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Home My WebLink AboutNS-1186Secs. 41-619.1 41-619.12, Reserved.' '" Editor's notc Ord. No. NS-1721, § 5, enacted April 2, 1984, repealed §§ 41-619 !1-619.12, relative to the location, size, number and type of signs permitted in the city. Said sections were derived from Ord. No. NS-1025, § 1, adopted Aug. 3, 1970; Ord. No. NS-1186, § 4, adopted Oct. 1, 1973; and Ord. No. NS-1226, § 1, adopted Oct.. 7, 1974. ORDINANCE NO. NS-1186 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 41-634, 41-619.5, 41-590 and 41-661 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Section 41-634 of the Santa Ana Munici- pal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-634. Same - Filing Fees. Every application under this Chapter for a minor excep- tion, variance, conditional use permit or appeal to the City Council shall be accompanied by a filing fee. No application shall be accepted for filing without the required fee, except that all governmental agencies are exempted from the fee re- quirement. The City Council shall from time to time by reso- lution adopt a schedule of fees to be charged, a copy of which shall be maintained in the office of the Planning Depart- ment. SECTION 2: Section 41-661 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-661. Filing Fee for Amendment Applications. Every amendment application shall be accompanied by a filing fee. No amendment application shall be accepted for filing unless it is accompanied by the required fee. The City Council shall from time to time by resolution establish the fee required by this section, and a schedule of all fees under this chapter shall be maintained in the office of the Planning Department. SECTION 3: Section 41-590 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-590. Conditional Use Permit Required. Any development of property within a PRD modified district classification shall necessitate the filing of a conditional use permit. (A) Application for permit. Any application for a condi- tional use permit under the provisions of this divi- sion and chapter shall be accompanied by a filing fee. No such application shall be accepted for filing unless accompanied by the required fee. The City Council from time to time by resolution shall esta- blish a schedule of fees for such applications, and a copy of this schedule shall be maintained at the office of the Planning Department. (B) Application contents. An application for a planned residential development shall be in the forI~ of an application for a conditional use permit and shall be accompanied by the following information, maps and plans: (1) A legal description of the real property; a 1 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1186 PAGE TWO (c) a tentative subdivision map may be substituted if the applicant proposes to subdivide the property. (2) (3) The gross land area of the development, the present zoning classification thereof, and the zoning classification and land use of the area surrounding the proposed development, including the location of structures and other improvements. A precise development plan, drawn to scale, show- ing the following information: (a) Location of each existing and each proposed structure in the development area, the use or uses to be contained therein, the number of stories, gross building and floor area, location of entrances and loading points thereof. (b) Ail streets, curb cuts, driving lanes, park- ing areas, loading area, public transporta- tion points, and illumination facilities for the same. Ail pedestrian walks, malls and open areas for the use of occupants and members of the public. (d) Location and height of all walls, fences and screen planting. (e) Types of surfacing, such as paving, turfing or gravel to be used at the various loca- tions. (4) Plans and elevations of structures to indicate architectural type and construction standards. (5) If the applicant proposes to provide open areas and recreational facilities to be used by the occu- pants of two (2) or more dwelling units, he shall so state in his application and the application shall include a plan, acceptable to the city, for the preservation and maintenance of the common elements of the property, until said project is terminated by either the planning commission, the city council, or both. (6) Such other information as may be required by the planning department to assist in the consi- deration of the proposed development. Procedure. The applicant for approval of a planned residential development shall be the owner, all of the owners of the site acting jointly, or an authorized agent. Each prospective applicant is to confer with the plan- ning department in connection with the preparation of a planned residential development prior to the sub- mission of the conditional use permit application to the planning commission. The chief purpose of such a pre-application conference is to benefit the prospec- tive applicant by providing information and clarifica- tion of requirements before such prospective applicant incurs any substantial expense in the preparation of plans. 2 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1186 PAGE THREE SECTION 4: Section 41-619.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: Sec. 41-619.5 Temporary off-site for sale or lease signs. (1) Number and size of off-site signs. Every person engaged in the initial sale or lease of more than one unit or lot of real property, if such offering be in a single contiguous grouping, may be permitted to locate and construct a total of three (3) temporary for sale or lease signs for the pur- pose of advertising said single contiguous grouping of lots or units for sale or lease, two (2) of which signs may be located as directional off-site signs but all three (3) of which shall be subject to the following standards: (A) The maximum size of any one sign shall be limited in area to two hundred fifty (250) square feet and the maximum dimensions shall be ten (10) feet by twenty five (25) feet. (B) Ail such signs shall be so constructed so that the portion of said sign encompassing the adver- tising message shall be at least a height of eight (8) feet from ground level. (c) The name of the person, firm or entity, as well as the date the sign was erected or constructed, shall be securely placed on said sign. (2) Location of off-site signs. Such off-site signs may be constructed on any vacant property in any zone, except the R4, P, LP, CD, PD and LM. No such sign shall be constructed closer to any street right of way line than ten (10) feet. (3) ~ Temporary nature of off-site signs. Ail such for sale or lease signs shall be permitted on a temporary basis for a period not to exceed one (1) year. The zoning administrator may extend such one (1) year period for additional and successive periods of six (6) months each; provided, however, that if the initial sale of all units or lots in said contiguous grouping is completed during any of the aforementioned permitted time periods, all such temporary signs shall be removed. (4) Sign permit fee and cash bond requirements. Every person constructing any such sign or signs initially offering for sale or lease more than one unit or lot in a single or contiguous grouping shall deposit with the building department of the City of Santa Ana a cash bond for each and every such sign so located as security to insure the removal of all such signs so erected. Before any permit for any such sign is issued, the applicant shall furnish the building department written authority granting the City of Santa Ana, or any of its agents or employees, permission to enter upon the premises to remove such sign; said authorization must be signed by the owners of record of the pre- mises and by the persons proposing to locate the sign. Cost of removal of sign shall be deducted from cash bond. The City Council shall from time to time by resolution establish the amount of the bond required by this section, and a schedule of all fees under this chapter shall be maintained in the office of the Planning Director. ORDINANCE NO. NS-l186 PAGE FOUR SECTION 5: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Aha hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 6: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and cause the same to be published in some daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 7: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1 day of October , 1973. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. NS-1186 PAGE FIVE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) ss I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 17 day of September , 1973 and was again considered by said Council at its meeting held on the 1 day of October , 1973, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Griset, Yamamoto, Markel, Garthe NOES, COUNCILMEN: Evans. Ward ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Patterson CLERK OF THE COUNCIL 5