09-1287Council File # 09-1287
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ORDINANCE
CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA
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9 Section 140.07 of the Saint Paul L,egislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
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11 Sec. 140.07. Advertising and exterior signs.
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Advertising. Billboard-style� e�-enclosed display case, or kiosk advertising is a pernutted use in
skyway corridors. The following requirements apply to advertising:
(1) The size, shape and placement of advertising siens a���� should be such as to not
impede pedestrian circulation in the skyway system.
(2) Advertising should be contained in "permanent" nonmovable fixtures including, but not
limited to, glass display cases affixed to walls and kiosks anchored to the floor.
(3) The design and initial installation of advertising fixtures in the pedestrian skyway system
and/or pedestrian malls must be approved by the �°°° � °a������.. � -�:����
a�� affected building owner and the department of safetv and inspections in consultation
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�^" : "°'° `''° - °„'° �`''�:° , Advertising installers shall contract with
the owner of the building in which each advertising fixture is to be located for services to be
provided from the building for tbe fixture.
(4) Advertising and displays should be changed at least every other month.
(5) Advertising shall not be permitted within the skyway bridges.
(6) Advertising shall be subject to such additional rules and regulations as the skyway
governance advisory committee may recommend, subiect to Council approvala°�.�.
(7) Buildine owners shall ensure that all advertising fixtures, cases and displays are s�l-be
covered by all risk personal property insurance and public liability insurance. Minimum
policy limits shall be replacement cost of the advertising fixtures, cases and displays for all
risk personal property coverage and nublic liabilitv insurance in the limits of not less than
the amounts provided for municiroalities under Minnesota Statute §466.04 fullv
indemnifyin�, defendine and holdine harmless the citv, its officers, boards commissions
committees, emplovees and a�ents from anv and all claims, suits actions liabilitv and
judements for damaees, includin�, but not limited to, expenses for reasonable le�al fees and
disbursements assumed bv the citv in connection with the installation, placement and
An Ordinance Amending Chapter 140 Of The
Saint Paul Legislative Code Outlining Requirements For
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maintenance of skyway signs and standazd skvwav ma�s. e�e��
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shall be issued by companies licensed to do business in Minnesota, shall name the city, the
Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the "HRA"),
as additional insureds, and shall not be cancelable without ihirty
(30) days' written notice to the additional insureds. Endorsements of a policy or policies
issued to the building owner providing additional insured coverage to the advertising fixture
installer and the city in coverages otherwise meeting the requirements of this subsection
shall be acceptable in lieu of a separate policy or policies. ": �� u�°��*:°:�� :�°�°„�- °�a
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�Anv owner of a building containin� advertisin� signs within the easement area must
submit a copv of this uolicv to the department of safety and inspections upon request
The installation of displays, cases and fixtures and any advertising therein shall comply with
all other applicable laws and regulations.
If permission to install or maintain any such advertising is withdrawn or revoked by the
department of safetv and inspections �::r�..ur b�.,,�.� �°�°a°�°�-�• � --�:«•�� for failure to
abide by the guidelines as provided in this section, by operation of an agreement, or by
court order, the owner of the buildinQ � shall at his or her own
expense remove such advertising and restore the pedestrian concourse to its former
condition.
� Anv buildin� owner allowine advertisinQ siens within their buildin ig s responsible for
satisfyine these and anv other reeulations related to these si ns.
Exterior signs. Banners or signs may be affixed to the exterior of skyway bridges. The following
requirements apply to exterior banners and signs:
(1) The size, shape and placement of banners and signs shall be in conformity with section
64.505(b)(1) and the specification of the city department of public works.
(2) No banner or sign sha11 be affixed or removed except by the city department of public
works.
(3) No banner ar sign shall be affixed except by permit granted under this section which shall
fix a date certain for removal of the banner and signs.
(4) No permit shall be granted unless the permit applicant provides public liability insurance
issued by a company licensed to do business in Minnesota in amount
(�-1 of not less than the amounts provided for municinalities under Minnesota
Statute §466.04 for single event coverage, naming the city and HRA as additional insureds
which shall not be cancelable except upon ten (10) days' written notice to the city and HRA.
In event of canceilation of the policy, the banners and signs shall be removed unless a
replacement insurance policy is provided by the permittee.
(5) The permittee shall be responsible for all costs to the city in affixing, maintaining and
removing such banners and signs. The permit applicant shall guarantee or secure payment
of these costs in such manner as the skyway governance/advisory committee may
reasonably require.
