HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1221ORDINANCE NO. NS-1221
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF
BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OFF-
PREMISE SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR A NINETY DAY PERIOD
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 district
regulations contained in said Santa Ana Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has by prior ordinance evidenced
its concern with and intent to regulate the proliferation of
advertising signs and billboards pertaining to the advertisement
of businesses and products not conducted or sold on the premises
on which said signs and billboards are displayed; and
WHEREAS, there is presently pending for action by the
City Council of the City of Santa Aha a proposed ordinance,
which if enacted as proposed, would further restrict the future
construction of such off-premise signs and billboards in all use
districts where such signs and billboards are presently permitted
by imposing the requirements that all such construction be
pursuant to the issuance of conditional use permits; and
WHEREAS, the public hearing on said proposed ordinance
was originally scheduled for May 20, 1974, and at the request
of sign company representatives was continued to June 17, 1974,
and at the request of the Planning staff further continued
to July 15, 1974; and
WHEREAS, if the proposed ordinance is enacted, the issuance
of a building permit for the construction of an off-premise
advertising sign, in the absence of a conditional use permits
therefor, will be illegal; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the status quo be
preserved pending the determination by the City Council of
whether the imposition of a conditional use permit requirement
upon the construction of such off-premise advertising signs and
billboards would be in the interests of the public necessity,
convenience, and general welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council anticipates that upon the fact
becoming public knowledge, the City Council is considering
the proposed ordinance, and in the absence of any restriction
upon the issuance of building permits 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 said ordinance,
such as would not occur if the ordinance were not pending; and
WHEREAS, for the above reasons there exists an urgent
necessity that the issuance of building permits for the construc-
tion of off-premise advertising signs be suspended for a reasonable
period in which the City Council may consider the proposed
ordinance and determine whether its enactment is in the public
interest; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Resolution 74-43
initiating proceedings to amend the Santa Ana Municipal Code
to require conditional use permits for construction of all off-
premise advertising signs and prohibiting the issuance of
permits for such construction during the pendency of such
amendment; and
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WHEREAS, the prior moratorium on the issuance of
building permits for the construction of off-premise signs
as specified in Ordinance NS-1204 will expire on July 3, 1974.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Department of Building Safety of the
City of Santa Ana shall not issue any permits for the construction
of any sign or billboard designed to advertise a product, event,
person, or subject not related to the lot upon which such sign
is located for a period to terminate upon the effective date
of the amending ordinance requiring that such construction be
allowed only with the approval of a conditional use permit or
for a period of ninety (90) days from the initial effective
date of this ordinance, whichever occurs first.
SECTION 2: The enactment of this ordinance is hereby found
by the City Council to be justified by the public necessity,
convenience and general welfare.
SECTION 3: 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 Ana 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 4: 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of
Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the
July , 1974.
the City of
15th day of
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular
meeting held on the 1st day of July , 1974,
and was again considered by said Council at its meeting held
on the 15th day of July , 1974, and was at
said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES,
COUNCILMEN: Griset, Yamarnoto, Patterson, Ward
NOES,
COUNCILMEN: Evans, Garthe, Markel
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None
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CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
APPROVED AS TO FORM: