[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Cooperstown 5-28-2019 by L.L. No. 4-2019. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
In order to announce the nature and location of certain businesses
that are adjacent to, or near to, but not upon that section of Main
Street between Chestnut Street and Fair Street, a business placard
shall be permitted for each business on a space-available basis.
A.Â
The Village
of Cooperstown is the owner of the business placard holders and is
responsible for their construction, maintenance, and installation.
B.Â
The Village
of Cooperstown shall establish a fee schedule whereby the businesses
represented by placards on the placard holders shall share equitably
in the cost of manufacture, maintenance, and installation of the placard
holders through the payment of a fee.
C.Â
The placard
holders are to be affixed at the following locations:
(1)Â
The
intersection of Fair Street and Main Street for the businesses located
on Fair Street;
(2)Â
The
intersection of Hoffman Lane and Main Street for the businesses located
on Hoffman Lane and Stagecoach Lane;
(3)Â
The
northeast comer of the intersection of Main Street and Pioneer Street
for the businesses located on Pioneer Street, north of Main Street;
(4)Â
The
west comer of the intersection of Main Street and Pioneer Street for
the businesses located on Pioneer Street, south of Main Street;
(5)Â
The
intersection of Pioneer Alley and Pioneer Street for those businesses
on Pioneer Alley;
(6)Â
The
Main Street entrance to Doubleday Parking Lot for the businesses bordering
upon the parking lot and the businesses in Doubleday Court;
(7)Â
The
southwest comer of the intersection of Main Street and Chestnut Street
for the businesses located on Main Street west of Chestnut Street,
on Chestnut Street, and for the businesses on Railroad Avenue;
(8)Â
The
northeast comer of the intersection of Chestnut Street and Doubleday
Court for the businesses on Chestnut Street south of Main Street and
businesses located in Doubleday Court.
D.Â
The precise
location of each sign holder shall be determined by the Board of Trustees.
E.Â
Each of
the above-indicated businesses may be provided with a placard of a
standard size, color, font, number of characters, and icon. Businesses
shall make their application, with appropriate fee, to the ZEO, who
will issue placards on a space-available basis
F.Â
The placard
of the business located the greatest distance from Main Street will
be placed at the top of the file of placards on the placard holder,
and each of the successive placards will be placed below the business
whose distance from Main Street is greater than its own.
G.Â
No device
may be attached to business placard holders, including but not limited
to additional signs, menus, leaflets, leaflet holders, balloons or
windblown devices
