HomeMy WebLinkAbout19-08 - Non-commercial portable signsORDINANCE NO. 19-08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA,
ADOPTING ZONING CODE AMENDMENT CO -18-05 AMENDING TITLE 13,
CHAPTER VIII, TABLE 13-115 TO REMOVE TIME LIMITS FOR THE PLACEMENT
AND DISPLAY OF NON-COMMERCIAL PORTABLE SIGNS ON PRIVATE
RESIDENTIALLY -ZONED PROPERTIES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: FINDINGS
The City Council finds as follows:
a. The city has significant interest in protecting the aesthetics of the
community.
b. The regulations established by this ordinance will allow signage that
communicates a homeowner's message without causing a cluttered
environment, consistent with the purpose and intent of the city's sign code.
SECTION 2: Title 13, Chapter VIII, Table 13-115 ("Sign Regulations and Design
Standards"), is hereby amended as follows:
F RESIDENTIAL
ZONES COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONAL
ZONES ZONES ZONES
5 sq. ft. maximum per 5 sq. ft. maximum per sign with a maximum 6-
NON-COMMERCIAL sign with a maximum foot height above rade for signs affixed in the
PORTABLE SIGNS ON 6 -foot height above g g g
':PRIVATE PROPERTY grade for signs affixed ground subject to the time periods set forth in
in the ground Section 13-123 (a)(5)
SECTION 3: ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION. The project has been reviewed for
compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the CEQA guidelines,
and the City's environmental procedures, and has been found to be exempt pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (general rule), in that the City Council hereby finds
that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this ordinance will have a
significant effect on the environment as this regulation affects only the duration of display of
small-scale temporary signage on privately -owned residentially -zoned property.
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SECTION 4: INCONSISTENCIES. Any provision of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code or
appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and or further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extent necessary to
affect the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY. If any provision or clause of this ordinance or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held to be unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect
other provisions or clauses or applications of this ordinance which can be implemented
without the invalid provision, clause or application; and to this end, the provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 6: PUBLICATION. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30)
days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from
its passage shall be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper
of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative,
the City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy
of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior
to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City
Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office
of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names and member of
the City Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of #pril, 2019.
ATTEST:
Brenda Green, ity Clerk
Katrin F e, Mayor
APPROVED S T>ti 7:
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all/Barlow, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 19-08 was duly introduced for first reading
at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 19th day of March, 2019, and that
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 2nd day of April, 2019, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GENIS, MANSOOR, MARR, REYNOLDS,
STEPHENS, FOLEY
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 3rd day of April, 2019.
Brenda Greend ity Clerk
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