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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #906 ORDINANCE No, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH RELATING TO TEMPORARY DIRECTIONAL SUBDIVISION SIGNS; AMENDING THE HUNTING- TON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE 868 AND NEW SECTIONS THEREOF The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : Section 1. There is hereby added to the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code a new Article, No. 868, which Article shall read in words and figures as follows : ARTICLE 868 TEMPORARY DIRECTIONAL SUBDIVISION SIGNS Section 2. The following new Sections are hereby added to the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code, Sections 8680, 8681, 8681.11 8681.29 8681.3, 8681.4, 8682, 8682.1, 8682.2, 8683" 8683.1, 8683.2, 8683.3, 8683.4, 8684, 8685, 8686, 8686.1, 8686.2, 8687 , 8688, which sections shall read in words and figures as follows : Section 8680. DEFINITION: The term "land development project" as used in this Article shall mean a subdivision duly recorded 'sin.ce January 1, 1960, identified by a tract number assigned by the County Surveyor whether or not the De- veloper intends to construct dwellings thereon. Section 8681. PERMIT REQUIRED: No directional sign Ord. No. shall be erected or maintained in any district, as defined and established pursuant to Chapters 92 , 93, and 94 of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code unless an application shall have been made and a permit issued for its erection and main- tenance pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance. Section 8681.1. APPLICATION: Each application shall pertain to one sign only and shall be filed by the Developer or his authorized agent, only. Upon approval of the applica- tion by the Building and Safety Director, said Building and Safety Director shall issue the permit. The application and the permit shall each be on forms approved by the Building and Safety Director. Section 8681.2. APPLICATION SIGNATURES: The application shall bear the signature of the owner of the sign, or his authorized agent, and the owner of the land on which the sign is to be placed, or his written consent, and shall grant to the City a right to enter to remove said sign on termination of the permit. Section 8681.3, APPLICATION FEE AND CASH BOND: The application shall be accompanied by a filing-f ee 6f -$25, 00 and a cash bond in the sum of $200.00 executed by the owners of the land the the Developer setting forth their consent to the City of Huntington Beach to enter upon the land, without liability, to remove or to inspect said sign as may be necess- ary. The condition of such bond shall be that upon termination 2, Ord. No. or revocation or expiration of the permit, if the sign for which the permit is granted is not completely removed and the site restored to its original condition within five (5) days thereafter, the full amount of such bond shall be forthwith and summarily forfeited and paid over to the City of Hunting- ton Beach. The cash bond shall be returned if the direction- al sign is completely removed and the site restored to its original condition within said five (5) day period. Section 8681.4. SIGN COPY: The application shall be accompanied by copy in written or illustrative form setting forth fully the message to be displayed on the sign. Section 8682. SIGNS IN ALL DISTRICTS: Directional signs shall be permitted in all districts, as defined and established pursuant to Chapters 92, 93 and 94 of the Hunting- ton Beach Ordinance Code subject to the following restrictions and procedure for their establishment on any site within the City of Huntington Beach. Section 8682.1. SIZE OF SIGNS: Such signs shall not be more than 25 feet in horizontal length nor more than 15 feet in vertical height, exclusive of ground clearance, and shall not exceed a total area of 200 square feet. Section 8682.2. LOCATION OF SIGNS: Such signs may be established along, but not within, the right of way of any highway, street or thoroughfare except such signs may not be established along established and existing freeways which have 3. Ord. No. been designated as freeway routes by the Division of Highways of the State of California, and further such signs are not required to conform to front yard lines or building lines. No such sign shall be closer than 300 feet to any other sub- division directional sign not separated by a street. Section 8683,_ NUMBER OF SIGNS: Not more than ten (10) permits for directional signs may be issued for any one land development project, irrespective of whether such permits are currently effective or not; provided, however, that where contiguous land development projects are under common owner- ship and are advertised under the identical name, not more than ten (10) directional signs may be in existence at any one time for such contiguous land development ,projects. For purposes. of this Article, land development projects shall be considered contiguous even though separated by streets, water channels, or any area less than five hundred feet (500' ) in width. For the purpose of this Article, a sign commonly known as a "V" sign, or a sign containing message material intended to be read by the public on more than one plane sur- face thereof, shall be deemed to be such number of signs as there are plane surfaces thereof containing message material intended to be read by the public. Section 8683.1. TIME LIMIT: Each directional sign shall have a time limit of existence of not more than one (1) year