HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-05 Special Event Street BannersORDINANCE NO. 93-5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 5 OF THE
COSTA MESA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SPECIAL EVENT
STREET BANNERS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN-
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AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does
hereby.find and declare as follows:
WHEREAS, the unregulated -use of special event street banners
contributes to visual clutter, danger of collapse into the right-
of-way due to improper installation and confusion. of the public as
to the sponsor of the.special event;
WHEREAS,.the establishment of policies and standards for the
installation, monitoring, and removal of special event street
banners will protect the public's health, safety and welfare;
WHEREAS, on July 6, 1992, City Council by motion adopted City
Council Policy No. 500-6 on Special Event Street Banners, and this
ordinance implements the policy of City Council expressed therein;
WHEREAS, minor variances have. been replaced by administrative
adjustments, but the definition of a minor variance was not removed
from the�Sign Code;
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
amends Title 5 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 2. 1The following definition within Section 5=119
of the Costa -Mesa Municipal Code is hereby deleted:
"Minor variance shall mean a deviation in sign area, height;
setbacks, separation, or other sign.code specifications, not,
to exceed twenty-five (25) per cent.of said specification.", -
SECTION 3." Paragraph (5) of Subsection .(b). of Section.5-'
121 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code -is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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(5) Signs projecting into the public right-of-way except
as authorized in Section'5-121(d)(5) or Section 19-301
through 19-320..
SECTION 4. Paragraph (5) is hereby added to Subsection (d)
of Section 5-121 .of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code to read as
follows:
"(5) Street banners. Banners announcing public events may be
placed in the public right-of-way- after obtaining.
approval of City Council. The number, duration, exact,
location, and security deposit will be determined by City
Council at the time of approval."
SECTION 5. Subsection (d) of Section 5-128 of 'the Costa
Mesa Municipal Code is hereby added to read as follows.
(d), The provisions.`of this Section shall not apply to street
banners approved pursuant to Section 5-121(d)(5) of this -
Code."
SECTION 6. Paragraph (4) of Subsection (e) of Section 5-
152 of the Costa Mesa Municpal.Code is herebyamended to read as
follows:
(4). Signs projecting into the,public right-of-way, except as
authorized in Section 5-121(d)(5) or Section 19-301
through 19-32011;
SECTION 7. Publication.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect thirty (30) days from and after its passage and, before the
expiration of fifteen (15) days. after its passage, shall be
published once in the NEWPORT BEACH -COSTA MESA 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 of the members of the City
Council voting for and against the same.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1993.
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ATTEST:
Magor of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk of the City of 01sta Mesa City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
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. 93-5 was introduced and
considered section by sect}'on at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the V2! day of 1993, and
thereafter passed and adopted as a who at a r gular meeting of
said City Council held on the day f , 1993, by
the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this day of , 1993.
C ty Clerk and ex officio ClerKj of .
the City Council of the City o
-_ - Costa Mesa
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