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Staff Report for Resolution Repealing and Reenacting Title 1, Chapter 8 of the San Leandro Administrative Code Regarding the City's Banner Policy
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that Title 1, Chapter 8 of the San Leandro Administrative Code, the City’s Banner Policy, be repealed and reenacted to incorporate changes to permit commercial interests to place decorative banners on City streets in celebration of a special milestone, award or other accomplishment.
BACKGROUND
The City’s original Banner Policy was adopted into the Administrative Code in 1998. At that time, commercial interests were prohibited from installing decorative banners on City streets, except as a minor part of a banner announcing an event or program by a non-profit organization.
In an effort to celebrate a local business’s accomplishment, such as a milestone anniversary of business in San Leandro, or receipt of an outstanding award or other accomplishment, it is recommended that the Administrative Code be amended to permit commercial interests to install celebratory banners on City streets. Any commercial interest desiring to install such decorative banners would be fully responsible for all costs associated with design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of their banners. Permission for the installations and approval of banner designs by the City Manager would be required.
These celebratory banners would be in addition to or in place of the City’s existing banners and would be attached to existing utility poles along City streets, just as the Welcome and other design banners are in place now. The only banners that would not be replaced are those specifically designed for the downtown and for Bancroft Avenue, since those utility poles are shorter and would not accommodate the full street banners.
Additionally two other minor changes to the Banner Policy are recommended. For clarification, the title of these street banners would be changed from “...
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