§ 88-445-05. SIGNS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND ON PUBLIC PROPERTY

88-445-05-A. SIGNS PERMITTED

Only the following signs are permitted in the right-of-way and on public property unless upon issuance of an encroachment permit by the city:

1.

Signs installed by any of the following and directly related to the use of the right-of-way or public properly, including the control and direction of traffic:

a.

City, county or state government entities;

b.

Any transit company authorized to provide service to or through Kansas City;

c.

Any public utility with a franchise or other agreement with Kansas City; or

d.

Any other government entity or person expressly authorized by local, state, or federal law to install a sign in the right-of-way.

2.

Unless as stated in subsection 3. below, no sign permitted by this section may contain any commercial message or image, and no such sign may be animated or lighted, unless the commercial message or image, animation, or lighting is expressly required by a valid and applicable local, state, or federal law.

3.

Electronic, digital, or motorized monument or wall signs may be permitted in conjunction with a transit station or shelter or other public installation, subject to an agreement with the city specifying location, orientation, height, size, type and other details of the signage. Any electronic or digital sign allowed must comply with the following requirements:

a.

Changes of image must not flash or scroll;

b.

Electronic and digital signs must use automatic level controls to reduce light levels at night and under cloudy and other darkened conditions, in accordance with the standards set forth in this subsection. All electronic and digital signs must have installed ambient light monitors, and must at all times allow such monitors to automatically adjust the brightness level of the electronic sign based on ambient light conditions. Maximum brightness levels for electronic and digital signs may not exceed 5000 nits when measured from the signs face at its maximum brightness, during daylight hours, and 500 nits when measured from the signs face at its maximum brightness between sunset and sunrise, as those times are determined by the National Weather Service.

88-445-05-B. OTHER SIGNS

Any other sign placed or installed in the right-of-way will be deemed an unlawful sign and an abandoned sign and will be subject to immediate removal by the City of Kansas City, without compensation to the owner. The owner or other person placing the sign will be subject to the penalty provisions of 88-615.

(Ord. No. 140920, § A, 11-13-2014)