HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3172 ORDINANCE NO. 3172
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING CHAPTER 9610 . 9 OF THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE PERTAINING
TO ELECTRONIC READER BOARD SIGNS.
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to clarify and update the
definition and composition of the Ordinance Code of the City of
Huntington Beach as it relates to multiple users of electronic
reader board signs .
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby ordain as follows :
SECTION 1 . That Section 9610 . 9 of the Huntington
Beach Municipal Code is hereby expanded by adding
subsection (e) , which subsection reads as follows :
(e) Reader Board Signs - Multiple Vser.s . Off site electronic
reader board signs may be perrAitted subject to the approval
of a conditional use permit by the Planning Commission.
Approval of electronic reader board signs shall be subject
to the fo11pw$ng :
( 1) Findings : Prior to approving a conditional use permit
to allow a multiple user electronic reader board sign,
the Planning Commission shall make the following
findings :
The proposed electronic reader board sign conforms
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t the standards and criteria as
set forth in the
Huntington Beach Ordinance Code;
The proposed electronic sign
n will not adversely
impact
traffic in circulation adjacent right-of-way or create
a hazard to vehicle or pedestrian traffic. The sign
shall be a minimum distance of 600 feet from
residential areas .
(2) Permitted signs :
Multiple user electronic reader board signs may be
located at a site which is not the location of any of
the parties using the sign for advertising.
Multiple user electronic reader board will be
freestanding .
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The maximum sign area shall be twelve hundred (1200)
square feet .
The maximum height of a multiple user reader board
sign shall be eighty-five (85) feet.
The multiple user reader board shall have cylinders or
directional incandescent lamps and have a shade screen
or louver system, a shade screen and a photocell for
reducing the intensity of lighting at night.
(3) Lighting Standards
The maximum night time light intensity and illuminance
shall conform to the following : �
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MAXIMUM NIGHT TIME INTENSITY
Height from Ground
Luminaire (feet) 5 10 20 30 50 70 85
Maximum Intensity
(lumens) 125, 000 130, 000 145, 000 170, 000 250, 000 370, 000 490, 000
MAXIMUM NIGHT TIME ILLUMINANCE
Land Use at Receptor Site Residential Commercial Other
Maximum Illuminance
(footcandles) 0 .3 2 .0 1 . 0
The maximum night time illuminance shall be measured
at the receptor site, at ground level, by a direct
reading, portable light meter. Measurements shall not
be made within one hour after sunset or before sunrise.
Illuminance shall be determined `by the difference
between a reading taken with the sign on and another f
reading taken within three minutes with the sign off .
An illuminance chart shall be prepared by a licensed
engineer and submitted to the Director of Community
Development for approval prior to installation.
Conformance with this ordinance shall be verified by
actual measurements made, as specified herein, after
installation. The method of measurement and results
shall be subject to approval of the Director of
Community Development .
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(4) Location Requirements :
A multiple user reader board shall be located no
farther than two hundred (200) feet from a freeway.
The minimum distance between multiple user reader
boards shall be one thousand (1, 000) feet .
(5) Other Standards :
No off site electronic reader board will be permitted
except for multiple users .
At least twenty (20) percent of the message time, or
any percentage deemed necessary by the city for
emergency conditions shall be used for public service
announcements .
Messages in a multiple user sign shall be no faster
than one message every four (4) seconds and the
minimum interval between messages shall be at least
one second.
Light intensity changes (other than between day and
night uses) are not permitted.
SECTION 2 . This ordinance shall take effect thirty
(30) days after its passage.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
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Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 17th
day of August 1992 .
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Ord. No. 3172
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE 1 ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected,d,
qUal4f4eA City
Plprk of the City
of Huntington Reach and ex-nffil-io Clerk L,)f +h!�
City Council of the said City
, do hereby certifv that the whole number
of iiieji-ibers of the City Council of the C-1 ty o f 11"Lin ti ngton Beach i s seven h
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting therof held op. the 3rd day of August
11 9, 92 and was again read Ito said Clity Council att a regular
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was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of
all the members of said City Council .
AYES: Councilmembers:
Pobitaille, Hailton=Patter Kelly
scm, Winchell, Silva, Green, MacAllister,
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
None
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