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ORDINANCE NO. 1762
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AJ'lENDING
THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE BY REPEALING AND
N!ENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF AND ADDING SEC=
TIm.]S TO CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE IX THEREOF
PERTAINING TO REGULATION OF TE~IPORARY ELEC-
TION SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLO\<lS:
SECTION l. Sections 9261.4.2.1, 926l.4.2.2 and 926l.4.2.3 of the
Arcadia Municipal Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. Sections 9266.2.8.2, 9266.2.8.3 and 9266.2.8.4 of the
Arcadia Municipal Code are hereby repealed. .~
SECTION 3. Section 9260.3.9 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"9260.3.9. TEJ'lPOR.1\RY ELECTION SIGNS.
Temporary
permitted
election
signs subject
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the following:
A. lI.ny perso:1 \vho displays a temporary election sign or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within lO days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or 16
s~uare feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall ercct, maintain or display temporary elect{on signs
Ivith a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
squClre feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary election
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signs shall comply with thc visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sisn which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. After 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a person who owns or possesses
property to remove an illegally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election sign, the Chief Building Official
or his designee may summarily remove said sign."
SECTION 4. Section 9261.4.2 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
"9261.4.2. TE~lPOR1\RY I:LECTI011 SIGNS.
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the foll,o\ving:
Temporary
permitted
election
signs subject
A. Any person who displays a temporary election sign or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within 10 days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
rela tes.
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B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or 16
square feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary election
sic;ns shall comply with the visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
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No person sh~ll erect, m~intain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. After 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a person who owns or possesses
property to remove an illegally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election siqn, the Chief Building Official
or his desic;nee may summarily remove said sign."
SECTION 5.
hereby amended
Section 9262.4.ll of
to read as follows:
the Arcadia Municipal Code is
"9262.4.ll. TEMPORARY ELECTION SIGNS.
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the foilowing:
Temporary
permitted
election
signs subject
A. Any person who displays a temporary election sign or any
person I-lho moms or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within lO days
after the date of the s~heduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporarY,elec-
tion siGn in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or 16
square feet in area per face whichever i~ less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress 'to any lot. All temporary election
signs shall comply with the visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siGn which interfercs with' or can bc confused with any
traffic signal or device.
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D. After 24 hours' written notice ~s personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a pcrson who owns or possesses
property to remove an illegally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election siqn, the Chief Building Official
or his designee may summarily remove said sign."'
SECTION 6. Section 9266.2.8.1 of the Arcadia Municipal Code ~s
hereby amended to read as follows:
"9:166.2.8.1. TEHPORARY ELECTION SIGNS.
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the following:
Temporary
permitted
election
signs subject
A. Any person who displays a temporary election sign or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within lO days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or l6
square feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square feet.
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C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary "election .
signs shall com"l}' with the visibility standards for drive-
vrays and intersections on file \-lith the Planning Dep<Jrtment.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. After 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, pro~oncnt or to a person who owns or possesses
property to remove an illcqally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election sign, the Chief Building Official
or his designee may summarily remove said sign."'
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SECTION 7. Section 9220.53.2 is herebv added to the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9220.53.2. SIGN, TEl-1PORARY ELECTION.
s~gn is any sign of a political nature which
or ballot issue in an election conducted by
and which is located on property within the
of such election."
A temporary election
relates to a candidate
a govern~ental entity
jurisdictional boundaries
SECTION 8. Section 9250.2.4.3 is hereby added to the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9250.2.4.3. TEI.1PORARY ELECTION SIGNS.
signs shall be permittcd in addition to other
to the following:
Temporary
permitted
election
signs subject
A. Any person who displays a temporary election sign or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within 10 days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sicn in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or 16
square feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
squilre feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary election
signs shall comply with the visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall ercct, maintain or displilY a temporary elec-
tion sisn which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
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D. 1\f ter 24 hours' loJr i t ten notice lS personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a person who owns or possesses
property to remove an illcgal1y displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election siqn, the Chief Building Official
or his designee may summarily remove said sign."
SECTION 9. Section 9251.1.6.3 lS hereby added to the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9251.1. 6.3. TEI-lI'OR1\RY ELECTIOtl SIGNS. Temporary election
signs shall be permitted in addition to other permitted signs subject
to the following:
A. Any person who displays a temporary election sign or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within 10 days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or l6
s~uare feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square fee t.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary election
signs shall comply with the visibility standards for drive~
ways and intcrsections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. 1\fter 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a p~rson who owns or possesses
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pro",erty to remove an illegally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election siqn, the Chief Building Official
or his desiqnce may summarily remove said sign."
