ORDINANCE NO. 260281

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Sponsor: Director of City Planning and Development Department

Amending Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, by repealing Section 88-370-09 "Special Event Building Signage" and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter; and by enacting a new Section 88-810-1785, "Sign, Projected Image," for the purpose of permitting projected image signs during designated major events. (CD-CPC-2026-00012)

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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 88, the Zoning and Development Code, is hereby amended by repealing Section 88-370-09, "Special Event Building Signage," and enacting in lieu thereof a new section of like number and subject matter, said section to read as follows:

88-370-09 SPECIAL EVENT BUILDING SIGNAGE
During the period of a Major Event, as defined by Section 56-802 of the Municipal Code, the city planning and development director may approve temporary special event building signage subject to the following conditions.
88-370-09-A. Standards for all Special Event Building Signage
1. Temporary special event building signage may be either a wall sign or a projected image sign. No other sign type shall be permitted as a temporary special event building sign.

2. Temporary special event building signage shall not be permitted in R zoning districts.

3. Temporary special event building signage may be permitted up to 80,000 square feet in sign area or the maximum area of the building fa?ade to which it is affixed or on which it is projected, whichever is less.

4. Any illumination must comply with the standards of Section 88-445-08-K, Illumination of Signs.

5. Temporary special event building signs shall not be included in calculating the maximum number of wall signs permitted per Section 88-445-07.

6. Temporary special event building signage shall be assessed a sign permit fee in accordance with the wall sign permit fee of ...

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