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inning and Community Development <br />Temporary Retail Signage <br />CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS <br />Temporary Commercial Signs (A -Frame Signs) within <br />the Public Right -of -Way <br />Purpose: to describe regulations and procedures pertaining to the placement of privately owned <br />temporary signage (specifically A -Frame Signage) in the Public Right -of Way. This worksheet does NOT <br />address: banners attached to utility poles, banners attached to private infrastructure, real estate signs, <br />political signs, builder directional signs and other similar items. <br />Document Date: December 2013 <br />Lead Agency: Colorado Springs Land Use Review — 385-5905 <br />Secondary Agencies: Colorado Springs Engineering; Colorado Springs Traffic Engineering; Colorado <br />Springs Utilities; Development Review Enterprise. <br />General Regulations: <br />1. Temporary signs within the public right-of-way shall pertain to the adjacent private property; all <br />others would be considered off -premise signage (i.e. billboard). City Code allows temporary off -site <br />signs during weekends; see exception below for more information. <br />2. Temporary signs in the right-of-way may not be fastened to, adhered to, or installed on public <br />infrastructure such as light poles, utility risers, fire hydrants, similar items, or the sidewalk itself; this <br />includes commercial advertisements created using sidewalk chalk. <br />3. No signs shall be permitted that: <br />a. Interrupt the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic; <br />b. Interfere with the public's normal use of the public property upon which the structure, device or <br />use is permitted, such as the overhang of diagonally parked automobiles or the door -opening <br />radius of parallel parked automobiles; <br />c. Interfere with any other device or structure lawfully existing thereon, such as parking meters, <br />water meters, curb cuts, bus stops, or subsurface infrastructure such utility lines or <br />communication cables. <br />d. Interfere with sight visibility lines necessary for safe vehicular and pedestrian travel. <br />e. Create unsafe conditions to vehicles or pedestrians using the public right-of-way. <br />4. The sign shall not occupy more than one -fifth (1/5) of the width of any paved sidewalk and shall not <br />violate American Disability Act (ADA) standards. Whenever possible, devices and structures shall be <br />installed on unpaved or unused areas of sidewalks or in connection with other devices or structures <br />already installed which break the flow of pedestrian traffic. <br />5. Signs shall be secured or weighted -down in such a manner so as to prevent it from being dislodged <br />by any natural force such as wind or slope. <br />6. Signage shall be placed so as to eliminate the collection of litter under and upon the same insofar as <br />possible, and to facility cleaning of the adjacent area of litter and snow. <br />Document Date: December 2013 <br />