§ 140.11. Skyway system standard directional signs and backlit standard skyway maps.

(a)

Each owner of a building through which the pedestrian skyway easement passes shall provide the following installation of standard sign structure design to hold the standard directional signs:

(1)

Boxes suspended from the ceiling capable of holding directional signs that are at least six (6) feet in length and at least nine (9) inches high.

(2)

At least one (1) two-sided directional sign box shall be installed at or near the entry to each skyway bridge. If a building contains an intersection leading to more than one (1) skyway bridge, the building owner shall also install at least one (1) directional two-sided sign box at that intersection; more boxes shall be required by the department of safety and inspections if the director deems it necessary in order to properly direct pedestrians through the easement area.

(3)

To ensure way-finding, all building owners must install at least one (1) conforming sign at or near the entrance to each skyway bridge and at or near each intersection leading to additional skyway bridges that must incorporate way-finding directions, skyway logo and the standard background color all as adopted by resolution of the city council as ordered by the department of safety and inspections. Any nonconforming signs in existence on May 1, 2009, other than those requiring replacement due to way-finding, shall not be required to be changed to meet this standard.

(4)

All directional signs required in this ordinance must be internally illuminated so that they can be read easily during all hours of operation.

(b)

The city shall provide the following to building owners to be placed inside the standard sign structure:

(1)

Plastic insert of the standard skyway directional sign for the standard sign structure.

(2)

The insert shall be designed and provided by the department of safety and inspections. The department of safety and inspections shall submit a bill to all building owners for their share of the cost as provided in the general policy statement for the construction of the Saint Paul Skyway System, as amended from time to time.

(3)

The design of the text, background, color and way-finding directions of standard directional sign shall be adopted by resolution by the city council upon consultation with the skyway governance/advisory committee and the department of safety and inspections. The text, background and color of all skyway directional signs shall be of the same design.

(c)

Backlit standard skyway maps. Each owner of a building in which advertisements are located must install and maintain at least one (1) backlit standard skyway map. Two (2) backlit standard skyway maps are required if the building contains five (5) or more advertising signs. The backlit standard skyway map shall be made up of a plastic insert into a backlit box that will hold a standard skyway map that is at least thirty-six (36) inches tall and at least twenty four (24) inches wide. The box that holds the backlit standard skyway map must be compatible with adjacent advertising. It is permissible for the backlit standard skyway map to be incorporated in to larger box that also contains advertising material.

(C.F. No. 09-1287, § 2, 12-9-09; Ord 17-35, § 1, 9-13-17)

Note— See editor's note, § 140.03.