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Home My WebLink About11-11 Amendment Related to Sign RegulationsORDINANCE NO. 11-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA TO AMEND TITLE 13, CHAPTER VII, ARTICLE 2, GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ARTICLE 3, SIGN REGULATIONS, OF THE COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO SIGN REGULATIONS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: TITLE 13 (ZONING CODE) AMENDMENTS. Title 13 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows: A. Chapter VIII, Article 2, Section 13-111, Definitions, is amended to include a revised definition for mural or supergraphic and to read as follows: "Mural or super -graphic. A large image, picture, or design painted on or affixed to the exterior of a building or structure. A mural or super graphic is. a sign only if it is related by language and/or logo to the advertisement of any product or service or the identification of any business." B. Chapter VIII, Article 3, Section 13-115, Table 13-115, Permanent Signs, Total Sign Area Per Street Frontage and Freestanding Signs, is amended to read as follows: .....:... TABLE I3-II9. SIGN REGULATIONS I'ERNIANENT.SIGNS RESIDENTIAL ZONES COMMERCIALZONES INDUSTRIALZONES INSTITUTIONAL ZONES_ TOTAL SIGN AREA PER STREET Residential uses: 1.0 sq. ft. per ft. of lot width 30 sq. ft. for sites less than FRONTAGE 1.0 sq. ft per unit, not to exceed 90 sq. ft. +0.5 sq. ft. per ft. of lot depth I acre. (25 sq. ft. minimum for sites with 4 or more units). 45 sq. ft. for sites of 1 acre Permitted non-residential uses: or more. 30 sq. ft. for sites lessthan 1 acre. 45 sq. ft. for sites of I acre or more. Total area of all permanent signs (freestanding signs and building signs) may not exceed TOTAL SIGN AREA PER STREET FRONTAGE. See Section 13-116 for commercial or industrial signs located within 200 ft. of residential) -zonedproperty. FREESTANDING SIGNS PERMITREQUIRED Yes DEVELOPMENT 1. Must be located in landscaped planter equal to hvice the sign area. STANDARDS 2. May not obstruct visibility for motorists or pedestrians at driveways or intersections. 3. May not obstruct visibility of legal signs on adjacent site(s). 4. May not consist of a pole sign with a visible cylindrical pole structure(s). 5. Planning Division may require freestanding signs to incorporate street address if address on building is not visible from public streets: 6 inches high minimum in residential zones 8 inches high minimum in non-residential zones The address area, up to 6 sq. ft., is not counted against allowable sign area. Address must be integrated into the design of the sign and placed at such an elevation so as not to be obstructed by landscaping. 6. See Section 13-116 i£located within 200 ft. of residentially -zoned property. MAXIMUM AREA 30 sq. ft. Total area of all freestanding signs may not exceed 50% oftolal 15 sq. ft. for sites less than (Includes both on-site and neighborhood identification allowed sign areaper street frontage. 1 acre. ' signs.) 30 sq. ft. for sites of I acre or more. MAXIMUM HEIGHT 7 ft. 12 ft. 7 R TABLE 13.115. SIGN REGULATIONS PERMANENT SIGNS (continued) RESIDENTIAL ZONES COMMERCIAL ZONES INDUSTRIAL ZONES INSTITUTIONAL ZONES -RESIDENTIAL ZONES COMMERCIALZONES INDUSTRIALZONES INSTITUTIONAL ZONES NUMBER & SEPARATION 300 ft. separation between freestanding signs on same site. ILLUMINATION Exterior, or interiorwidtopaquabackground. No Flashing or blinking allowed. No flashing or blinking allowed. Exterior, or interiorwidropaque background. No Flashing or blinking allowed. VERTICAL CLEARANCE 8 ft. minimum clearance over pedestrian circulation areas. 16 ft. minimum clearance over parking and vehicular circulation areas. C. Chapter VIII, Article 3, Section 13-115, Table 13-115, Permanent Signs, Building Signs, is amended to read as follows: TABLE 13.115. SIGN REGULATIONS PERMANENT SIGNS. (continued) RESIDENTIAL ZONES COMMERCIAL ZONES INDUSTRIAL ZONES INSTITUTIONAL ZONES BUILDING WALL SIGNS PERMITREQUIRED Yes MAXIMUM AREA Total area of all permanent building wall signage may Each single tenant may be allowed a maximum of 1.5 sq. ft. of building mall signage per lineal not exceed TOTAL SIGN AREA PER STREET foot of building frontage ofdte business. If the building frontage ofany such use is less than 25 FRONTAGE. lineal feet, only one sign, having a maximum area of 25 square feet, may be permitted. ILLUMINATION Exterior, or interior with opaque background. No No flashing or blinking allowed. Exterior, or interior with Flashing or blinking allowed, opaque background. No flashing or blinking allowed. NUMBER N/A single tenant buildings: A maximum of three wall signs per sural N/A frontage. hfulti-tenant buildings: Ono wall sign per business on each street frontage. Exception: A tenant with more Ilan 10,000 square feet of Boor amu in a mulli-tenant building shall be pcmducd a it=immn of three wall signs per busincss/simet fronmgc. Buildings with more than 2 stories and 30 feet in height: No sign is ponniacd above the first floor of any building except for a single sign par street fronloge on the uppemasl portion of the building fascia identifying either the street address, name of the building, major tenant muVor logo. Sucel address up to 6 square fact perslory shall not be counlcd toward allowable sign arca. SECTION 2: 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 Section 15061 (b) (3) (general rule) of the CEQA Guidelines, in that the City Council hereby finds that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the passage of this ordinance amending the Zoning Code will have a significant effect on the environment. SECTION 3: 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 4: 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 5: '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 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 20th day of September, 2011. Gary Monahan, M or ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: JUlie F ICI-, City CI rk Tho as Du r. , Cit Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, JULIE FOLCIK, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 11-11 was duly introduced for first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20th day of September 2011, and that thereafter, said Ordinance was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of October, 2011, by the following roll call vote, to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MONAHAN, RIGHEIMER, LEECE, MENSINGER NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BEVER, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 5th day of October, 2011. JU K, crfy CLERK (SEAL) I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is the original of Ordinance No. 11-11 duly passed and adopted by the Costa Mesa City Council at the regular meeting held October 4, 2011, and that Summaries of the Ordinance were published in the Newport Beach -Costa Mesa Daily Pilot on September 28, 2011 and October 12, 2011. JULIE WLCIK, CITY CLERK (SEAL)