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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-008 ORDINANCE NO. NS-8 AMENDING CHAPTER $ OF ARTICLE VIII REGARDING BILLBOARDS ALONG FREEWAYS TEE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Chapter ~ of Article VIII of the Santa Aha Municipal Code be and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto, Sections 8~1 through 8~1.5 both inclusive, to read as follows: "SECTION 85~1. Advertising Signs Adjacent to Freeways Prohibited "No advertising structure, accessory sign, or other adver- tising sign shall be erected or constructed within five hundred feet of any Freeway, regardless of the district or zone in which it is located if such structures or sign is designed to have or has the advertisi~ thereon maintained primarily to be viewed from a main traveled roadway of such Freeway. "SECTION 85~1.1. Same. Freeway Defined. "'FREEWAY' is hereby defined to mean a highway is respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right of ease- ment or access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted easement or access, and which is declared to be such in compliance with the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California. "SECTION 8~$1.2. Same. Advertising Structure Defined. "'ADVERTISING STRUCTURE' in connection with Freeways is here- by defined to be any structure or device of any kind or char- acter erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting or other ad- vertisement of any kind whatsoever may be placed, posted, paint- ed, fastened or affixed or used in connection with, including so-called electric or cut-out signs; provided, however, that the same shall not be deemed to include any board, sign, or sur- face used exclusively to display official notices issued by any court or public official in performance of a public duty, or a private person in giving legal notice; nor shall the same include any sign not exceeding twenty s~uare feet in area used exclusively to advertise the sale or lease of the property on which the sign is placed, or to designate the name or the oc- cupant of the premises. "SECTION 8~41.3. Same. Accessory Sign Defined. "'ACCESSORY SIGN' is defined to be any advertising sign or sign device erected or maintained and which is strictly inci- dental and subordinate to the lawful use~of the premises upon which it is located, and indicates the business transacted or services rendered or goods sold or produced on the premises, or an occupant thereof; provided, however, that said accessory sign shall not have a surface area greater than forty square feet. "SECTION $4~1.4. Same. Exceptions. "The provisions of Section 8~1 shall not apply to any sign structure constructed, painted or maintained on a building or premises on which the advertising is limited to: (a) The name of the building whereon the sign is located. (b) The name of the person, firm or corporatie~ occupying the building and the type of h~siness conducted by such person, firm or corporation. (c) The name of the product manufactured on the premises. (d) Advertising which is strictly incidental and subordi- nate to the lawful use of the premises on which it is located, including signs advertising services rendered or goods sold on the premises, but no such advertising or signs shall exceed forty square feet in area. (e) The exceptions shall not be construed as permitting signs indicating the trade name, merchandise or service of any person or corporation who pays a consideration for the privilege of placing, maintaining or using any portion of said sign or painted advertising to the owner or occupant of the premises On which it is located. "SECTION 8441.5. Same. Existing Signs and Structures. "All advertising structures or accessory signs which do not conform to the provisions of Sections 8~41 through 8441.$ olusive, but which were constructed in compliance with pre- vious regulations shall be regarded as noa-conformimg and may be continued except that: Within one year from the effective date of this Ordinance or within one year from the date, a Freeway or portion thereof is opened to public travel, whichever date is later, shall be removed and if not so re- moved, shall be deemed a violation of said Sec:tioms." SECTION 2. The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the pas- sage of this Ordinan~ce and shall cause the same to be published one issue of the Santa Aha Independent, a newspaper printed, pub- lished and circulated in the City of Santa Ann and hereby designated for that purpose. This Ordinance shall take effect 30 days from and after the day on which it is passed and adopted. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Santa Ann at its regular meeting held on the 6th day of July , 1953. "'CLERK OF THE COUNCIL (S~L) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF SANTA ANA ) I, ERMA KEEI~ER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ann; that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and read to the said Council at its regular meeting held on the 15th day of June , 1953 and was again read to the Council at it~ regU'~ar meeting on the 6th day of July , 1953 and was at said meeting regularly passed and adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: William Jerome, J. L. Nc~ride, Thomas F. Larsen, Milford W. Dahl, Courtney R. Chandler NOES, COUNCIIAIEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: l'~one CLERK O~ THE ~O~CIL