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ORDINANCE NS-1204 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFF- PREMISE SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR A NINETY DAY PERIOD WHEREAS, Section 41-659 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code provides that the City Council of the City of Santa Ana may on its own motion initiate proceedings to amend the use district regulations contained in said Santa Ana Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council has by prior ordinance evidenced its concern with and intent to regulate the proliferation of advertising signs and billboards pertaining to the advertisement of businesses and products not conducted or sold on the premises on which said signs and billboards are displayed; and WHEREAS, there is presently pending for action by the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana and by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana a proposed ordinance, which if enacted as proposed, would further restrict the future con- struction of such off-premise signs and billboards in all use districts where such signs and billboards are presently permitted by imposing the requirements that all such construction be pursuant to the issuance of conditional use permits; and WHEREAS, if the proposed ordinance is enacted, the issuance of a building permit for the construction of an off-premise advertising sign, in the absence of a conditional use permit therefor, will be illegal; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the status quo be preserved pending the determination by the Planning Commission and by the City Council of whether the imposition of a conditional use permit requirement upon the construction of such off-premise advertising signs and billboards would be in the interest of the public necessity, convenience, and general welfare; and WHEREAS, the City Council anticipates that upon the fact becoming public knowledge, the Planning Commission and the City Council are considering the proposed ordinance, and in the absence of any restriction upon the issuance of building permits for the construction of off-premise advertising signs, there is likely to occur a massive and hurried effort on the part of persons desiring to construct such signs prior to the possible enactment of said ordinance, such as would not occur if the ordinance were not pending; and WHEREAS, for the above reasons there exists an urgent necessity that the issuance of building permits for the construc- tion of off-premise advertising signs be suspended for a reasonable period in which the Planning Commission and the City Council may consider the proposed ordinance and determine whether its enactment is in the public interest; and WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Resolution 74-43 initiating proceedings to amend the Santa Ana Municipal Code to require conditional use permits for construction of all off-premise advertising signs and prohibiting the issuance of permits for such construction during the pendency of such amendment.