§ 16-14-50. General sign regulations.

(a)

All signs shall be compatible with the use of the property upon which they are located and with property in the general vicinity.

(b)

Except for time and/or temperature signs, no flashing or moving signs shall be permitted.

(c)

No sign shall be affixed to a tree or utility pole.

(d)

No signs, including traffic signs and similar regulatory notices except those of the Town, County or State, shall be allowed within road or street rights-of-way.

(e)

Any spotlights or floodlights permitted to illuminate signs shall be shielded such that their light source shall not cause a safety hazard or glare into adjacent residential property.

(f)

Signs identifying the use of the premises shall be located on the lot except as may be allowed by the Town after review as a Conditional Use.

(g)

Signs advertising the sale or lease of property shall be located on the property advertised, shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet in area and shall not be located on a wall or extend over a pedestrian walkway.

(h)

The maximum size and height of signs allowed under this Article as set forth in the following table:

Principal Use of Premises	Total Area of Signage (wall signs + freestanding signs)	Height if on Structure	Height if Freestanding
Residential	4 sq. ft.	No higher than structure	6 ft.
Industrial/commercial	The greater of: One sq. ft. per lineal foot of building visible from a public way 50 sq. ft.		No higher than primary structure
Public/quasi-public	100 sq. ft.
Subdivision or commercial complex entrance sign	100 sq. ft.	N/A	8

 

(i)

Within a seven-hundred-fifty-foot radius of the center of the Interstate 25 and Colorado Highway 1 interchange, the Board of Trustees may increase the maximum height and size allowed for freestanding signs as necessary to allow visibility from the interstate for businesses which rely on interstate highway traffic for a significant portion of their business revenue. The burden of showing necessity for any increase in height or size shall be upon the business, and the decision to increase height or size shall be in the sole discretion of the Board of Trustees. No sign shall have more than two (2) faces with signs of more than one hundred fifty (150) square feet per face or be more than sixty (60) feet in height. All lighting associated with said signs shall be prevented from shining upon the ground.

(j)

Window signs.

(1)

Nonilluminated window signs do not count toward the allowable square footage, provided that the total area of all window signs fills less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the area of the window.

(2)

The maximum total area of all window signs shall not cover more than fifty percent (50%) of the area of the window in which they are located.

(k)

Signs existing on the effective date of the ordinance codified herein which conformed to the prior Wellington Land Use Code of 1985 or other applicable ordinances of the Town and which do not conform to the regulations contained in this Section shall be nonconforming.

(l)

Nonconforming signs shall be removed by the property owner upon a change in use of the property.

(m)

Whenever a business, industry, service or other use is discontinued, the signs pertaining to the use shall be removed or obscured by the person owning or having possession over the property within sixty (60) days of the discontinuance of such use. (Ord. 11-2007 §1)

(Ord. No. 6-2012 , § 2, 9-11-12)