HomeMy WebLinkAbout75-53 Amending Real Estate Sign Code1 ORDINANCE NO. 76"-63
2 AN ORDINANCE OF -THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA AMENDING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER VI OF
3 TITLE 5 OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING
TO REAL ESTATE SIGNS.
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5 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
6 ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
7 SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
8 hereby kinds -and declares that experience in applying the pro -
9 visions of the sign ordinance, input from the community and
10 industries affected require that certain definitions be clarified
11 and changes made regarding the allowable signage for temporary real
12 estate signs. The following provisions are intended to implement
13 the original purpose and intent of Ordinance No. 74-25.
14 Accordingly, the following designated subsections and
15 sections of Chapter VI of Title 5 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code
16 are hereby amended to read as follows:
17 SECTION 2: §5'-119 is'amended by adding the following
18 subsections:
19 (35) Directional Sign shall mean any sign located
20 off-site or off -premise.
21 (36) Logo shall mean a trademark or company name or
22 symbol.
23 (37) Open House Sign shall mean a sign with the word:
24 "Open House" as the copy.
25 SECTION 3: §5-125 is amended by replacing the existing
26 language as follows:
27 (B) Temporary Signing
28 (2) Real estate signs. One real estate sign
29 shall be allowed per lot, subject to the following specifications:
30 (a) Maximum dimensions: Eighteen (18)
31 inches by twenty-four (24) inches.
32 (b) Colors: Green background with white
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11 figures and letters.
(c) Copy limited to:
1. That the property is for sale,
lease or exchange by the owner or his agent;
2. The owner's or agent's name;
3. The owner's or agent's address
and telephone numbers and
4. The agent's logo.
(d) immediately after sale, said sign
shall be removed from the premises forthwith, and no replacement
may be installed or addition made to said sign indicating that
the property has been "sold" or in any other manner may realtor
or property owner advertise the results of said listing.
(2.1) Open House Signs: One Open House Sign
allowed per site, subject to the following specifications and
standards:
(a) Must be attached to the real estate
sign, or be used in lieu of the real estate sign.
(b) Colors: Green background with white
letters.
(c) Maximum Dimensions: Twelve (12)
inches by twenty-four (24) inches.
(2.2) Directional Signs: Two (2) Directional
signs shall be allowed per listing, subject to the following
specifications and standards:
(a) Color: Green background with white
letters and figures.
(b) Maximum Dimensions: Twelve (12)
inches by twenty-four (24) inches.
(c) Name of real estate agent and his
phone number shall be included as part of the copy in letters
and figures one (1) inch high.
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(d) Location:
1. Signs shall be located entirely
on private property with permission of the property owners.
2. A maximum of one (1) sign shall
be allowed per property.
SECTION 4: §5-128 is amended by replacing the existing
language as follows:
§5-128: Signs prohibited on public property or
public rights-of-way; removal.
(a) No person shall erect, place or display
or cause to be erected, placed or displayed, any sign, sign
structure of advertising device in, under, on or over any public.
property or any public right-of-way with respect to which the City
has jurisdiction. Any such sign, sign structure or advertising
device erected, placed or displayed contrary to the provisions of
this section shall be a public nuisance and the City may immediate-
ly remove and dispose of it without notice.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not
prohibit the posting of any notice in the manner required by law
or by the order of any court of this state.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force and effect thirty (3) days from and after its passage,
and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage,
shall be published once in the Orange.Coast Daily Pilot, a news-
paper of general circulation printed and published in the City of
Costa Mesa, together with.the names of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this iT�day of �t LC_Q� _ . 1975.1
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City f
Costa Mesa
yor of the City of Costa Mesa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
ss.
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of tYe.City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 7S63 was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the AJ- day of 1975 and
thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a re ular meeting
of said City Council held on the � day of ,
1975 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: (R�
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS. WHEREOF I have hereby set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 1,f1* day of
1975.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci y torne 's Office
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(City Clerk and ex-offic' Clerk
of the City Council of 61he City
of Costa Mesa