from the date of authorization of the permit for 4_ Ord. No said sign; provided, however, that the Building and Safety Director may for good cause extend the time limit for not to exceed three (3) successive periods of six (6) months each. Section 8683.2. ADDITIONS TO SIGNS: There shall be no additions, tag signs, streamers, devices, display boards or appurtenances added to the sign as originally approved. Section 8683.3. REMOVAL FOR HIGHWAY WIDENING: Any directional sign shall be removed by the person to whom the permit was issued and by the owner of the land upon which the sign is located, without expense to any public agency, when it conflicts with any street or highway widening, upon written notice by mail address6d. to the last known address of the owner of the land upon which the sign is situated and a like notice to the person to whom the permit was issued that the public agency requires such removal. A copy of said written notice shall be filed with the Building and Safety Director concurrently with notification to said per.. son and said owner. Section 8683.4. GROUND CLEAHANCE: An unobstructed open space, except for supports of the sign, shall be maintained to a height of eight feet from ground level, provided that an unobstructed open space, except for supports of the sign, shall be maintained to a height of ten feet from ground level when such sign is located within fifty (50) feet of a highway intersection. 5. Ord. No. Section 8684. SIGN RELOCATION: Upon the written approve• al of the Building and Safety--Director, a directional sign for which a permit is currently effective may be removed and re- located, provided the original site is restored to its origi- nal condition and provided a new permit is applied for and issued, the fee paid and the bond executed. The new permit shall have the same expiration date as the original permit and upon the issuance of the new permit, the cash bond posted for the original permit shall be returned. Section 8685. CHANGE OF COPY: The copy appearing on a lawfully established and maintained directional sign may not be changed; provided, however, that when a directional sign is relocated pursuant to the provisions hereof , the travel instructions thereon may be changed as required by the new site. Section 8686. SIGN IDENTIFICATION: The Building and Safety Director shall cause to be affixed to, and the sign owner shall maintain on the sign for the duration of the sign, his assigned permit number, the name of the owner of the land, the expiration date of the permit and the name of the owner of the sign, together with such other data as he may deem necessary to properly carry out the functions of his office in the issuance of the permit and enforcement of compliance with these regulations. 6. Ord. No. Section 8686.1, ENFORCEMENT: The Building and Safety Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of these regulations and any aggrieved party may appeal any decision or ruling of said director to the Planning Commission. Section 8686.2. EXISTING SIGNS: Any subdivision direct- ional sign which is lawfully established on the effective date of this ordinance may remain until the expiration of its prezent permit. If such sign permit expires less than one year from the effective date of this ordinance, such sign may remain for a period of one year from the effective date of this ordinance regardless of its expiration date. Section 8687. PERMIT REVOCATION: The violation by the owner of the sign, the owner of the land upon which said sign is located or is to be located, the developer, or the person to whom the permit has been issued, of any of the provisions of this ordinance, the Building Code, the Electrical Code, or the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Huntington Beach shall constitute grounds for revocation of the permit for any such sign and shall terminate said permit, whereupon the owner of said sign and/or the owner of said land upon which said sign is located shall immediately dismantle said sign and restore the premises to its original condition, and upon failure to do so within five (5) days after such termination or revoca- tion, the bond theretofore posted shall be deemed to be forthwith and summarily forfeited in its entirety to the City 7. Ord. No. of Huntington Beach. In such event it shall be the duty of the Building and Safety Director to enter upon the premises and dismantle and remove such sign. , Section 8688. PENALTY: Any person who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprison- ment for not exceeding six (6) months , or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published by one insertion in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly newspaper printed, published and circulated in the City of Huntington,Beach, Orange County, California, and thirty (30) days after the adoption thereof., the same shall take of fect and be in force. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, this day of 1962. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk 8. Ord. No. STATE OF CAL IF ORNIA County of Orange ss City of Huntington Beach I, PAUL C. JONES, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing ordi- nance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of , 1962, and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the day of , 1962, and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the rm mbers of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: NOES: Councilmen: ABSENT: Councilmen: City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California