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HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-043RESOLUTION NO. 74-43 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA INITIATING PROCEEDINGS TO AMEND THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR CON- STRUCTION OF OFF-PREMISE ADVERTISING SIGNS AND PROHIBITING ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR SUCH CONSTRUCTION DURING THE PENDENCY OF SUCH AMENDMENT. 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 dis- trict regulations contained in the said Santa Ana Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council has by prior ordinances evi- denced its concern with and intent to regulate the prolifera- tion of advertising signs and billboards pertaining to the advertisement of businesses and products not conducted or sold on the premises upon which said signs and billboards are displayed; and WHEREAS, there is presently pending for action by the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana and by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana a proposed ordinance, which, if enacted as proposed, would further restrict the future con- struction of such off-premise signs and billboards in all use districts where such signs and billboards are presently per- mitted by imposing the requirement that all such construction be pursuant to the issuance of conditional use permits; and WHEREAS, if the proposed ordinance is enacted, the issu- ance of a building permit for the construction of an off-pre- mise advertising sign, in the absence of a conditional use permit therefor, will be illegal; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the status quo be preserved pending the determination by the Planning Commission and by the City Council of whether the imposition of a condi- tional use permit requirement upon the construction of such off-premise advertising signs and billboards would be in the interest of the public necessity, convenience, and general wel- fare; and W~EREAS, the City Council anticipates that upon the fact becoming public knowledge that the Planning Commission and the Council are considering the proposed ordinance, and in the absence of any restriction upon the issuance of building per- mits 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 the said ordinance, such as would not occur if the said ordinance were not pending; and WHEREAS, for the above reasons, there exists an urgent necessity that the issuance of building permits for the con- struction of off-premise advertising signs be suspended for a reasonable period in which the Planning Commission and City Council may consider the proposed ordinance a~d determine whether its enactment is in the public interest; RESOLUTION NO. 74-43 PAGE TWO NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: That the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby initiate proceedings to amend the Santa Aha Municipal Code to provide that a condi- tional use permit be required for the construction of off- premise advertising signs in all use districts where such signs are presently permitted, provided that such amendment is found to be justified by the public necessity, convenience and gen- eral welfare after consideration by the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana and by the City Council in the manner prescribed by the Charter and ordinances of the City of Santa Ana. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the Department of Building Safety of the City of Santa Ana be ordered and directed not to issue any permit for the construction of any sign or bill- board designed to advertise a product, event, person, or sub- ject not related to the lot upon which such sign is located for a period to terminate upon the effective date of the amend- ing ordinance herein described, or ninety (90) days from the date of this resolution, whichever first occurs. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of April , 1974. ATTEST: RESOLUTION NO. 74-43 PAGE THREE 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 Resolution was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of April , 1974, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, NOES, ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: COUNCILMEN: Ward, Griset, Garthe, Yamamoto, Patterson Evans, Markel None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED AS TO FORM: