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10/11/85
ORDINANCE NO. NS-1805
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
ADDING SECTION 33-10 TO THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO AUTHORIZE DIRECTIONAL
SIGNS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR
PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby
amended by adding a section, to be numbered 33-10, which said
section reads as follows:
Sec. 33-10.
Directional signs for places
of public assembly
(a) The Executive Director of the Public Services Agency
is authorized to provide for the installation in the public
right-of-way of signs which provide motorists with direction to
places of public assembly, including but not limited to churches
and other privately owned or operated places of public assembly,
subject to the following conditions:
(1) The sign shall be installed by City personnel.
(2) Ail costs of construction, installation, main-
tenance, repair replacement, relocation, and removal of
the sign shall be borne by the organization which owns
or operates the facility to which the sign pertains.
(3) The sign shall be so located as to avoid any
interference with vehicular or pedestrian traffic or the
creation of any traffic hazard.
(4) Sign installation shall be limited to arterial
streets.
(5) No more than two (2) signs shall be installed
for any single place of public assembly, and no more than
one (1) sign for any single such place of public assembly
shall be installed on any single street.
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(6) The place of public assembly to which the sign
pertains shall be classified as Group A with an occupancy
load of at least 50 persons under the Building Code of
the City of Santa Ana.
(7) The sign shall comply with the regulations issued
by the Executive Director of the Public Services Agency
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
is
(b) The Executive Director of the Public Services Agency
further authorized to:
(1) Issue regulations governing the size, shape,
color, materials and location of signs to be installed
pursuant to this section and the procedures for applica-
tions for such signs.
(2) Relocate any sign as necessary to accommodate
the public use of the public right-of-way.
(3) Remove any sign which n° longer serves the
purpose for which it was installed or upon the failure
of the responsible organization to pay amounts due to
the City pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Each application for a sign pursuant to this section
shall be accompanied by an application fee in an amount estab-
lished by resolution of the City Council.
SECTION 2: Until such time as otherwise established by
resolution of the City Council, the application fee for a
directional sign to be installed pursuant to Section 33-10
of the Santa Ana Municipal Code shall be $52.50.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court
or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would
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have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of
the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or uncon-
constitutional.
ADOPTED this 4th day of November , 1985.
ATTEST:
Daniel E. Griset
Mayor
~/fnice C. Guy - /
~Clerk of the Council
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Griset Aye
Ac os t a -~t
Hart
Johnson
Luxembourger
McGuigan --~t
Young -~ye
APPROVED AS TO FORM: