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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1397 ORDINANCE NO. 1397 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL . OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING, REPEALING AND ADDING TO CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO SIGNS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIT~ OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That all of the provisions of Title 4 of Divisions 2, 3, 5 and 8 of Part 6, Chapter 2, Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code are repealed and replaced by adding the following provisions: ARTICLE IX. CHAPTER 2. PART 6. DIVISION 2. TITLE 4. DIVISION AND USE OF LAND ZONING REGULATIONS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES C~l LIMITED CCMMERCIALZONE SIGN REGULATIONS 9262.4. REGULATIONS. The regulations set forth in this Title shall apply in the C-l Limited Commercial Zone. 9262.4.1. PROHIBITION. No ~erson shall construct, install, alter or maintain any sign in violation of the regulations set forth herein. 9262.4.2. NUISANCE. A sign which is not in compliance with these regulations is a nuisance. The owner or person in possession of the sign shall be notified of the details of the non-compliance by the Building Official. The sign shall be made to comply with these regulations within thirty days from such notice or the sign shall be removed by the owner and person in possession of the sign. '9262.4.3. SIGNS - GENERAL. The following regulations shall apply to all signs: -1- 1397 A. Definitions: When used in'this title, the following words shall have the meaning indicated. 1. Area, Sign: The area of a sign is the entire background of a sign upon which advertising could be placed, including the frame, except that the area of advertising affixed directly to a building without any background, other than the building, shall be the area within a line drawn around the extremities of the advertising. 2. Clearance: Clearance is the vertical distance between a sign and the finished grade below the sign. 3. Height: Height is the vertical distance above the average finished grade of the lot on which a sign is located. 4. Sign: A sign is anything placed on a building or building site for the purpose of advertising or sales promotion except a sign located inside a building and not used for display to the exterior. "Sign" shall include "sign structure" unless the context in which it is used indicates otherwise. 5. Sign Structure: A sign structure is any struc- ture which supports or is designed to support a sign, including any support attached to a building but not including any part of the building. -2- 1397 B. Permitted and Prohibited Signs: Signs of the type listed below which advertise a business conducted on the premises on which the sign is located are permitted: 1. viall Sign. 2. Projecting Sign. 3. Free-standing Sign. 4. Marquee Sign. 5. Window Sign. All other signs are prohibited except: Real Estate Signs Political Signs Directional Signs Auxiliary Signs C. Prohibitions: 1. No sign shall have blinking or flashing lights or lighting which changes periodically or gives the appearance of movement. 2. No sign shall create undue glare. 3. Moving signs or signs with any moving parts are prohibited. EXCEPTION: Time and temperature signs and other public service signs may produce a changing message with lights. D. Repair & Condition of Sign: No sign shall be main- tained which is not in repair and in good condition., A sign which is not in repair and in good condition is a nuisance and shall be removed in accordance with Section 9262.4.2., above. E. Vacant Premises: After premises have been vacant for ninety days, any sign on the premises relating to a business which does not occupy the premises shall be removed after notice given in accordance with Section 9262.4.2., above. -3- 1397 F. Nonconforming Signs: Any sign which does not con- form with these regulations and which lawfully existed at the time this Title became effective, April 4, 1969, may be continued, provided that no alterations are made thereto and that such sign shall be completely removed or made to comply with these regulations not later than April 4, 1975. EXCEPTION: 1. A sign which otherwise is in compliance with these regulations but exceeds the area or height regulations of this Title may be continued, subject to all applicable regu- lations of this Title. 2. Signs prohibited under subdivision "c" above, shall be made to comply with these regulations within sixty days from the time this Title is effective, April 4, 1969. 3. Alterations not exceeding a reasonable value of twenty-five dollars per year may be made to a nonconforming sign. G. A new sign shall not be permitted for a business which has a nonconforming sign. EXCEPTION: Signs of the following type are permitted: Real Estate Signs, Political Signs, Directional Signs, Auxiliary Signs and Temporary Window Signs. 9262.4.4. WALL SIGNS. The following regulations shall apply to wall signs: A. Definition: A wall sign is a sign mounted on and parallel to a wall. B. Location: Any wall, except no wall sign shall be located within 100 feet of a residential zone on a side or rear -4- 1397 wall, except where the side wall abuts on and is parallel with a dedicated street. C. Number of Wall Signs: No'limitations. D. Size - Area: The total area of all wall signs on the front of a building shall not exceed two square feet per linear foot of building frontage. Each side and the rear of a building may have signs with the same area as on the front, not exceeding two square feet per linear foot of wall on which the sign is mounted. E. Height - Clearance: No part of a wall sign shall extend above the top of the wall on which it is mounted. No part of a sign which projects over public property shall have less than eight feet of clearance. F. Projection: A wall sign may project a maximum of 12 inches from the wall on which it is mounted, over a public way or on private property. 9262.4.5. PROJECTING SIGNS. The following regulations sha~l apply to projecting signs: A. Definition: A projecting sign is one which is mounted on and at an angle to a wall of a building and has two faces. B. Location: A projecting sign shall be located only on the front of a building, provided 1. No projecting sign shall be located within 100 feet of a residentially zoned property, 2. No projecting sign shall be located on a building which is more than 10 feet from the front property line, and 3. No projecting sign shall be permitted for a business which has a free-standing sign or which is located in a shopping center which has a free-standing sign. -5- 1397 C. Number of Projecting Signs: No limitation. D. Size - Area: The total area of all projecting signs on a building shall not exceed 100 square feet and no one face of a projecting sign shall exceed 50 square feet, not exceeding two square feet per face per linear foot of the building frontage occupied by the business which the sign advertises. E. Height - Clearance: No part of a projecting sign shall have a clearance less than eight feet over a pedestrian way and fifteen feet over a vehicular way, and shall not be more than 25 feet in height, provided no part of the sign shall extend more than ten feet above the top of the wall on which it is mounted. F. Projection: A sign may project a maximum of five feet from the wall on which it is mounted, provided no part of the sign shall project to within two feet of the face of a curb in the public way. 9262.4.6. FREE-STANDING SIGNS. The following regulations shall apply to free-standing signs: A. Definition: A free-standing sign is one which stands by itself and is not dependent on a building for its support. B. Location: Not limited, provided 1. No part of a free-standing sign, nor any part of the sign projected vertically, shall be less than three feet from any building, and 2. No free-standing sign shall'be permi~ted for a business which has a projecting sign. 3. No free-standing sign shall be located within 100 feet of a residentially zoned property. -6- 1397 C. Number of Free-standing Signs: One free-standing sign on anyone lot, provided only one free-standing sign shall be permitted on contiguous lots which are occupied by a single business or are occupied by two or more businesses which use, or have the , privilege of using, a common parking area located on one or more of said lots. EXCEPTION: 1. One additional free-standing sign shall be per- mitted on a lot or on such contiguous lots, provided the two signs are at least 200 feet apart and the area of the additional sign is based on the amount of frontage not used to cal- culate the area of the other sign. 2. One additional sign shall be permitted for an automobile service station provided the copy states only the price of gasoline and the sign is not more than two and one-half feet by five feet in area and does not exceed eight feet in -7- 1397 height. D. Size - Area: The maximum area of a free-standing sign, including all faces, shall be based on the lot frontage or the total frontage of all contiguous lots as described in "C" above, and shall be in accord with the following schedule; no one face shall exceed one-half of said maximum: D. (Continued) Frontage Maximum Area Up to 51' 51' to 150' 150' to 250' 250' to 350' 350' or more 100 square feet 150 square feet 200 square feet 250 square feet 350 square feet E. Height - Clearance: No part of a free-standing sign shall exceed 25 feet in height. No part of a free-standing sign shall have a clearance of less than eight feet over a pedestrian way and fifteen feet over a vehicular ~ay. F. Projection: A free-standing sign may extend a max- imum of one foot into a public way. 9262.4.7. MARQUEE SIGNS. A. Definition: A marquee sign is a sign mounted on a marquee or canopy or a valance attached thereto. B. Location: A marquee sign shall be mounted parallel to the wall to which the marquee is attached, provided one sign may be mounted at an angle under the marquee at each entrance, provided that no marquee sign shall be permitted within 100 feet of any residentially zoned property. C. Number of Signs: One sign mounted parallel and one under the marquee at each business entrance. D. Size Area: The parallel marquee sign shall not -8- 1~7 exceed two feet by twenty feet and any sign under the marquee shall not exceed six square feet per side. The total area of all marquee signs and wall signs, on the wall to which the marquee or canopy is attached, added together, shall not exceed two square feet per linear foot of building frontage. E. Height - Clearance: No part of a marquee sign shall extend above the wall to which the marquee or canopy is attached. A clearance of eight feet shall be maintained over a pedestrian way and fifteen feet over a vehicular way, except that a sign on a soft valance attached to the edge of the marquee may have a clearance of seven feet. F. Projection: A marquee sign mounted parallel to the edge of the marquee shall not project horizontally more than one foot from the edge of the marquee. 9262.4.8. WINDOW SIGNS. A. Definition: A window sign is a sign painted on a window or mounted within a building for display through a window. B. Size - Area: The total area of window signs in anyone wall shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the window area of that wall provided that the total area of directly lighted window signs shall not exceed ten per cent of said window area. EXCEPTION: Temporary window signs which are in excess of the above limits shall be permitted to advertise special events, provided a business shall not use such temporary window signs for more than thirty cumulative days per year. 9262.4.9. DIRECTIONAL SIGNS. A. Definition: A directional sign is one which gives directions to pedestrians and vehicles. B. Directional signs shall be located and be of a size and design as approved by the City Traffic Engineer in accordance with standard traffic engineering principles. C. Directional signs shall not be subject to the regulations hereof relating to particular types of signs. 9262.4.10. REAL ESTATE SIGNS. One sign offering to sell, lease or rent the premises on which it is located shall be per- mitted in addition to other permitted signs. The sign shall -9- 1397 comply with all applicable regulations and shall not exceed thirty- two square feet. 9262.4.11. POLITICAL SIGNS. Temporary political signs shall be permitted in addition to other permitted signs. A. Maximum Area: The maximum total surface area of temporary political signs shall not exceed thirty-two (32) square feet. , B. Location: Signs shall be located in accordance with regulations pertaining to permitted signs. C. Duration: Political advertising signs shall be authorized for a period of ninety (90) days prior to the election to which the advertising pertains, and shall be removed within ten (10) days after such election; provided further that the Modification Committee may extend said initial period for such additional period of time during which such advertising is still pertinent. 9262.4.12. AUXILIARY SIGNS. Auxiliary signs of the following type shall be permitted in addition to other permitted signs; such signs shall comply with all applicable regulations and shall not exceed thirty-two square feet: 1. Time and temperature signs and similar public service signs. 2. Temporary Banners. The City Council may issue a temporary permit for the display of banners. No banner shall be displayed except in accord- ance with the terms of such permit. 3. Signs used to advertise trading stamps, credit cards, and telephone service, provided that such signs shall not exceed a size of two feet by three feet. -10- 1397 ARTICLE IX. CHAPTER 2. PART 6. DIVISION 3. TITLE 4. DIVISION AND USE OF LAND ZONING REGULATIONS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES C-2 GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE SIGN REGULATIONS 9263.4. REGULATIONS. The regulations set forth in Title 4 of Division 2 commencing with Section 9262.4 shall be the regulations for signs in the C-2 General Commercial Zone. ARTICLE IX. CHAPTER 2. PART 6. DIVISION 5. TITLE 4. DIVISION AND USE OF LAND ZONING REGULATIONS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES C-M COMMERCIAL - MANUFACTURING ZONE SIGN REGULATIONS. 9265.4. REGULATIONS. The regulations set forth in Title 4 of Division 2 commencing with Section 9262.4 shall be the regulations for signs in the C-M Commercial-Manufacturing Zone. ARTICLE IX. CHAPTER 2. PART 6. DIVISION 8. TITLE 4. DIVISION AND USE OF LAND ZONING REGULATIONS COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES C-C COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONE SIGN REGULATIONS 9268.4. REGULATIONS. The regulations set forth in Title 4 of Division 2 commencing with Section 9262.4 shall be the regulations for signs in the C-C Community Commercial Zone. SECTION 2. Section 9275.4.8 of the Arcad~a Municipal Code is repealed. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance. -11- 1397 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadia held on the 4th day of March , 1969, by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit: AYES: Councilmen Arth, Butterworth, Considine, Helms and Hage NOES: None ABSENT: None .~ SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS 4th day of March ,1969. ~f~~A"adia .....'-',r:. -~ ,-,- - .... /: ... . ~ -; .,.~.. ATTEST: City G:;!:erk (SEAL) ~ .....,,\ -, <~ . / ,,- J- .... ,~ .....'r'"' '1''':'':' ........ V" ...::.:: --. '-,~~ -.?:-~ 2-14-69 -12- 1397