HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-01 Regulating Garage Sales in Residential ZonesORDINANCE NO. 84-1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING GARAGE SALES
IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby finds and
declares as follows:
a. Garage sales are a commercial activity, attracting customers to
residential neighborhoods;
b. Vehicular traffic is increased in residential neighborhoods due to
garage sales;
c. Garage sales result in a proliferation of signs in the public right-
of-way which detract from neighborhood safety and aesthetics;
d. Commercial activity, increased traffic, and sign proliferation in
residential neighborhoods tend to adversely affect residential property
values;
e. Numerous Swap Meet locations are available in the County for the
sale of personal property.
SECTION 2. ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
adds to the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as set forth below:
CHAPTER X. Exceptions or Variations to Land Uses Allowed.
Article 2 GARAGE SALES
Sec. 13-746. Garage/Yard Sale Defined; Regulations
a. A garage sale is an event for the purpose of selling or trading
personal property. Garage sale includes yard sale.
b. No person who owns or is in possession of any parcel in a residential
zone shall permit more than two (2) garage sales on such premises during
any calendar year. Any such sale shall consist of three consecutive
days.
SECTION 3. 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 (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 of the members of the City Council voting for and
against the same.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cos Mesa
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APPROVED TO FORM
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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. 84-1 was introduced and considered section by section at a regu-
lar meeting of said City Council held on the 3rd day of January 1984, and
thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the 16th day of January, 1984, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: CODICIL MEMBERS:A17
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: !/L4-xr C �
ABSENT: CODICIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 17th day of January, 1984.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of e
City Council of the City of Costa sa
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