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ORDINANCE NO. 2196
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, DELETING SECTION 9275.1.37 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO ADVERTISING SIGN BOARDS AND ADDING NEW
SECTIONS PROHIBITING ADVERTISING SIGN BOARDS; ADDING A
DEFINITION FOR ADVERTISING SIGN BOARDS AND ADDING A MESSAGE
SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE TO THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING
REGULATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ClTY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. The City COllncil of the City of Arcadia finds that frccstanding
advertising sign boards and billboards create a deleterious visual and aesthetic intrusion upon the
streets and highways of the City of Arcadia due to their obtrusive size and appearance.
Moreover, due to their obtrusive nature, they create competition for the attention of motorists and
distract motorists traveling the streets and highways of the City causing dangerous traffic and
pedestrian safety conditions. Therefore the City Council enacts the amendments contained in
this ordinance to further its interests in the visual and aesthetic condition of its streetscape and to
promote traffic and pedestrian safety in the City.
SECTION 2. Section 9275. 1.3 7 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby deleted.
SECTION 3. Section 9260.3.3.2. is hereby added to the Arcadia Municipal Code to
read:
9260.3.3.2. PERMITTED AND PROHIBITED SIGNS.
Signs of the type listed below which advcrtise a business conducted on thc premiscs on
which the sign is located are pennitted:
1. Wall Sign
2. Freestanding Sign
3. Marquee Sign
4. Portable Signs
Signs of the type listed below shall be prohibited:
Advertising sign boards as defined in Section 9220.2.2."
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SECTION 4. Sections 926].4.1.4 and 9266.2.8.12 are hereby added to the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read:
(Code Section). PROHIBITED SIGNS.
Signs of the type listed below shall be prohibited:
Advertising sign boards as dcfined in Section 9220.2.2.
SECTION 5. Subscction 5 is hereby addcd to Section 9262.4.3.C. of the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read:
5. Advertising sign boards as defincd in Section 9220.2.2.
SECTION 6. Subsection 3 is hereby added to Section 9260.3.5B of the Arcadia
Municipal Code to read:
3. Free-standing signs shall be located on lots containing onc or more busincss
cnterprises.
SECTION 7. Sections 9260.3.3.8, 9261.4.1.3, 9262.4.21 and 9266.2.8.]3 are addcd to
thc Arcadia Municipal Codc to rcad:
(Code Section). MESSAGE SUBSTITUTION.
]n each instance and under the samc conditions under which this chapter pcrmits any sign
or commercial message, copy containing a noncommercial message or characters may be
substituted on such sign provided the sign remains otherwise lawful.
SECTION 8. Section 9220.2.2 is added to the Arcadia Municipal Code to read:
9220.2.2. ADVERTISING SIGN BOARD.
Advertising sign board is a freestanding billboard, off-prcmisc advertising sign or
outdoor advertising structure that has a flat surface sign space upon which advertising may bc
posting, painted or affixed and that is primarily designed for the rental or lease of sueh sign spaee
for advertising not rclating to the use of the property upon whieh the sign is placcd.
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SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause
a copy or summary of the same to be published in the official newspaper of said City within
fi fteen (15) days of its adoption. This ordinance shall take effect thirty-one (3 I) days after its
adoption.
Passed, approved and adopted this 20th day of July
,2004.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies
that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2196 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of July, 2004 and that said Ordinance was
adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Councilmember Chandler, Marshall, Segal, Wuo and Kovacic
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Clly Clerk of the CIty of ArcadIa
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