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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2279 - To Make Certain Modifications in the On-Premise Sign RegulationsE05 : REL: 12/21/95 ORDINANCE NO. NS- 2279 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 41-862 AND ADDING SEC- TION 41-867.5 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE, TO MAKE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS IN THE ON-PREMISE SIGN REGULATIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 41-862 of the Santa Aha Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Seo. 41-862. Freestanding signs. No permit shall be issued for a freestanding sign which does not comply with the following standards: (a) Number. (1) The number of freestanding signs permittable on an inte- grated development site shall be as follows: Total Street FrontaGe Number O 299 feet 1 300 599 feet 2 600 - 899 feet 3 900 - 1,199 feet 4 1,200 or more feet 5 (2) NO more than one freestanding sign advertising or identifying the same business activity shall be permitted on each street on which the integrated development site has frontage. (b) Location. (1) No freestanding sign shall be permitted on any site which does not have street frontage. (2) A freestanding sign shall be located only in a landscaped planter, with such planter not less than four feet in any direction from the edge of the planter to the sign. The planning manager may reduce the amount of required landscaping for freestanding signs on sites with legal nonconforming landscaped setbacks. No sign shall obstruct or remove any required landscape materials. (3) No freestanding sign shall be placed closer than 25 feet 207 ORDINANCE NS-2279 Page 2 (4) (5) (6) (c) (1) (2) (3) (4) to a side lot line. No freestanding sign for a ~ommercial use shall be placed within 50 feet of land used, zoned, or designated on the General Plan for residential purposes on the same street frontage as the proposed sign. No freestanding sign shall be closer than 100 feet from another freestanding sign on the same site. No freestanding sign shall be located in the triangular area(s) measured 15 feet by 15 feet where a driveway enters onto a street, or in any other area which may obstruct the vision of motorists so as to create a safety hazard. Additionally, all signs are subject to sections 36-45 to 36-47 of this code regarding obstructions to vision at corner intersections. Heiqht and area. Properties with less than 120 feet of street frontage shall be subject to the following requirements: Total Street FrontaGe Size O - 60 feet maximum, 20 square feet not to exceed 5 feet in height. 61-119 feet 30 square feet maximum, not to exceed 6 feet in height Freestanding signs with more than 120 feet of street frontage shall not exceed seven feet in overall height from curb level unless otherwise stated in this section. The overall height plus the overall width shall not exceed 16 linear feet and the sign face area shall not exceed 45 square feet. Developments over 15 acres and with at least 750 feet of street frontage shall have no more than one freestanding sign not to exceed 15 feet in overall height and 10 feet in overall width; the sign face area shall not exceed 60 square feet. Such sign shall not be located on any secondary frontage. A sign may be permitted to a height not exceeding 35 feet and an area not exceeding 100 square feet, provided all of the following conditions are satisfied: 2 ORDINANCE NS-2279 Page 3 The sign is located on a site which is located within 300 feet of the point where a freeway exit centerline intersects with a city street; The sign is oriented toward viewing by freeway traffic; The sign is limited in content to the identifica- tion of the business name of a restaurant, a ser- vice station or a lodging establishment. (d) ~esian. (1) Ail signs shall be architecturally compatible with the development on which it is located. (2) The copy area of a freestanding sign shall not exceed 40 percent of the sign face. (3) Freestanding signs shall be for the shopping center or development name and/or the major tenants thereon, not to exceed a total of eight items of information. (4) No sign shall use mirrors reflecting a direct light source or utilize flashing, blinking or sequenced lights. No sign shall utilize unshielded incandescent, fluores- cent or other lighting, except neon. (5) The project address shall be located on the monument sign base. SECTION 2: That the Santa Ana Muncipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 41-867.5, which said section reads as follows: sec. 41-867.5. M&jor bu~l~ing ~en&n~ sign&ge. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, permits may be issued for tenant identification wall signs on the ground floor of any building over two (2) stories in height, provided that the total sign area for all such tenant signs located on any one side of the building shall not exceed the lesser of the following: (a) one square foot of total sign area per linear foot of the width of that side of the building at the level of the signage, or (b) one hundred (100) square feet of total sign area. Such signs may identify any tenants in the building and shall be in addition to any signs permitted on the building pursuant to section 41-867. Except as otherwise provided in this section, such signs shall comply with the requirements of section 41-863 for wall signs. SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be 3 20B ORDINANCE NS-2279 Page 4 2il 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, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. ADOPTED this 5th ATTEST: erk of the Counc'l~/ day of February , 1996. 6./ Mayor COUNClLMEMBERS: Pulido Aye Richardson Aye Espinoza Aye Lutz Aye McGuigan Aye Mills Aye Moreno Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: city Attorney 4 212 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City og~.~G G ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance of Santa Ana on with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Date: .Z/~ //q a / Clerk of th~ C~unci ~// City of Santa Ana ~