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REL/fm 3/28/78 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1418 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMEND- ING SECTIONS 8-1226, 8-1250, 8-1260, 8-1265, 8-1270, 8-1280, 8-1290, AND 8-1300 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM SIGN CODE, 1976 EDITION. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 8-1226 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-1226. Adoption by reference. There is adopted by the City that certain Code known as the Uniform Sign Code, 1976 Edition, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are deleted by the amendments set forth in this article, of which said Code not less than three (3) copies have been and are on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Council of the City. The said Code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in Section 419 of the Charter of the City, and, subject to all amendments set forth in this article, shall be in effect within the City of Santa Aha from the effective date of this ordinance. Any provision of this article amending the "Sign Code" or "Uniform Sign Code" shall be construed as amending the said adopted Code, 1976 Edition, including such provisions enacted prior to the enactment of this ordinance and not there- after repealed. The said adopted Code, 1976 Edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the Sign Code of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 2: That section 8-1250 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-1250. Prohibiting immoral or unlawful advertising (Section 102). Section 102 of the Uniform Sign Code is hereby amended by adding another paragraph, to read as follows: No person shall post or display upon any advertising structure, sky sign, or electric sign, any words or signs of an obscene, indecent, or immoral nature or any picture, illustration or delineation of any human figure in such detail as to offend public morality or decency; or of any lewd or lascivious act, or any other matter or thing of any obscene, indecent or i~oral nature, or offensive to the moral sense; or any murder, suicide, robbery, holdup, shooting, stabbing, clubbing, or beating of any human being, wherein any such act is shown in gruesome detail, or in a revolting manner, or in any manner objectionable to the moral sense. SECTION 3: That section 8-1260 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-1260. Existing Signs (Section 102). Section 102 of the Uniform Sign Code is hereby amended by adding another paragraph, to read as follows: Existing signs authorized and constructed in accordance with a previous ordinance are exempt from the pro- -1-