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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 707 ORDINANCE NO. 707 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS TO THE ZONING CHAPTER OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SIGNS ADJACENT TO FREEWAYS. The City Council of the City of Azusa does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare that the following amendment of the zoning ordinance has been duly initiated, that notice of hearing thereon has been duly given and published, that public hearings thereon were duly held by the Planning Commission and by the City Council and that the public convenience and necessity and the general welfare require that the following amendment be made. SECTION 2. A new Section 9230.71 is hereby added to the Azusa Municipal Code reading as follows: "SECTION 9230.71. SIGNS ADJACENT TO FREEWAYS. This Section is intended to regulate the construction, erection, alteration, repair and maintenance of all signs and their supports adjacent to freeways as defined in this Section. (a) Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, the following terms are defined. 'Building' means anything constructed by human agency built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals or property of any kind; the term includes structure but does not include a vehicle as defined in the California Vehicle Code. 'Face or wall of building ' means the general outer surface not including cornices, bay windows or architectural projections of any main exterior wall of a building. 'Freeway' means any portion of a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access, and which highway is declared to be a freeway in compliance with the California Streets and Highways Code. 'Main traveled roadway of a freeway' means that portion of a freeway including interchange roadways connecting one freeway with another, which is designed for the movement of large volumes of vehicular traffic efficiently and safely at high speed, but not including service roadways, landscaped areas, or ingress or egress ramps connecting the freeway with other streets. 'Sign' means billboard, display board, poster, screen, bulle- tin, statuary, object or part thereof used to advertise, announce, declare, demonstrate, or display any idea or thing, or otherwise attract the attention of the public, and includes the means employed to support or anchor said sign. 'Structure ' means anything constructed or erected which is supported directly or indirectly on the earth, but not including any vehicle which conforms to the California Vehicle Code. (b) Signs Not Permitted Adjacent to Freeways. No sign shall be erected, constructed, relocated, reconstructed, altered or maintained within 500 feet of a main traveled roadway of a freeway regardless of the district or zone in which it is located, if: -1- 1. Such sign because of its location, size, nature, or type constitutes, or tends to constitute, a hazard to the safe and efficient operation of vehicles upon a freeway, or creates a condition which endangers the safety of persons or property upon a freeway; or 2. Such sign is designated to have, or has, advertising thereon maintained primarily to be viewed from a main traveled roadway of a freeway. (c) Exceptions - Signs on Buildings. Subsection (b) does not apply to any sign which is attached to or constructed, painted, or maintained on a building and which has no mechanical or moving parts nor any arrangement of lights creating the illusion of move- ment and on which the advertising is limited to: 1. The name of the building whereon the sign is located; or 2. The name of the person, firm or corporation occupying the building, and the type of business conducted therein by such person, firm or corporation; or 3. The name of the product manufactured on the premises; or 4. The advertising of goods manufactured or produced or services rendered, on the property upon which such advertising display is placed. (d) Exception - Lease or Sale. Subsection (b) does not apply to signs advertising the sale or lease of property upon which such sign is placed. (e) Exception - Travelers ' Information. A billboard not exceeding 80 square feet in area is permitted at the point where a freeway first enters the City. Such billboards may only display information and directions for travelers; accommodations and services such as rest, food and auto service. Such signs may not display brand names or the names of particular businesses. The location, arrangement, wording, and the general appearance of such informa- tion signs are subject to the approval of the Planning Commission as provided in Subsection (f) 5. (f) Sign Regulations. Every such sign permitted by Subsec- tions cand (d) and (e) shall comply with the following regula- tions: 1. Total Area Permitted. Signs (including lettering and background) permitted by Subsections (c) and (d) shall not exceed a total of ten percent of the total area of the face or wall of the building upon which they are located, or 100 square feet, whichever is the greater. If there are two or more separate businesses on the same lot or parcel of land the restriction of sign area shall apply to each separate business on the site. 2. Flashing Lights. No such sign shall be illuminated by flashing lights. All artificial illumination of such signs shall be constant and shall not be increased or decreased in intensity nor changed as to color more frequently than once in any 30 minute period. -2- 3 . Simulated Official Signs. No such sign, including the advertising matter thereon, shall imitate or simulate any official warning, stop, danger or directional sign. 4. Non-Conforming Signs. No sign heretofore lawfully erected which does not comply with the provisions of this Section shall hereafter be altered or recon- structed except in conformity with this Section. All signs which do not comply with this Section shall be removed or be made to conform herewith within three years after the effective date of this Section. 5. Determination of Compliance. No person shall erect a sign within 500 feet of the main traveled roadway of a freeway until the Planning Commission has determined that the sign complies with the regulations of this Section. Whenever any person proposes to erect a sign within 500 feet of the main traveled roadway of a freeway, the application for said sign shall be referred to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission shall review the plans, the proposed site if necessary, and make its finding within 35 days after the application is referred or longer if approved by mutual consent of both Planning Commission and applicant. 6. Appeal. If any person is dissatisfied with the deter- mination of the Planning Commission with respect to any sign subject to this Section, he may appeal in writing to the City Council within 20 days after written notice of such determination. The City Council shall review the plans, the proposed site if necessary, and make its finding within 30 days after the appeal is filed or longer if approved by mutual consent of both City Council and applicant. The Council 's decision shall be final. " SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law. Passed and approved this 4th day of June , 1962. vA, (:&/z1---ity-21(677(el( 6 Mayo, STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS. CITY OF AZUSA I, JAMES MITJR.R, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 707 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 21st day of May , 1962. That, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 4th day of June , 1962, by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen: Memmesheimer, Cooney, Jackson, McLees, Ortuno NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT:Councilmen: None L may: City lerk -3- I do further certify that I caused said Ordinance to be published prior to the expiration of fifteen days from the passage thereof in the Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, a newspaper of general circulation, printed, published and circulated in the City of Azusa, on the 10th day of June , 1962, and that the same was published in accordance with law. City Clerk Published - Azusa Herald and Pomotropic, June 10, 1962 -4-