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Show December 15, 2010 v-- TIMPA N O G G S TIME -- - w , - . 7 PG City Council Approves Admendments to City Advertising Sign Ordinance In a meeting held last week, Pleasant Grove City Council approved amendments to the city Signs and Outdoor Advertising Ordinance by adding exemptions for business signage and extending time frames for commercial banners; and creating three new theme districts for wall signage; and expanding the advertising area for options for freestanding signage, for the purpose of creating greater visibility and advertising options for businesses in the city. It was reported that earlier this year the city staff and the Economic Development Dept. began to see a need to modify the current regulations. This came as a result of many requests and complaints from existing businesses and also businesses seeking to locate in Pleasant Grove. Their primary complaints centered on visibility and the need to expand their signage options. In order to gain a clear understanding of the signage needs of local businesses, city staff began meeting with local business owners and the Downtown Advisory Board. After several meetings that extend back to April of this year, and after reviewing a 2009 signage study, staff has crafted an ordinance that was unanimously given favor by local business owners in attendance, and the board gave a recommendation to approve the new ordinance changes in September. There are several categories listed. They include exempt signs, miscellaneous signs, freestanding signs, and monument signs. Items proposed for changes includes new criteria to allow corporate flags, update political sign exemptions to avoid legal problems with time frames, increased the time frame from 30 to 60 days for a grand opening banner, updated window sign exemptions to include wraps and neon signs; miscellaneous signs: increased the allowed time frame for general commercial banner signs, doubled the allowable size for community banners, and gave new criteria to allow signs in all commercial zones. In addition under miscellaneous signs, the new criteria increased the potential signage area, added options that area of sign can be further increased with CUP approval and meeting specific criteria., and clarified design requirements to match the theme for the Grove Zone. One area that required special attention was Wall signs and Suspendedprojecting, and Awning signs. The majority of complaints the city staff has received from local business owners were regarding wall signs. As a result three separate wall sign categories were created. ' These are Grove District which maintains the highest standard, State Street District which has zones which allow for the flat faced cabinet wall sign which is common up and down State Street with existing businesses. The third is the Downtown Village District which covers the Downtown area. The intent is to create a consistent image of the old turn of the 20th century downtown. The new ordinance on signs was approved by the council following a question and answer period. Richard Bradford, Economic Development Director for the city, said this is probably the best sign ordinance now in the state. Mayor Bruce Call added that the business people worked on this, too, and it really came out well planned. In other action, the city council approved a resolution declaring a 2003 field conditioner, a 1995 super rake and a 1994 super rake as surplus property and allow them to be sold. PG City Calendar Wednesday. December 15 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Wednesday. December 22 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, South Route ' Friday. December 24 City Offices Closed Saturday. December 25 City Offices Closed Wednesday. December 29 Curbside Recycling Pick Up, North Route Friday. December 31 City Offices Closed Publish Your Eagle Scout Award IMPANOGGSTIMES- - (801) 785-311- 1 tlmpanogostimesyahoo.com 11 S. Main St. Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 IS SOUP ctr advertising w : ;. maP. r. 5? K . ' . - ' - ::;r-:- .r J MVBFtiSB'm ...- -k M2S BmM v-f- 'i mis rsad a atiUBFttEB Willi ml "" ' -"' ' UujjJjd 'smm,, Eall 8Bh785-3wToiIa- n GRAPHIC DESIGN I IWI (6) imi l 11 Cv jl I FULL SERVICE DESIGN STUDIO LOGO D E S : G N CORPORATE IDENTITY 80 I - 785-230- 6 485 N. 1200 W. LINDON. UT 8 A O 4 2 FULL COLOR BUSINESS CARDS ! 250 FREE! ! ' WITH PURCHASE OF J 1 2 5 O CARDS , OFFER EXPIRES 23 20 O j CoucJ Pleasant Grove (h-- If 1 i' - ...... J An officer stopped a vehicle for unsafe lane travel. The driver was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol andor drugs and was later released on citation. A complainant called to re-port a theft of his wallet. The complainant did give suspect information. At this time, the of-ficer has not been able to make contact with the suspect for questioning. Police responded to Maceys Grocery store for a shoplifter in custody. Officers met with an indi-vidual regarding a theft of his jacket from a local community center. This case is being re-ferred to the PG Detective Divi-sion for further investigation. On December 7 officers responded to a local apartment complex on report of individu-als playing basketball after mid-night. One adult female was ar rested and booked into the Utah County Jail for an active felony warrant, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of Methamphetamine. On December 8 an officer made contact with the complain-ant over the telephone regard-ing some property stolen from her vehicle sometime during the night. The officer found a theft had occurred. The officer gath-ered the information available about this incident and filed this report. An officer responded to a residence for a criminal mis-chief incident. This occurred sometime between Sunday night and last night. This case was re-ferred to investigations. Police responded to a resi-dence for a report of a theft of medication from the residence. Police found a theft had oc-curred and gathered suspect in-formation. An officer was dispatched to an assault at Maceys. The reporting party stated that two male individuals were beating up a