HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-07 Limit Size of InflatablesORDINANCE NO. 95 -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE 1
OF CHAPTER VI OF TITLE 5 OF THE COSTA MESA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO LIMIT,THE.SIZE AND HEIGHT OF
INFLATABLES (ADVERTISING BALLOONS). -
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE'CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. "The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds
and declares as follows:
(a) The City's current -sign ordinance was adopted in 1974,
and provides for the use of advertising balloons and
other inflatable objects as temporary special event
signing;. and
(b) Recently, the City has experienced an increase in the use
of large balloons and other inflatable objects for
advertising purposes; and
(c) - It is the desire of the City Council to regulate the size
and height of inflatable objects to limit adverse impacts
on the visual image of the city and to reduce the
potential hazards from unregulated use and display of
large inflatable and aerial objects.
ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the.City of Costa Mesa hereby
amends the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as follows:
Section 2. Paragraph (4) of Subsection,(b) [Prohibited Signs]
of Section 5-121 of Article 1, Chapter VI Title 5. is amended to
read as follows:
(4), Flags, banners, and pennants,- except as authorized in
Section 5=121(d);
Section 3. Paragraph (6) of Subsection (c) [Exempted Signs]
of Section 5-121 of Article 1, Chapter VI, Title 5 is amended to
read as follows:
(6) Any balloon which does not exceed twenty-four (24) inches
in diameter provided that such balloons may not. be
fabricated of, metallic materials, must be securely
anchored and may not extend beyond any property line or
over any public right-of-way regardless of wind
conditions and that such balloons are properly disposed
of at the end of the display and may not be released into
the air.
Section 4. Paragraph (1) of Subsection -(d) [Special Event
Signing]. of Section 5-121' of Article 1, Chapter VI, Title 5 is
amended to read as follows:
(1) General. Flags, banners and pennants may be approved for
a limited period of time as a means of advertising.
Section 5. Paragraph (4) of Subsection (d) [Special Event
Signing] of Section 5-121 of Article 1, Chapter VI, Title 5 is
amended to read as follows:
(4) Reserved.
Section 6. Severability.
If any provision or clause of this ordinance or the application
thereof to any" person or circumstance 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 7. 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 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
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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ,5 day of , 1995.
ATTEST:
T.
Deputyity Clerk of
.City o Costa Mesa
r
Ma or of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy 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. 95-7 was introduced and
considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on the /q t4 -day of , 1995, and thereafter passed
and adopted as a whole at a redyular meeting of said City Council
held on the _6t1- day of , 1995, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: E210[d56rJ t 4t)RtJ3ucKd , MnA)A�-4 J
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: LZU. FF: -,i C En11 5
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: 1VDAJE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed
the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 6-d. day of 1995.
Deputyity Clerk and ex -officio
Clerk J the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa
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