HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1685 ORDINANCE NO. 1685
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY REPEALING SECTIONS 9764 . 4 .1 . 1, 9764 .4 .1 .2 ,
AND 9764 .4 .1 . 3 , AND AMENDING SECTION 976o .2 .19 ,
SUBSECTION (g) OF SECTION 9763 .2 , SECTION
9764 . 3 . 2 , SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION 9764 . 3 . 4 ,
AND SECTION 9764 . 4 .1 PERTAINING TO HEIGHT
LIMITATION ON FREESTANDING AND COMBINATION
SIGNS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. Sections 9764 .4 .1. 1, 9764 .4 .1.2 and 9764 .4 .1 .3
of the Huntington Beach Ordinance Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2 . The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Section 9760 . 2 . 19 , subsection (g) of Sec-
tion 9763 . 2 , Section 9764 . 3 .2 , subsection (b) of Section
9764 . 3 . 4 , and Section 9764 . 4 . 1 to read as follows :
9760 . 2 . 19 . Identification Sign shall mean any sign, and
may include a ground sign, used for identification purposes
which designates the name of, or symbol for, a business , in-
dustry , shopping center, industrial park, residential subdi-
vision, trailer park, school or institution which it is in-
tended to serve .
9763 .2(g) Sign height shall not exceed thirty-five (35)
feet , except a wall sign which may be permitted subject to the
approval of a use permit application by the Planning Commission.
9764 . 3 . 2 . MAXIMUM SIGN HEIGHT. The maximum sign
height shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet .
9764 . 3 .4 (b) Only one (1) freestanding or combination
sign shall be permitted for each detached building. However,
the minimum distance between said signs and any other free-
standing or combination sign on the property shall be forty
(40) feet .
9764 . 4 .1 . SIGNS WITHIN THE SETBACK LINE. Signs , sign
structures or advertising devices permitted under Section
9764 . 4 , located within the front or exterior side yard, shall
conform to the following requirements :
1 .
One (1) freestanding or combination sign is permitted for
each abutting street provided that :
(a) Size of Signs . The total area shall not exceed one
(1) square foot for each foot of street frontage of that abut-
ting street . However, the minimum sign area need not be less
than twenty-five (25) square feet .
(b) Maximum Height . The maximum sign height shall not
exceed thirty-five (35) feet .
SECTION 3 . The provisions of this ordinance insofar as
they are substantially the same as existing provisions of the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code relating to the same subject
matter shall be construed as restatements and continuations ,
and not as new enactments .
SECTION 4 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Hunting-
ton Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th
day of December, 1971.
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Ord. No. 1685
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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 the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 15th day of November
1971 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 6th day of December ,
19 71 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Shipley, Green, Matney, McCracken
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Gibbs, Coen
City Clerk and officio Clerk
I. PAUL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of of the City Council of the City
Hunungton Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, California
Council, do hereby certify that tliis ordinance has
been published' tie Huntington Beach News on
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in accordance with the City Charter of said City.
MLC. JONES
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Deputy City Clerk