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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-897ORDINANCE NS-897 AMENDING ARTICLE VIII, CHAPTER 4, OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING AND ENACTING SECTIONS TO REGULATE FREEWAY SIGNS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That Sections 8441 through 8441.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by enacting Sections 8441 through 8441.6 to Article VIII, Chapter 4, to read in words and figures as follows: SECTION 8441. ADVERTISING SIGNS ADJACENT TO FREEWAYS PROHIBITED. No advertising structure, accessory sign, or other advertising sign shall be erected or constructed within five hundred feet of the right of way of any Freeway or adopted Freeway route, regardless of the district or zone in which it is located if such structure or sign is designed to have or has the advertising thereon maintained primarily to be viewed from a main traveled roadway of such Freeway, except as provided in Section 8441.5, infra. SECTION 8441.1 SAME. FREEWAY DEFINED. FREEWAY is hereby defined to mean highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right of easement 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 adopted by the California Hiqhway Commission in compliance with the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California. SECTION 8441.2 SAME. ADVERTISING STRUCTURES DEFINED. ADVERTISING STRUCTURE in connection with Freeways is hereby defined to be any structure or device of any kind or character erected or maintained or employed for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting whatsoever may be placed, posted, painted, fastened or affixed or used in connection therewith, including so- called electric or cut-out signs; provided, however, that the same shall not be deemed to include any board, sign, or surface 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 square feet in area used exclusively to advertise the sale or lease of the property on which the sign is placed. SECTION 8441.3 SAME. ACCESSORY SIGN DEFINED. ACCESSORY SIGN is defined to be any advertising sign or sign device erected or maintained or employed and which is strictly incidental 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, the name of the building, or an occupant thereof. SECTION 8441.4 SAME. INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT DEFINED. Any building site consisting of two or more contiguous parcels, whereon any group of two or more businesses, by design, relate to one another physically, such as are commonly denominated "shopping centers", irrespective of the number of parcels or the ownership thereof, which is approved for development by building plan approval procedure. S~CTION 8441.5 SAME. EXCEPTION. The provisions of Section 8441 shall not apply to accessory signs within Five hundred feet (500') of a freeway which are designed to be viewed primarily from a freeway, provided such signs shall conform to the following standards: One accessory sign shall be permitted for each integrated development, said sign to relate to the development as a whole; or for each parcel of record if not integrated as defined in Section 8441.4 of this Code. (b) Signs located on properties having frontage on a freeway shall be limited in area to 1 sq. ft. of sign for each lineal foot of freeway frontage. The maximum allowable area for any one sign shall be 250 sq. ft. (c) Free-standing signs shall be limited to a height of 35' Signs may be placed upon buildings provided they do not extend more than 12' feet above the highest point of the building upon which they are placed, or 35 feet above grade, whichever is higher. (d) Signs shall not consist of any flashing, blinking, fluctuating, or otherwise animated light. Signs which display, alternately, the time of day and the current temperature shall not be prohibited by this subsection. (e) Signs shall have no mechanical or moving parts. (f) This exception shall not be construed to permit any sign for which compensation or consideration is paid or given by another to the owner or occupant of the building or premises for permission to locate or maintain such sign. SECTION 8441.5A SABLE. SUBDIVISION SIGN EXCEPTION. The provisions of Section 8441 shall not prohibit the granting of a Variance to allow one advertising sign or structure to advertise a subdivision when all of the following conditions have been complied with: (a) That a Variance has been properly applied for requesting the location of such sign giving the exact dimensions of the sign, the name and address of the owner of the land upon which the sign is proposed to be located, and the Tract number and approximate exterior boundaries of the subdivision the sign is to advertise; (b) That the sign allowed by Variance does not exceed the external dimensions of 10' x 20' over all; (c) That a bond has been posted in the amount and form required by the Planning Commission, guaranteeing the removal of said sign at the expiration of 6 months from the date of the issuance of the permit allowing the same; (d) That some part of the subdivision to be advertised by such sign lies within 1,500 feet of the Freeway upon which said sign will face. No subdivision shall be permitted more than one advertising sign under the provisions of this Section and no continuation, renewal or extension of the permit to maintain such sign shall be granted beyond the original period of six months from the date of the granting of such permit. (Added by Ordinance NS-173) SECTION 8441.6 SAME. EXISTING SIGNS AND STRUCTURES. Ail advertising structures of accessory signs which do not conform to the provisions of Sections 8441 through 8441.4 inclusive, but which were constructed in compliance with previous regulations as evidenced by the issuance of a municipal building permit, shall be regarded as non-conforming 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, such non-conforming signs shall be removed and if not so removed shall be deemed a violation of said Sections. Further, all advertisinq structures or accessory siqns which do not conform to the provisions of Sections 8441 throuqh 8441.5 and were not constructed in compliance with previous requlations, shall be brouqht into conformance within 30 days of the effective date of this Ordinance or within 30 days of the date a Freeway or portion thereof is opened to public travel, which ever date .is later. SECTION 3: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty days from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its adjourned regular meeting held on the 19th day of October, 1967. CL~RK OF THE C~UNCIL -- ' MA~dR STATE OF CkLIFORi~IA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF SAigTAANA ) I, DORIS M. BROWN, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City held on the 2nd day of October, 1967, and was again considered by said Council at its adjourned regular meeting held on the 19th day of October, 1967, and at said meeting was regularly passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Brooks, Carlson, Griset, Markel, Thurman, McMichael NOES, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None CLERI< OF THE COUNCIL