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RESOLUTION NO. 74-43 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA INITIATING PROCEEDINGS TO AMEND THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR CON- STRUCTION OF OFF-PREMISE ADVERTISING SIGNS AND PROHIBITING ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR SUCH CONSTRUCTION DURING THE PENDENCY OF SUCH AMENDMENT. 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 dis- trict regulations contained in the said Santa Ana Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council has by prior ordinances evi- denced its concern with and intent to regulate the prolifera- tion of advertising signs and billboards pertaining to the advertisement of businesses and products not conducted or sold on the premises upon 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 per- mitted by imposing the requirement that all such construction be pursuant to the issuance of conditional use permits; and WHEREAS, if the proposed ordinance is enacted, the issu- ance of a building permit for the construction of an off-pre- mise 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 condi- tional 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 wel- fare; and W~EREAS, the City Council anticipates that upon the fact becoming public knowledge that the Planning Commission and the Council are considering the proposed ordinance, and in the absence of any restriction upon the issuance of building per- mits 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 the said ordinance, such as would not occur if the said ordinance were not pending; and WHEREAS, for the above reasons, there exists an urgent necessity that the issuance of building permits for the con- struction of off-premise advertising signs be suspended for a reasonable period in which the Planning Commission and City Council may consider the proposed ordinance a~d determine whether its enactment is in the public interest;