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ORDINANCE NO. 1631
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING
SECTIONS 9262.4.4.D AND 9262.4.5.D OF THE
ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WALL AND
PROJECTING SIGNS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 9262.4.4.D of the Arcadia Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9262.4.4.D. WALL SIGNS. Size - Area.
Front Wall. The combined total area of all front wall
signs for a business shall not exceed two square feet per linear
foot of the building front occupied by the business which the sign
advertises.
Side and Rear Walls. Each business may have signs on side
and rear walls. The total combined area of all rear and side wall
signs for each business shall not exceed the lesser of (a) area
allowed for a front wall sign, or (b) two square feet per linear
foot of wall on which the sign is mounted, multiplied by the front
linear feet of the business, divided by the front linear feet of
the building."
SECTION 2. That Section 9262.4.5.D of the Arcadia Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9262.4.5.D. PROJECTING SIGNS. Size - Area. The total area
of all projecting signs for a business shall not exceed two square
feet per face per linear foot of building frontage occupied by the
business which the sign advertises or fifty square feet per face,
whichever is less."
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to
be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
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competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining 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 portion thereof irrespective of the fact that
anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases
or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the
repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the
prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were
committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed
as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to
the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal pr-
visions 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 and
all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue
in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Arcadia
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within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Arcadia
at its regular meeting held on the 6th day of June
1978.
SIGNED AND APPROVED THIS 6th day of June 1978.
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ATTEST:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was adopted
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Arcadii,
California, held on the 6th day of June 1978,
by the affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen.
Councilmen Gilb, Margett, Parry,
Pellegrino and Saelid
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
AYES:
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CITY CLERK, CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN .
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