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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC Res 75 - 1966-08-03 ~ ~ ~ ~. ~. ~ " ~:- ~. ~ l' ~<<. ". ,t:- r f. ~ ,,: , ~. f.- r: ~~ F:~ . L. t ~. ~ I. it_ ~ ,. r !, ~ r ". . ,., ~. i. " , '. ,- . ....- ........ RESOLUTION NO. 75 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RECOMMENDING ADOPTION OF A FREEWAY SIGN CONTROL ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, in the matter of sign control along the route of landscaped freeways, the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach does report as'follows: 1. Prior to installation of landscaping along the right-of-way of a state freeway, the locat jurisdiction must have on record an ordinance controlling the placement of advertising signs in relation to the freeway. 2. A copy of the suggested wording for the body of such an ordinance has been submitted to the Commission. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission findings are as follows: 1. It is highly desirable that the state provide suitable landscaping along freeways through the City of Seal BEach. 2. The City of Seal Beach is desirous of cooperating with the state in controlling the installation of advertising signs along the route of such landscaped freeways. 3. The wording of the suggested sign ordinance submitted to the Commission is satisfactory. This suggested sign ordinance shall be designated "Exhibit A". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach does hereby recommend to the City Council the adoption of a Freeway Sign Control Ordinance following the wording given in "Exhibit A" attached. PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of August, IJ~~~ /I/~ :.:-. / __/ .H /\.. ">-_",- .1 . /- ,-''t''i..:..... -; ....,:'A..... __. Chairma~'of the Planning' Commission I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Seal Beach which was held on ~ugust 3, 1966 and carried by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Commissioners: Commissioners: Commissioners: Boeger, Crowley, Jones, Lanning, Murphy None None /l ~ ;AI ; ( Pr~~ ~-,p./-. ?~~ ~~retary of the P~n (/ Commission .: . , .":. Exhihit A - ~-... ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF S~ BEACH REGULATING ADVERTISING DISPLAYS ADJACENT TO LANDSCAPED FREEWAYS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this article, certain terms are defined as follows: . . (.) ADVERTISING STRUCTURE. Refers to . structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes on which any poster, bill, printing, painting, or other advertisement of any kind whatsoever may be placed, including statuary. (b) SIGN. Refers to any card, cloth, metal, painted or wooden sign of any character, placed for outdoor advertising purposes, on or to the ground, or any tree, wall, bush, rock, fence, building, structure, or thing, either publicly or privately owned, other than an advertising structure. (c) Neither "advertising structutell nor "sign'~, as used in this article includes: (1) Official notices issued by a court or public body or officer; (2) Notices posted by any public officer in performance of a public duty, or by any person in giving legal notice; (3) Directional, warning, or information signs or structures required or authorized by law or by federal, state, or municipal authority. (d) ADVERTISING DISPLAY. Refers to advertising structures and to signs. (e) FREEWAY. The term freeway shall be deemed to mean 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 rieht or easement of access, and which is declared to be such in compliatlCe with the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California. (f) TO PLACE. The verb lito place II and any of its variants as applied to advertising displays includes the maintaining and the erectin S, constructing, posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, glueing, stitching, carving, or otherwise fastening, affixing, or making visible, any advertising display on or to the ground, or any tree, bush, rock, fence, post, wall, building, structure, or thing. (g) LANDSCAPED FREEWAY. The term IILandscaped Freeway" shall be deemed to mean a section or sections of a freeway which is now, or. hereafter may be, improved by the planting of at least on one side"of the_freeway rig.ht of way, of lawn~, trt"es, shrubs, !lol-lers, or other ornamental vegetation which shall require reasonable maintenance. -1-. . .- . Planting for the purpose of soil erosion control, traffic safety . requirements, reduction of fire hazards, or traffic noise abatement, shall not change the .character of a freeway to a landscaped freeway. Section 2. ADVERTISING DISPLAYS ADJACENT TO LANDSCAPED FREEWAYS. No advertising displays shall be placed or maintained on property adjacent to a section of freeway which has been, or hereafter may be, landscaped as defined herein, if the advertising display is designed to be viewed"primarily by persons traveling on such landscaped section of a freeway. Section 3. EXEMPT ADVERTIS~NG DISPLAYS The provisions of Section 2 of this ordinance shall not apply to any or the following listed advertising structures or signs used exclusively: (a) To advertise the sale or lease of the property on which said advertising display is placed; (b) To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which said advertising display is placed or to identify such premises; (c) To advertise the business conducted or goods manufactured or produced, or services rendered upon the property upon which said advertising display is placed. .0 Section 4. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITED DISPLAYS Any advertising structure or sign which is now, or hereafter may be, in violation of the provisions of Section 2 shall be removed within three (3) years from the effective date of this ordinance or within three (3) years from the date when the project for the landscaping of a section or sections of a freeway shall have been completed or accepted, and the character of said section or sections shall have been changed from a freeway to a landscaped freeway, whichever is later. Section 5. SEVERABILITY If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is, fof any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, by the decisxon of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Mayor AT'IEST: City Clerk . I, F. W. Hickman, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify to the passage and adoption of the foregoing Ordinance by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the ____ day of ~ 1966, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: Councilmen Councilmen Councilmen '0 ., City Clerk