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ORDINANCE NO. 1540
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA AMENDING THE ARCADIA
MUNICIPAL CODE TO PERMIT ADVERTISING SIGN
BOARDS IN ZONE M-l OR ANY LESS RESTRICTIVE
ZONE ON A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BASIS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9275.1.37 of the Arcadia Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9275.1.37. ADVERTISING SIGN BOARDS. M-l or any less
restrictive industrial zone, provided that such signs shall comply
with the following regulations:
A. Definition: An advertising sign board is one which
stands by itself and is not dependent on a building for its support.
B. Location.
1. No part of an advertising sign board or any part
of the sign board projected vertically shall be less than
three feet (3') from any building.
2. No advertising sign board shall be permitted on a
lot which contains another advertising sign board, free-
standing sign, projecting sign or nonconforming sign or non-
conforming use.
3. No advertising sign board shall be located within
one hundred feet (100') of any residentially zoned property.
C. Number of Advertising Sign Boards: One advertising
sign board on anyone lot, provided only one advertising sign
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board shall be permitted on contiguous lots which are occupied by a
single business or are occupied by two (2) or more businesses which
use or have the privilege of using a common parking area located on
one or more of said lots.
D. Size - Area: The maximum area of an advertising sign
board, including all faces, shall be based upon 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:
FRONTAGE MAXIMUM AREA
Up to 51' 100 square feet
51' to 150' 150 square feet
150' to 250' 200 square feet
250' to 350' 250 square feet
350' or more 350 square feet
E. Height - Clearance: No part of an advertising sign
board shall exceed twenty-five feet (25') in height. No part of an
advertising sign board shall have a clearance of less than
eight feet (8') over a pedestrian way and fifteen feet (15') over a
vehicular way.
F. Projection: An advertising sign board may extend a
maximum of one foot (1') into a public way.
G. Landscaping - Irrigation: The entire lot upon which
an advertising sign board is located shall be landscaped, permanently
irrigated and maintained in accordance with landscape and irrigation
plans which shall be submitted to and subject to the approval of
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the Director of Planning, except for that part of a lot which is
occupied by a building, parking area or driveway."
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance.
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 2nd
day of September
, 1975, by the
affirmative vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Lauber, Helms, Saelid,' Scott, and Gilb
NOES: None
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Arcad~a
ABSENT: None
SIGNED AND APPROVED
thi" ~f r& 1975.
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( Mayor of t e C~ ty of Arcad~a
ATTEST: ~
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c~ty C erk
(SEAL)
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