(6) Because skyways aze primarily an alternative pedestrian access, the maximum number of
days per year each skyway may have banners affixed is 120 days. The director of the
department of public works may grant an exception to this limit for good cause. The reasons
justifying the exception must be stated in writing at the time of application for the banner
permit.
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14012 Skywav Svstem Standard Directional Signs and Backlit Standard Skywav Maps
(a) Each owner of a building throueh which the pedestrian skvwav easement passes shall provide the
following installation of standard si¢n structure design to hold the standard directional si�ns•
1. Boxes susuended from the ceiling capable of holdin¢ directional signs that aze at least six
(61 feet in leneth and at least nine (91 inches hieh.
2. At least one two-sided directional sien box shall be installed at or near the entry to each
skvwav bridge. If a buildinQ contains an intersection leadine to more than one skvway
bridge, the buildinQ owner shall also install at least one directional two-sided sien box at
that intersection; more boxes shall be required by the department of safetv and inspections if
the director deems it necessarv in order to nroverlv direct pedestrians through the easement
area.
3. To ensure wa -v ��1ine, all building owners must install at least one conformin� si n¢ at or
near the entrance to each skvwav bridge and at or near each intersection leading to
additional skvwav bridges that must incorporate way-findin¢ directions, skyway logo and
the standard back�round color all as adopted bv resolution of the Citv Council as ordered bv
the Department of Safety and Inspections. Any nonconforming signs in existence on May
1, 2009, other than those requiring replacement due to way-findine, shall not be required to
be chan�ed to meet this standard.
4. All Directional si�ns required in this ordinance must be internallv illuminated so that thev
can be read easilv durin� all hours of operation.
�) The Citv of Saint Paul shall provide the following to buildine owners to be placed inside the
standazd sien structure:
1. Plastic insert of the standard sk ��way directional si�n for the standard sien structure.
2. The insert shall be desi¢ned and provided bv the department of safetv and insnections. The
department of safety and insoections sha11 submit a bill to all buildine owners for their share
of the cost as provided in the General Policv Statement for the Construction of the Saint
Paul Skvwav Svstem, as amended from time to time.
3. The design of the text, back�round, color and wav-finding directions of standazd directional
si�n sha11 be adopted bv resolution bv the Saint Paul Citv Council upon consultation with
the Skywav Governance/Advisorv Committee and the Department of Safetv and
Inspections. The text, background and color of all skvway directional siQns shall be of the
same desien.
(c) Backlit Standazd Skyway Mans. Each owner of a buildine in which advertisements are located
must install and maintain at least one (1) backlit standazd skvwav mau. Two (2) backlit standard
sk�wav maps are required if the buildine contains five (5) or more advertisinQ si�ns. The backlit
standard skvwav map shall be made up of a plastic insert into a backlit box that will hold a standard
skywav map that is at least thirtv-six (36) inches tall and at least twentv four (24) inches wide. The
box that holds the backlit standard sk�way map must be compatible with adiacent advertising. It is
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pernussible for the backlit standard skvway map to be incorporated in to laz¢er box that also
contains advertisine material.
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New L,ocations No advertising sign shall be placed within the easement area or blockine any part of the
easement area until the followin�nrocedure has been accomnlished and the location has been aporoved bv
department of safetv and inspections:
(a) The owner shall submit to the director of the department of safetv and inspections an application on
the form provided bv the department of safety and inspections. That form shall require: a site plan
a descrivtion of how anv electric service will be provided, anv unique fixture desien required to
accommodate the advertisin� sien to the �roposed location, policies of insurance required under
section 140.07 of this ordinance, and any other information the director mav require. No advertising
sign shall be placed unless the apulication is anproved by the director. In determinin� whether to
approve a�rovosed location, the director shall consider the size of the oronosed dis l�ay and the
number and size of advertisine siQns within 300 feet of the proposed siQn location.
(b) The owner shall obtain all building and other required permits from the city or anv other a�ency of
government as the law requires. No advertising sian shall be installed unless all required pernuts
have been obtained.
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161 Section 140.14 of the Saint Paul I.egislative Code is bereby created to read as follows:
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Section 140.14. Maintenance of Skvwav Advertisine Si¢ns and Backlit Standard Skvwav Maps.
