HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-22 - Urgency - Sign Erection Prevention for 180 DaysORDINANCE NO. 73-22
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA 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.
days.
SECTION 4. TIME PERIOD
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect for a period of 180
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 65858 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 21st day of May, 1973.
Vice Mayor of theC',• o Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cos V
Mesa
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. 73-22 was introduced and considered section by
section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day
of May, 1973, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at the regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 21st day of May, 1973 by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Jordan Pinkley, Wilson, Raciti
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Hammett
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereby set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 22nd day of May, 1973.
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City
Clerk and
ex -officio
Clerkthe
City
Council of
the City
of Cos
Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA)
I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
County aforesaid; 1 am over the age of eighteen years, and
not a party to or interested in the below entitled matter. I
am a principal clerk of the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published
in the City of Costa Mesa, County of Orange, State of Cal-
ifornia, and I certify that City Ordinance Number
of which the copy attached hereto is a true and complete
copy, was printed and published in the regular issue(s) of
said newspaper on May 26,1973 -
I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing
is true and correct.
Executed on May 26 , 7973,
at Costa Mesa, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council
of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that Ordinance Na.73-22 was introduced and con-
sidered, section by section, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the Gy of Costa Mesa, held on the
21st day of — May 197-1- and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole
at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 21st Acry of May 1971,
by the following roll -call vote:
AYES:
COUNCILMEN-
Jordan,
Pinkley,
Wilson,
Raciti
NOES:
COUNCILMEN -
None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN- Hammett
I FURTHER CERTIFY that said Ordinance No. 73-22 was published in the ORANGE COAST
DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa, on the
26th day of May 197-L.
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City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the Ciy ouncil
of the City of Costa Mesa
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