HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2379 - The Sign Code to Delete Aerial Balloon Signs and Limit the Use of Special Event Signs or DisplaysORDINANCE NO. NS-2379
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING
THE SIGN CODE TO DELETE AERIAL
BALLOON SIGNS AND LIMIT THE USE OF
SPECIAL EVENT SIGNS OR DISPLAYS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA HEREBY ORDAINS
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: That Section 41-861 of the Santa Aha
Municipal Code be amended to read as follows:
Section 41-861. Additional regulations.
No sign is permitted that:
(1) Is an A-frame, sandwich board or other portable,
temporary advertising display.
(2)
Is a temporary or special event flags, banners,
festoons, flag canopies or other displays, except as
permitted by a special event sign permit.
(3)
Is a sculptured, molded or otherwise fabricated
representational object used for the purpose of
visually conveying business identification or product
advertising, except as approved by a planned sign
program.
(4) Is an aerial or balloon type of sign.
(5)
Conflicts with standards established by resolution of
the city council pertaining to the colors and
materials of signs adopted for the purpose of
promoting signage which is visually attractive and
harmonious with its surroundings.
(6) Duplicates or repeats copy on the same sign.
(7)
Is a graphic or paint or other material on a building
for the purpose of amplifying or directing attention
to a sign, unless approved by the planning director.
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SECTION 2: That Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-
871 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 41-871. Special event signs or displays.
No person shall install' or maintain or allowed to be
installed or maintained on property occupied by such person
any special event sign or display, except in accordance
with the following requirements.
(i)
The special event sign or display shall be installed
and maintained in accordance with a permit issued by
the zoning administrator, which may approve, approve
with conditions, or deny such permit.
(2)
The special event sign or display shall not be
maintained for more than fourteen (14) successive
days, except that grand opening signs shall be
permitted for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days.
Further, sign permits for grand openings shall be
permitted for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days
from the date the certificate of occupancy of the
business is issued.
(3)
No more than four (4) special event sign permits,
including grand opening signs, shall be issued for
each business with a valid certificate of occupancy
during each calendar year.
(4)
Such special event sign or display shall include no
more than banners and parking lot light pole flag
displays and shall not include flag canopies, aerial
signs or freestanding signs.
(5)
The special event banner sign shall not exceed thirty-
six (36) square feet in area and shall not exceed
eighteen (18) feet in length.
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 of 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 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 unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor
the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect
the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be
construed as affecting any of the provisions of such
ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or
penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation
thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash
deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or
deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and
obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full
force and effect.
ADOPTED this 4th day of
1999.
ATTEST:
Clerk of the Council
Mayor
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido A~ent
Lutz Aye
Bist Aye
Christy Aye
Franklin Aye
McGuigan Aye
Moreno Absent
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Ordinance No. NS-2379
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance No.
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Charter of the City of Santa Aha.
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