HomeMy WebLinkAbout74-24 Extending Sign Ordinance 73-42ORDINANCE NO. �
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING ORDINANCE 73-42 FOR A
PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY DAYS TO PREVENT THE
ERECTION OF SIGNS DURING THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION OF A
COMPREHENSIVE SIGN ORDINANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY AND INTENT
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Costa Mesa is charged with the
responsibility and provided the authority to regulate on -premise and off -
premise signs within the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, proper signing is both necessary and desirable for the
promotion of commerce in the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, sign regulations have significant economic, social, and
aesthetic impacts upon the City of Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, the Council is now considering the adoption of a comprehen-
sive sign ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Council and Planning Commission have received several
research reports from the staff and are now studying the preliminary draft
of a comprehensive sign ordinance.
SECTION 2. SIGNS REGULATED
The Director of Planning shall approve only those signs which conform
to the sign regulations included in the document entitled "Sign Ordinance,
Preliminary Draft."
SECTION 3. PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW
The Planning Director shall submit to the Planning Commission a weekly
report which summarizes the sign permits issued and denied. The Commission
may, on its own motion, review any staff action.
SECTION 4. TIME PERIOD
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect for a period of one
hundred and twenty (120) days.
SECTION 5. URGENCY MEASURE
The Council finds and declares that the promotion of the public interest
requires that this Ordinance be adopted as an urgency measure pursuant to
Section 36934 -of the Government Code.
SECTION 6. NOTIFICATIONS
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect
immediately 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 newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the
City of Costa Mesa, together with the names of the members of the
Council voting for and against same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of February, 1974.
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Mayo of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Me
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing Ordinance No. 74-24 was introduced and considered section by
section, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole, at the regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 19th day of February, 1974, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Hammett, Jordan, Wilson, Raciti
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Pinkley
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 20th day of February, 1974.
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
City Council of the City of Costasa