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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #922 ORDINANCE No. 922 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH RELATING TO TEMPORARY DIRECTIONAL SUBDIVISION SIGNS: AMENDING THE HUNT- INGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE 868 AND NEW SECTIONS THERETO. 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, 8680.1, 8681, 8681.1, 8681.2, 8681.3, 8682, 8682.1, 8682. 2, 8682.3, 8682.4, 8682.5, 8682.6, 8682.7 , 8682.8, 8682.9, 8683, 86841 8685, 8686, 8687, and 8688, which sections shall read in words and figures as follows : - Section 8680. DEFINITION - DIRECTIONAL SIGN: A di- rectional sign is a sign intended for temporary use in ad- vertising and directing people to a land development project. Section 8680.1. DEFINITION - LAND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; The term "land development project" shall mean a subdivision 1. Ord. No. 922 duly recorded since January 1, 1960, identified by a tract number assigned by the County Surveyor whether or not the developer intends to construct dwellings thereon. Section 8681. PERMIT REQUIRED: No directional sign 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 article. Section 8681.1. APPLICATION: Each application for a permit to erect a temporary directional sign shall pertain to one sign only and shall be filed with the Building and Safety Director by the developer, or his authorized agent only. Upon approval of the application by the Building and Safety Director, said Building and Safety Director shall is- sue 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 appli- cation 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 upon the land to inspect said sign or to remove said sign on termination of the permit. 2• Ord. No. 922 Section 8681. 3. APPLICATION FEE AND CASH BOND: The application for a new sign shall be accompanied by a filing and inspection fee of 50 and a cash bond in the sum of $100 plus a statement executed by the owners of the land, the own- er of the sign, and the developer setting forth their consent to the City of Huntington Beach to enter upon the land, with- out liability, to remove or to inspect said sign as may be necessary. The bond shall remain in effect for the life of the sign and the condition of such bond shall be that upon termination or revocation or expiration of the permit, if the sign for which the permit is granted is not completely remov- ed 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 Huntington Beach. The cash bond shall be returned if the directional sign is completely removed and the sit4 restored to its original condition within said five (5) day period. The application for renewal of an existing sign permit shall be accompanied by a re -inspection fee of $25.00. Section 8682. SIGNS IN ALL DISTRICTS: Notwithstand- ing the provisions of Chapters 92, 93 and 94 of the Huntington 2a I ` Ord. No.922 Beach Ordinance Code, temporary directional signs shall be permitted in all districts, as defined and established pursuant to said Chapters 92, 93 and 94 of the Huntington 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 40 feet in horizontal length nor more than 15 feet in vertical height, exclusive of ground clear- ance, and shall not exceed a total area of 400 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 within 500 feet of a freeway or be design- ed to be viewed from freeways which are designated as free- way routes by the Division of Highways of the State of California, and such signs shall conform to front yard lines or building lines. Section 8682.3. NUMBER OF SIGNS: For the purpose of this Article, a sign commonly known as a "V" sign 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. A sign containing two surfaces support- ed by common structural members shall be considered one sign. 3 . i Ord. No. 922 Section 8682.4. TIME LIMIT: Each permit for a di- rectional sign shall be valid for not more than one (1) year from the date of issuance; provided, however, that the Building and Safety Director may, upon application, renew the permit for not to exceed three ( 3) successive periods of one year each. Section 8682. 5. STRUCTURAL MEMBERS : Any portion of a wooden sign support or brace which is below the ground level and within two feet above the ground shall be treated with an approved preservative. Section 8682.6. INSPECTIONS: During the construction of each directional sign, the Building and Safety Director shall inspect the foundation excavation or post holes and the supporting members prior to their placement in the ground. Section 8682.7. ADDITIONS TO SIGNS: There shall be no additions , tag signs, streamers, devices, display boards or appurtenances added to the sign as originally approved or which cause the sign to exceed the dimensions or area herein specified. Section 8682.8. 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, or construction, upon written notice by mail addressed to the 4. I Ord. No. 922 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 notifica- tion to said person and said owner. Section 8682.9. GROUND CLEARANCE: An unobstructed open space, except for supports of the sign, shall be main- tained to a height of ten (10) feet from the abutting street grade, or the average grade of any street intersection within 150 feet of the sign. Section 8683. SIGN RELOCATION: Upon the written ap- proval of the Building and Safety Director, a directional sign for which a permit is currently effective may be removed and relocated, provided the original site is restored to its orig- inal 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 8684._ SIGN IDENTIFICATION: The Building and Safety Director shall cause to be affixed to, and the sign owner shall maintain in a readily visible location on the sign for the duration of the sign, his assigned permit number the expiration date of the permit, the name of the owner of S. Ord. No. 922 the land, 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 these provisions. Section 8685. ENFORCEMENT AND APPEAL: The Building and Safety Director shall be responsible for the enforcement of these provisions and any aggrieved party may appeal in writing any decision or ruling of said Director to the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission may sustain, modify or overrule any decision or ruling appealed and the decision of the Planning Commission shall be final. Section 8686. EXISTING SIGNS: Any existing tempora- ry directional sign which is lawfully established on the ef- fective date of this ordinance may remain until the expira- tion of its present permit. Such permit may be renewed as herein provided. 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 Elec- trical Code, or the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Hunting- ton 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 6. I Ord. No. 922 land upon which said sign is located shall immediately dis- mantle said sign and restore the premises to its original condition, and upon failure so to do within five (5) days after such termination or revocation, the bond theretofore posted shall be deemed to be forthwith and summarily for- feited in its entirety to the City of Huntington Beach. In such evert, 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 Article is guilty of a misdemeanor for each day of such violation and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred doll-.rs ($500.00) or by imprisonment for not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the pass- age 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 effect and be in force. Ord. No. 922 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California, this 6th day of August 1962. Mayor ATTEST: City C 146k 8. I Ord. No. 922 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) County of Orange ) ss City of ) Huntington Beach ) I, PAUL C. JO NES, the duly elected, qualified and acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex--of- ficio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby cer- tify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is five; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23rdday of July , 1962, and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of august , 1962, and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Stewart, Welch, Lambert NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: Wells , Gisler `✓ice.-c.r/�' �`�. - City Clerk and -off icio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California 9.