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<br />Ordinance No. NS-XXX <br />Page 4 of 6 <br /> <br />Section 5. Section 41-1131 (Development standards) of the SAMC is hereby <br />amended as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-1131. - Development standards. <br /> <br />(a) All digital billboards shall comply with standards established by the California <br />Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in effect at the time the permit is issued. <br />These standards may prohibit the construction of digital billboards in landscaped <br />areas and/or in zones where residential uses are permitted; may limit the size and <br />height of digital billboards; and may require separation between billboards, among <br />other provisions. <br /> <br />(b) All new or reconstructed billboards shall be digital billboards. The construction or <br />reconstruction of static billboards is prohibited. <br /> <br />(c) The development standards in Table 41-1131 shall be applicable to all new and <br />reconstructed billboards. <br /> <br />Table 41-1131 Digital Billboard Development Standards <br /> <br />Standard <br />Maximum Sign Area/Face As allowed by Caltrans <br />Maximum Number of Faces Two (2) <br />Maximum Height Sixty (60) feet(1) <br />Spacing Between Billboards One-thousand (1,000) feet(2) <br />Number of Vertical Supports One Vertical Support(3) <br />Notes: <br />1. Measured from nearest adjacent curb level on the site on which the sign is <br />constructed. May be modified through Planning Commission approval of a Conditional <br />Use Permit. <br />2. The minimum separation between billboards located on the same freeway side <br />shall be one-thousand (1,000) feet (including static billboards) or standards <br />established by Caltrans in effect at the time the permit is issued, whichever is greater, <br />as measured from the base of each billboard’s vertical support. <br />3. All conduits, cables and appurtenances shall be concealed within the vertical <br />support. <br /> <br />Section 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this <br />ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any <br />court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining <br />portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that <br />it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, <br />phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, <br />subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or <br />unconstitutional. <br /> <br />Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption. <br />