female. Officers responded to Mac-eys and the surrounding areas and they were unable to see anything suspicious. Officers then asked an individual if he saw anything and he said that he had been standing out here for a while waiting for a ride and had not seen anything. Police then called the num-ber back and spoke to a male individual who did not give any information and hung up. Af-ter driving around and speaking with the individual that called in, police found that it was a prank call. . A reporting party called the police and said sometime in the' past two months someone took a long board from his garage. The reporting party said he discov-ered this when he saw the long board for sale at Jumping Jack Pawn in Orem today. An officer On Tuesday , December 2 , an officer responded to a local resi-dence on reports of a vehicle's tires being slashed sometime during the night. Possible sus-pect information was received. No contact has been made with the suspect. No further action has been taken at this time. Officers made a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic viola-tion at about 700 South Main St. in Pleasant Grove. All three passengers in the vehicle were arrested for Possession of Para-phernalia in a drug-fre- e zone. Police responded on a re-port of suspects using drugs in a red Ford Escort at Harts. Po-lice located the suspect vehicle at Quick Fix. Two people were arrested on warrants and para-phernalia charges and the driver will be charged pending a writ-ten statement from the reporting party. An officer met with a local resident who reported several tools taken from the back of his truck during the night. No sus-pect information is available at this time. No further action was taken. Police responded to 587 West State for a theft report. The complainant was reporting a part of a Track Hoe was stolen sometime in the past week while parked at this job site. On December 3 officers re-sponded to a local residence on report of some criminal mischief and vandalism to the exterior of the home. Several juveniles ad-mitted to the acts and were cited for criminal mischief. ' had the item put on police hold and located suspect information, but was not able to reach the sus-pect. An officer was dispatched to a forced entry burglary of a resi-dence. A small amount of jewel-ry was stolen. There are no sus-pects at this time. This case will be sent to the Detective Division for follow-u- p investigation. A reporting party called to report a theft of video games. One suspect name was given. A report was taken and referred to investigations. On December 4 an officer was dispatched to the lobby of the police department to speak with a male juvenile about his bike being stolen. While police responded, the reporting party's brother found his brother's bike being ridden by a male individu-al. The reporting party's brother approached the male individual and the individual dropped the bike and ran. Officers searched the area and were unable to lo-cate the suspect. The reporting party was unable to give suspect information. There was a report of a ve-hicle burglary that occurred the night before and several items were stolen including an Adidas duffle bag worth $500 from the reporting party's vehicle. An officer was dispatched to a noise complaint at the Pem-berl- y Apartments. The officer approached some individuals who were sitting on their porch smoking and talking loud. After speaking with the in-dividuals, officers found that there were drugs being used at the residence. An officer tres-passed all the individuals who did not live at the residence and with permission from the hom-eowner, officers went inside the house and found drug parapher-nalia. The homeowner was then cited for Possession of Drug Par-aphernalia in a drug-fre- e zone and released on scene. While on patrol on Saturday, December 4, an officer stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. The officer made contact with the driver and could smell the odor of alcohol. The driver ad-mitted he had been drinking ear-lier in the evening. The driver was arrested for DUI and Care-less Driving and later released to a family member. While on patrol, an officer stopped a suspicious vehicle pulling into a business parking lot. The driver was found to be impaired. The male driver was arrested for DUI. No further ac-tions were taken. On December 6 police re-ceived a report of criminal mis-chief involving the complainants tires on his vehicle being slashed overnight, causing $800 dam-age. There are no suspects or investigative leads at this time. On December 2 police responded to a person who re-ported that a known suspect had damaged her truck. Two adult females were issued cita-tions for criminal mischief. An officer spoke with an individual stating that yester-day he had over $500 worth of construction tools taken from the inside of his vehicle. On December 3 an officer was dispatched to a retail theft incident. The officer found a retail theft incident involving an employee and an accom-plice occurred. The officer found the stolen items were not recovered but one suspect was arrested and signed a confes-sion. One person was arrested by citation and released. Police were dispatched to a theft incident on December 4. The officers found a delayed burglary incident involving a theft of property from an at-tached garage occurred. Of-ficers collected the stolen item information. Police found no evidence or suspect informa-tion. On December 6 a reporting party called to inform police that a suspect got into the back of his truck and stole items. One male was arrested in the incident for vehicle burglary and felony theft. The male was booked into the Utah County Jail. An officer was dispatched to a report of a vehicle that had just been stolen. The vehicle was a black and green 1999 Chrysler Sebring. Officers ar-ri-in the area and a short time later the vehicle was located several blacks away from the residence unoccupied. Police received a report of a shoplifting incident in prog-ress on December 7. One male was arrested for Retail Theft, Possession of Meth in a drug-fre- e zone and Possession of Paraphernalia in a drug-fre- e zone. |