HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 98-O7 ORDINANCE NO. 98-07
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 88-1615, TABLE 88-
1615 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING
MONUMENT SIGNS
WHEREAS, the City undertook a comprehensive revision of its Zoning Code on
September 25, 1996,and needed to make certain subsequent corrections for internal consistency and
to achieve the original intent of the Code, and
WHEREAS,the Planning Commission considered a list of code corrections as part
of Code Amendment No. 199, in a duly-noticed public hearing held on February 25, 1998, and
recommended to the City Council approval of said Code Amendment, and
WHEREAS, the City Council, in its consideration of the Planning Commission's
recommendation for approval, questioned certain aspects of the proposed code amendment and
desired to discuss this matter in a joint workshop with the Planning Commission,thereby declining
adoption of the code amendment, and
WHEREAS,a significant project,a sign program that is part of the rehabilitation and
refurbishment of the Edgewood Center, was dependent upon Code Amendment No. 199 being
adopted, and is now in limbo, and
WHEREAS, one of the provisions of proposed Code Amendment No. 199 would
have changed the standards to allow a larger site such as Edgewood Center to have additional
monument signs, and
WHEREAS, work has been halted on the sign refurbishment of the Edgewood
Center, pending City approval of the monument sign location standard, and
WHEREAS,the sign program and monument signs are essential components of the
success of the refurbished Center and ultimately the success of the economic revitalization of the
south part of the City, which are now on hold, and
WHEREAS,the Planning Commission did review this proposed amendment as part
of Code Amendment No. 199 and recommended approval to the City Council,who did not express
concerns regarding the standard for location of monument signs, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the amendment to the Azusa Municipal Code, as
provided herein,to take effect immediately so that the standards,as set forth in the amendment,can
be applied immediately to implement the economic revitalization in the south part of the City and
throughout, and
WHEREAS, the immediate amendment of the provisions allowing additional
monument signs for shopping centers with additional street frontages will be in the interest of the
public health, safety and general welfare and will help to attain the foregoing objectives, and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 36937 authorizes the City
Council to adopt,by a four-fifths vote,an urgency ordinance which is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health or safety;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Item 3c under"Number Permitted"in Table 88-1615 of Section 88-
1615 of the Azusa Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "c. Either 2 monument
signs or 1 freestanding sign, plus an additional monument sign for each street entrance from the
primary street of access if the lot has more than one street frontage."
SECTION 2. That the passage of this Urgency Ordinance is necessary in order to
preserve the public peace, health and safety for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereto.
SECTION 3. This Urgency Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption.
SECTION 4. This Urgency Ordinance was adopted by the necessary four-fifths vote
of the members of the City Council pursuant to Government Code Sections 36934 and 36937. A
summary of this Ordinance shall be published in the manner required by law.
PASSED,APPROVED AND ADOP! ED is 1st day of Ju. - , 1998.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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/ADOLPH S• IS, CITY iLERK
I,ADOLPH A. SOLIS,City Clerk of the City of Azusa,do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No.98-07,was duly introduced and adopted as an urgency ordinance at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 1S`day of June, 1998, by the following vote,to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE,
MADRID
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER'.: NONE
ABSENT: C UNCILMEMBE/ : NONE
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