SECTION lO. Section 9253.l.5.3 is he~eby added to the Arc~dia
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9253 . l. 5 . 3. TEI.IPOR.,\R'i ELECTIon SIGNS.
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the following:
Temporary
permitted
election
slgns subject
A. Any person who displays a temporary election slgn or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within 10 days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn in excess of 3Z square feet in total area, or 16
square feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
'with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporarY,elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temp6raryelection
signs sh211 comply vlith the visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. After 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a person who owns or possesses
propert:r' to remove an illegally displayed" erected or main-
tained temporary election siqn, the Chief Building Official
or his desiqnee may summarily remove said sign."
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SECTION 11. Section 9254.1.4.3 ~s hereby added to the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read as follows:
"9254.1.4.3. TE;;,IPOlV\RY ELECTION SIGNS.
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the following:
Temporary
permitted
election
slgns subject
A. Any person who displays a temporary election sign or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign is located shall remove it within 10 days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
r.ela tes.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn in excess of 32 square feet in total area, or l6
s~uare feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which. interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary'election
signs shall comply with the visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siqn which interferes with or can be confused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. After 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a person who owns or possesses
property to remove an illegally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election siqn, the Chief Building Official
or his desiqnee may summClri1y rC1'1ove said sign."
SECTIO~ 12. Section 9267.2.4 is hereby added to the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read as follows:
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"9267.2.4. TEMPORARY ELECTION SIGNS.
signs shall be permitted in addition to other
to the following:
Temporary
permitted
election
sisns subject
A. fI.ny person \"ho displays a temporary election slgn or any
person who owns or possesses the property on which a temporary
election sign.is located shall remove it within lO days
after the date of the scheduled election date to which it
relates.
B. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion siGn in excess of 32 sguare feet in total area, or 16
square feet in area per face whichever is less. No person
shall erect, maintain or display temporary election signs
with a total aggregate area on a given lot in excess of 80
square feet.
C. No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with the visibility of vehicular
ingress and egress to any lot. All temporary'election
signs shall comply with the visibility standards for drive-
ways and intersections on file with the Planning Department.
No person shall erect, maintain or display a temporary elec-
tion sign which interferes with or can be COlI fused with any
traffic signal or device.
D. ^fter 24 hours' written notice is personally served on a
candidate, proponent or to a person who owns or possesses
property to remove an illegally displayed, erected or main-
tained temporary election sign, the Chief Building Official
or his desiqnee may sUl11m.lrily remove said sign."
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SEcna~ l}. No person sh"ll viobte an,' provision,' or fail to comply with any
of the requirements of this oruin~lncc. Any person vio13ting any of the provisions or
failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this ordinance shall be
guilty of .J misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under any provision of
this ordinance shall be punish.Jblc by .J fine of not more th.Jn Five Hundred Dollars, or
by imprisonment in the City J.1i.l or County Jail for a period not exceeding s1:-; l!!onths,
or b)' both such [ine :1I1U L'Uprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate
offense for each and every da)' during any portion of which any violation of any pro-
vision of the ordinance is cocmlitted, continued, or permitted by such person and shall
be punishable accordingly.
SECna:; 14. In addition to the penalties proviued in the preceding section, any
condition caused or pe~itted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by the City, slliTIill.Jrily abated
as such, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a ne" and separ.Jte
offense.
SECTION l~ If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is, for an)' reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the
decision of any court of co~petent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the rerrnining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City
of Arcadia hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portioa thereof irrespective of the fact that
anyone or more sections) subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be
declared invalid or uncoastitutional.
SEcno:; lEi. Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of ..o.ny
ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances,
which violations werc c01lli-nitted prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed
as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any
suth license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof,
nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to
be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance .Jnd all rights and obligations
thereunder appcrtaining shall continue in full force and effect. .
SEcna:-: l7. TI", Clerk of the Council shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this ordinance ano shall cause tbe samc to be published i.n the official ne"spaper
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of the City of Arcadia within fiftecn (15) days after its adoption.
Pi\SSED ,\;'10 i\DOPTED BY TIlE CIn COUNCIL of the City of Arcadia at its regular meet-
ing held on the 18th d:!y of January, 1983.
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City perk of the Cixy 01' Arcadia
I HEREBY CE::TI?Y that the foregoing ord.ir.:1ncc \.)<18 adopted at a regu13r meeting of
the City Cou:1Cil of the City of Arcaoia, C:!lifornia, held on the l8thday of January,
1983, by the affir::.1tivc vote of at least three Counc.ilmen, to wit:
AY::S:
1\0'::5 :
A5S::~~T:
Councilmen Haltom, Hannah,
Councilman Dring
None
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City CliOt'k
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