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From: Peter Green, Mayor Pro Tem
Date: November 9, 1998
Subject: H-Item - 11116198 Agenda - Sign Code
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I respectfully request that the City Council direct staff to review the City of Fountain
Valley Sign Code as it relates to political signs, and return with recommendation for
amending the Huntington Beach Sign Code to include similar restrictions.
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• Political signs are prohibited on public
rights -of -way and allowed on private
property only.
Sign placement should not create a safety
hazard for pedestrians or the motoring
public. Before posting your sign on private
property, make sure it does not interfere
with traffic visibility or clear access for the
public.
• Signs shall not be placed on any City.
owned property or any public. property
such as:
City Hall, Civic Center,
parks, public works
facilities, fire stations,
median areas of all
public streets. .
• All signs shall be removed TEN (10)
DAYS AFTER ELECTION DAY. -
• Political signs located on private
property shalt be removed. within. ten
days after the election to which they
pertain, at which time both the structure
� and the sign must be removed.. Signs
and structures remaining after said ten-
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CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY
Susan G.' Lynn -
City Clerk
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10200 SlaterAvenue, Fountain Valley, GA 9270MO30
July 1,1998
Dear Candidate:
Political signs are a traditional means.of expressing
a candidate's philosophy or position. The City is
pleased to uphold your right to political signs. As
you may know, however, the City has a strict sign
code for commerclai'signs.
This pamphlet Is designed to help you place your
political signs appropriately throughout the City.
The City's political sign regulations enable freedom
of expression while preserving public safety and
neighborhood aesthetics.
if you have any questions about your political signs,
please contact the City Clerk at (714) 593-4445.
The Fountain Valley Municipal Code. regulates
political. signs. These sections will help you place
your signs appropriately:
18.28.020: Signs on public places and objects.
(a) No person, firm, or corporation shall paint, mark
or write on, post, attach or otherwise affix, any
handbill, notice or sign to or upon any sidewalk,
crosswalk, curb, curbstone, street lamppost, hydrant,
tree, shrub, tree stake or guard, electric light, power
or telephone pole or wire or other appurtenance
thereof, or upon any lighting system, bridge, drinking
fountain, street sign, traffic sign, fence, building or
structure of any kind located on city property or on
any city right-of-way or easement...
(b) Any sign found posted or affixed upon or to any
public property contrary to the provisions of this
section may be removed by the police department,
planning department or public works department.
The person responsible for such illegal posting shall
be liable for the cost incurred in the removal thereof.
(c) Nothing In this section is meant to -apply to the
painting of house numbers on curbs.
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