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144 <br /> <br /> SECTION 2: Section 41-871 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby <br />amended to add a new subdivision (4) and to renumber the existing subdivisions (4) <br />and (5) as (5) and (6) respectively, as follows: <br /> <br />Sec. 41-871. Special event signs or displays. <br /> <br />No person shall install or maintain or allow to be installed or maintained on <br />property occupied by such person any special event sign or display, <br />except in accordance with the following requirements. <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />The special event sign or display shall be installed and maintained <br />in accordance with a permit issued by the zoning administrator, <br />who.may approve,' approve with conditions, or deny such permit. <br /> <br />(2) <br /> <br />The special event sign or display shall not be maintained for more <br />than fourteen (14) successive days, except that grand opening <br />signs shall be permitted for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days. <br />Further, sign permits for grand openings shall be permitted for a <br />period not to exceed thirty (30) days from the date the certificate of <br />occupancy of the business is issued. <br /> <br />(3) <br /> <br />No more than four (4) special event sign permits, including grand <br />opening signs, shall be issued for each business with a valid <br />certificate of occupancy during each calendar year. <br /> <br />(4) <br /> <br />Notwithstanding subdivisions (2) and (3), special event sign permits <br />for signs announcing that a retail, office or professional business is <br />"open during construction" (or similar words), which are granted for <br />sites which take vehicular access from a public street on which a <br />street widening or other public works project is underway shall be <br />permitted for the period during which the street widening or other <br />public works project directly impairs vehicular access to the site. <br />The Executive Director of the Public Works Agency or designee <br />shall notify such permit holders not later than f~een (15) days prior <br />to the end of the project or phase of project in order to allow permit <br />holders sufficient time to remove the sign or display. One special <br />event banner sign under the terms of this subsection shall be <br />permitted for each affected building. The special eve. n banner sign <br />shall be located facing the street on which the project i{~ underway, <br />where feasible. <br /> <br />(5) <br /> <br />Such special event sign or display shall include no more than <br />banners and parking lot light pole flag displays and shall not include <br />flag canopies, aerial signs or freestanding signs. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2~.~. <br />Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> <br />