HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2127 ORDINANCE NO. 2127
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 9700 .17, 9761. 9 AND
9763 .1 .1; AND ADDING THERETO SECTION 9730. 32,
ALL PERTAINING TO THE HOLDING OF SPECIAL EVENTS
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 9700. 17, 9761. 9 and 9763 .1. 1 to
read as follows :
9700 .17 . Words beginning with the letter "S" shall have
the following definitions :
(1) Service station shall mean any retail business which
offers for sale petroleum products, automobile accessories and
replacement parts, and includes among its services automobile
washing by hand, waxing and polishing.
(2) Special event shall mean a temporary use of property
not exceeding an aggregate of twenty-one (21) calendar days a
year, the purpose of which is to conduct a specialized, outdoor
short-term event such as, but not limited to, art shows, fund-
raising events, amusement attractions, sporting events, etc .
(3) Structure. Anything constructed or erected, the use
of which requires more or less permanent location on the ground,
or attached to the ground or attached to something having .a fixed
location on the ground.
(4) Stall shall mean a compartment for one equine in a
stable.
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(5) Stallion shall mean a male horse attaining the age of
two (2) calendar years .
9761.9 . BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS. APPROVAL. The
Director shall have the authority to grant or deny all applica-
tions for permits, except that all applications for permits for
combination, freestanding, ground, identification, pole and
freeway signs, temporary on-site-feature signs located within
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a model homes and sales office complex or any sign to be lo-
cated in association with a special event shall be referred to
the Board of Zoning Adjustments and approved before a permit
may be issued.
9763 . 1-1. PERMITS FOR TEMPORARY SIGNS. The Director
shall not issue a permit for a temporary sign, except as other-
wise provided in this article, unless said sign is located in
either an office professional., commercial, or industrial dis-
trict and its purpose is to advertise one of the following:
(a) Grand openings or going-out-of-business sale
(b) Change of business location
(c ) Change of business ownership or management
(d) A sales event conducted throughout an entire shop-
ping center
(e) A sales event conducted throughout a business chain.
SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by adding thereto Section 9730.32 to read as follows :
9730-32. SPECIAL EVENTS.
(a) Except for swap meets which are expressly prohibited,
special events, not otherwise governed by this article, are
permitted at the following locations in any district subject to
approval of an administrative review:
(1) Commercial or industrial property;
(2) Property abutting an arterial;
(3) Parking lots; or
(4) Public or private waterways .
(b) Except for special events which are to be held within
a period of three (3) consecutive days, hearings shall be con-
ducted in accordance with Section 9730. 27.3 of this code upon
any special event request .
(c ) Revocation proceedings on the administrative review
shall be conducted in accordance with Section 9730. 27 . 6 of this
code.
(d) Any violation of the above conditions or other conditions
of approval for a special event shall be cause for revocation
of authorization to conduct the special event, and such activity
shall cease immediately upon revocation.
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(e) Notwithstanding Section 9815.1.1 of this code, appeals
of a decision rendered by the Board of Zoning Adjustments on a
special event shall be made within two (2) days after such action
has been taken.
SECTION 3. 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 Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the lst
day of November, 1976 .
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C y Administrator assistant CVty orne
APPRO , INITIATING DEPARTMENT:
NO FISCAL IMPACT
FISCAL IMPACT Pl."�GETED
FISCAL IMPACT -- NtCJ BUDGETED
REQUIRES FINANCIAL IMPACT REPORT...._
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Ord. No. 2127
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ' ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified 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
adiourned meeting thereof held on the 26th day of October
19 76 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 1st day of November 1976 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen: -
Bartlett, Coen, Gibbs, Siebert, Wieder
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen
Pattinson, Shenkman
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
on of Huntington Beach, California
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1, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has
been publiEhed in the Hunfln^tvn Ceach News on
In a o rvan: r, tha u :: "M er of ssic City.
ALICIA M. W NTWORTH
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Clerk
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De ut ity Clerk