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RESOLUTION N0. 67-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
DECLARING ITS OPPOSITION TO SECTION 131 (G) OF PUBLIC LAW
89-285, THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT OF 1965; AND URGING
THE CONGRESS TO DELETE SAID PROVISION BY APPROPRIATE AMEND-
MENT TO THE ACT.
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has heretofore enacted the
Highway Beautification Act of 1965 for the purpose of providing for scenic
development and road beautification of the federal -state highway systems and
that such Act contemplates and requires action by the several States; and
WHEREAS, Section 131(8) of the Act requires payment of compensation
upon the removal of certain outdoor advertising signs, displays and devices,
such compensation to be shared by the federal government and the States; and
WHEREAS, with respect to the State of California, payment of compensa-
tion for such removal is unnecessary and wasteful because such removal and the
consequent securing of "effective control", as defined in the Act, can better
be accomplished under the police power of this State; and
WHEREAS, over a period of many years the police power of the States has
become and now is the well established and judicially recognized means of
enforcing zoning and similar land use controls, and, accordingly, the compen-
sation provision in the Act is likely to confuse and undermine established
practices and procedures,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that this body hereby declares its opposition to Section 131(8) of Public
Law 89-285, the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, and urges the Congress to
delete said provision by appropriate amendment to the Act;
AND IT IS FURTEER RESOLVED that the Clerk be, and he is hereby, directed
to prepare a certified copy of this resolution and forward it to United States
Senators Thomas H. Kuchel and George Murphy and to the Honorable James B. Utt,
Representative in Congress.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 20th day of February, 1967.
Mayor of the Ci Costa Mesa
ATTEST;
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 67-16 was duly and regularly passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the
20th day of February, 1967.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 21st day of February, 1967.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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