things easier for individuals to open and expand business opportunities in the City; and WHEREAS, the City of Gardner and its officials have received feedback from residents and prospective business owners of the restrictive natures of the City's current ordinance regarding signs and advertising devices; and WHEREAS, the City of Gardner is looking for greater flexibility in evaluating, adapting, and evolving its ordinances regarding the placement, regulation, and requirements for signs and advertising devices; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GARDNER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Article IX of Chapter 675 of the Zoning Code of the City of Gardner, thereof entitled "Signs and Advertising Devices," be removed from the City's Zoning Code and created as a new non-zoning chapter to be numbered and entitled "Chapter 665: Signs and Advertising Devices." SECTION 2: That the Articles and Sections of Chapter 675 be renumbered accordingly to account for this removal. SECTION 3: That the Sections of the new Chapter 665 be renumbered accordingly as Sections 1 through 9 SECTION 4: Severability If any provision of this section is held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such provision shall be considered separately and apart from the remaining provisions, which shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5: That this ordinance take effect upon passage and publication as required by the General Laws of the Commonwealth and the Charter of the City of Gardner for all Zoning Ordinance procedures and timelines.