The buildinQ owner shall ensure that all advertising displav fixtures and siQns are maintained in an
operatin� condition to the reasonable satisfaction of the director of the department of safetv and
ins�ections. Maintenance includes all reasonable servicing of the si�n fixture replacement of worn or
malfunctionine parts of the fixture or its electric service as well as repair or renlacement of an improperly
functionin� fixture The building owner shall update the standard skvway map a minimum of once ner
vear. Updated standazd skywav maps can be obtained at no charge from the Department of Safetv and
Inspections.
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175 Section 140.15 of the Saint Paul L,egislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
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pedestrian circulation in the skvwav svstem, or when it finds that maintenance is inadequate under
section 140.14 herein. If the citv requires removal of an advertising displav fixture, the citv shall
give the owner a reasonable period of time to remove the displav fixtures thereon.
(b) If the owner fails promptiv to remove an advertisin¢ displav fixture when ordered to do so by the
department of safetv and inspections, and the owner does not make timely apveal of those orders
the city mav have the fixture removed within ten (101 davs after written notice to the owner of the
city's intent to remove the fixture, and the owner shall pav the cost of removal or stora�e thereof
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191 Section 140.16 of the Saint Paul L.egislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
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Section 140.16. Request for Enforcement.
(a) Anv person, firm or comoration, or anv office department board bureau or committee mav make
a request to the department of safety and inspections that the department issue an order to a building owner
to complv with this chapter. The request shall be in writin¢ and include the basis for enforcement of this
chapter The department of safety and inspections shall respond to the request in writin� to the requester
and inform them whether their reauest for enforcement will be eranted or denied
(b) If a nartv makes a request for enforcement to the department of safetv and inspections and that
recLuest is denied, the denial mav be appealed in the manner set for in 140.17 below. In such a case the
building owner shall be given notice of the appeal and is entifled to be heard at the �ublic hearin bg efore
the leeislative hearin�officer in the same manner as if the building owner had appealed orders issued to
the buildine. If the Council orders the requested enforcement the buildine owner shall not have a second
onportunity to appeal the decision to enfarce the provisions of this cha t�er
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210 Section 140.17 of the Saint Paul I,egislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
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Section 140.17. Aupeals Process.
� Procedure for Filing an Appeal Unless another procedure is indicated within a particular section of
this chanter an appeal may be taken by any person firm or corporation or bv anv office department
board bureau or committee affected bv a decision made under or enforcement of this chapter bv the
department of safety and inspections. The appeal must be made within ten (10) davs of notice of the
decision of the department of safetv and inspections The notice shall be served either in nerson or bv mail
upon the owner of the �ropertv or the party seekine enforcement of this chapter. The appeal must be filed
with the City Clerk's office and include the filina fee outlined in Chapter 18.02 of the Saint Paul
Legislative Code.
L� Notice of Hearine Date. In the event that an appeal is filed, the citv clerk shall mail a nouce of the
date, time, place and subiect of the heazine to the buildine owner, appellant and the skywav Qovernance
committee.
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�c) L,e�islative Hearin� Officer. The I,egislative Hearing Officer shall convene a nublic hearing at
which time the appellant shall have an opportunitv to present evidence and testimonv in support of the
appeal. The legislative hearine officer mav receive evidence and testimonv from the de�artment of safety
and inspections and other narties who wish to be heazd. UDOn receivin� the evidence and testimonv the
legislative hearine officer shall make a written recommendation to the citv council which mav confirm
modify, revoke, alter or cancel the order of the department of safety and inspections.
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235 Section 140.18 of the Saint Paul L,egislative Code is hereby created to read as follows:
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239 If any section, subsection, sentence, clause phrase or vortion of this ordinance is for anv reason held
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Action Requested:
Approval of a comprehensive update of the skyway ordinance goveming adver[ising and directional (way finding) signage, plus the
addition of skyway systems maps to be maintained by building owners.
Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R):
Planning Commission
CIB Committee
Crvil Service Commission
Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Following Questions:
1. Has this person/frm ever worked under a contract for this department?
Yes No
2. Has this person�rm ever been a city employee?
Yes No
3. Does this person/frm possess a skill not normally possessed by any
current city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet.
Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why):
This legislation incorporates the many changes and suggesrions that k�ave come tluough the Capitol River Council's Skyway
Governance/Advisory Committee. It will imprpve signage throughout the skyway system and provide for uniform enforcement of
skyway signage regulations by the Department of Safety and Inspections.
Advantages If Approved:
Disadvantages If Approved:
Disadvantages If Not Approved:
Total Amount of
Transaction:
Funding Source:
Financi al Information:
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