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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2292 ORDINANCE NO. 2292 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE AND MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS THEREOF FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING PLACEMENT OF BUS BENCHES WITH ADVERTISING UNDER A FRANCHISE AGREEMENT The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does ordain as follows : SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by repealing Chapter 12. 36 entitled "Benches" in its entirety, with the exception of Section 12. 36. 010 and 12. 36 . 020. Section 12. 36. 020 is hereby amended to read as follows : 12. 36. 020 Franchise . No person shall install or maintain any bench or transit shelter which incorporates advertising panels on any street , unless such benches or transit shelters are installed in accordance with an exclusive franchise granted pursuant to the City Charter. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit the installation and main- tenance of benches or transit shelters without advertising panels on any street, provided that a permit for each bench or transit shelter has been obtained pursuant to Section 12. 12. 020 of the municipal code. Any bench which is in violation of the provisions of this section at the time of adoption of this ordinance shall be removed within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this ordinance . SECTION 2. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby amended by amending Section 9760. 29 thereof to read as follows : 9760. 29 MISCELLANEOUS SIGNS AND ACTIVITIES PROHIBITED. The following miscellaneous signs and activities are prohibited: (a) Use of Certain Attention Getting Devices . No persons shall use or operate a loudspeaker, sound amplifier, stereopticon, or motion picture machine in connection with any sign or sign structure. (b) Use of Live Models or Searchlights. No persons shall use live animals , human beings , or searchlights in connection with any sign or sign structure. MT:ps 6/9/78 1. (c) Use of Flashing or Pulsating Parts . No person or persons shall display any sign which incorporates in any manner any flashing, moving, pulsating, or intermittent lighting, except public service signs such as time or temperature units unless approved as part of a planned sign program. (d) Erection of Signs on Public Property or Public Rights- of-Way Prohibited. No person or persons shall erect, place or display, or cause any such act or acts to be done, any sign or sign structure in, under, on or over any public property or any public right-of-way, except as provided herein. The pro- visions of this subsection shall not prohibit the posting of any sign required by the laws of this State . The provisions of this subsection shall not prohibit the placement of bus benches or transit shelters which incorporate advertising panels within public rights-of-way, provided such bus benches or transit shelters are placed in accordance with an exclusive franchise for either such bus benches or such transit shelters ,or both, granted pursuant to the City Charter. (e) Obstruction by Signs . No person or persons shall place a sign or sign structure in a manner that may confuse or obstruct the view or interpretation of any official traffic sign, signal, or safety device by vehicular or pedestrian traffic . (f) Exterior or Interior Illumination. Any exterior or interior illumination used in conjunction with a sign or sign structure shall be designed so that it does not directly project onto adjacent property in any residential district or onto a public thoroughfare. (g) Portable Signs . Portable signs shall be prohibited, including signs affixed to automobiles , trucks , trailers or other vehicles where such signs primarily solicit patronage to a specific business through parking such vehicles in the close proximity of the business during business hours for the purpose of specifically directing patronage to such business , and the use and practice in parking such vehicle with the affixed sign to achieve stationary signing. This section does not purport to regulate customary advertising on vehicles in the flow of commerce. 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. 2. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of July 1978. Mayor ATTEST: Alicia M. Wentworth City Clerk Deputy City Clerk REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ty Administrator Ci y Attorney MT INITIATED AND APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Planning i e or 3. Ord. No. 2292 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 meeting thereof held on the 19th day of June 19 78 and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of July 19 78 , and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council. AYES: Councilmen: Pattinson, Thomas, MacAllister, Bailey, Mandic, Siebert, Shenkman NOES: Councilmen: None ABSENT: Councilmen: None Alicia M. Wentworth City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California BY: Deputy' R, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of Huntington Beach and ern-^fficio Clerk of the City Council, do h °eby cer11` t 'his ordinance has been pu 'shad in the/1 n reach (yews on ----Ile 19.7.. _ In acc h t�� - city. City Clerk ...........................------------------------------------------- -- Deputy City Clerk