HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2194 ORDINANCE NO. 2194
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTION 19 .50. 140
OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 19 .50 . 140 of the Azusa Municipal
Code is amended to read as follows:
"19 . 50 . 140 Political Campaign Signs shall be as
follows:
(1) Location: No political campaign signs shall
be located on public or private property
unless such signs comply with the following
regulations:
(a) A maximum of one such sign per office on the
ballot per parcel of private property shall be
permitted.
(b) Roof-mounted signs are prohibited.
(c) It is unlawful to post such signs on
fire hydrants, trees , shrubs, or other
inappropriate public places, or on
privately owned utility poles or cross-
wires without the consent of their owner.
(d) It is unlawful to post such signs in a
manner so as to obscure traffic or street
signs or devices, present any hazard to
the public, interfere with the normal
functioning of the public objects involved,
or damage or deface public property.
(2) Size: The maximum area of the sign shall not
exceed six (6) square feet.
(3) Height: The maximum height of the sign shall
not exceed four (4) feet from the base of
said sign.
(4) When permitted: Signs may be displayed for
a period not exceeding forty-five (45) days
prior to the election and removed within five
(5) days after the election.
(5) Signs on unoccupied parcels: Political cam-
paign signs located on unoccupied parcels
shall require a Temporary Sign Permit. An
affidavit assuring removal of all signs
shall be signed by each candidate or authorized
representative.
SECTION 2 . Pursuant to Government Code Section 36934
and 36937 , the City Council of the City of Azusa hereby declares
this ordinance to be an urgency ordinance requiring the immedi-
ate enactment thereof because the same is necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and
general welfare of the City and its citizens and, accordingly,
the provisions of this ordinance shall become effective at
once as an urgency ordinance. The facts constituting such
urgency are that the recent case of Taxpayers for Vincent v.
City of Los Angeles, 682 F. 2d 847 (9th Circuit, 1982) has
restricted the types of regulations which the City can impose
on political signs . The case is now on appeal to the United
States Supreme Court with a decision expected in June of 1984.
The City has an election which is scheduled for December 13 , 1983 .
Without the enactment of this ordinance as an urgency ordinance,
the new regulations contained therein which comply with the
decision of Taxpayers for Vincent v. City of Los Angeles cannot
become effective in time for the December 20 , 1983, election.
SECTION 3 . This ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 4 . The City Clerk shall certify the passage
of this ordinance as an urgency ordinance and shall cause the
same to be published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 21st day of November ,
1983 .
MAYO
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss .
CITY OF AZUSA
I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2194 was duly
adopted and passed as an urgency ordinance at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 21st day of November , 1983 ,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CRUZ , LATTA, MOSES
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ADOLPH •:OLIS, CITY CLERK
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Publish Azusa Herald: November 30, 1983