HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-06-02 Amend Ch 17.36- Regulations for Noncommercial & Campaign SignsORDINANCE NO. 6-
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I AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ORANGE AMENDING CHAPTER 17.36
OF TITLE 17 OF THE ORANGE MUNICIPAL
CODE PERTAINING TO REGULATIONS
FOR NONCOMMERCIAL AND CAMPAIGN
SIGNS.WHEREAS, Chapter 17.36 of the City of Orange Municipal Code sets forth the City'
s sign regulations;
and WHEREAS, the purpose of this ordinance is to clarify existing regulations
governing noncommercial and campaign signs and combine them under one section of the
Orange Municipal Code;
and WHEREAS, this ordinance shall be construed to carry out the purpose and intent
of Chapter 17.36 as set forth in Section 17.36.
010.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORANGE DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:SECTION
I:Section 17.36.170 entitled Noncommercial and Campaign Sign Regulations is
hereby added to the Orange Municipal Code to read as
follows:17.36.170 Noncommercial and Campaign Sign
Regulations.A. NONCOMMERCIAL SIGNS - A temporary sign that is not intended to
augment a commercial enterprise or to identifY the business activity conducted on the premises,
Typical noncommercial signs contain messages that are social, political, moral, religious, or
civic in nature. Noncommercial signs do not include signs erected by a county, state or city or
their agents.
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B. CAMPAIGN SIGNS - Atemporary sign advocating a person's candidacy for an upcoming
election or which state a position or otherwise provide information on a legislative measure
that has qualified for the ballot on an upcoming election.C.
TEMPORARY SIGN - For purposesof this section only, the term noncommercial and
campaign signs shall be applied to any such sign not posted for a period exceeding 90
days in any single calendar year.D. Noncommercial
and campaign signs are subject to this Chapter's regulations governing building
permits requirements, as well as its restrictions on specified types of signs
and sign location. Noncommercial and campaign signs are not permitted in the public right of
way as provided elsewhere in this Chapter.
E. This section does not apply to any sign that has been subjected to design review
and which otherwise meets all regulations found in this Chapter.
F. Noncommercial and campaign signs may be located in the City without a permit
as long as: (I) they are in conformity with this Chapter's maximum limitations on height, area,
location and number of signs for each relevant sign district; (2) do not require a building
permit; and (3) do not otherwise pose a health and safety risk.
G. In determining whether this Chapter's maximum limitations on sign area and
number have been violated the following aggregation rules shall apply: (1) the total area and
number of noncommercial and campaign signs shall not be aggregated with other existing signs
on the property; (2) the total area and number of noncommercial and campaign signs on each
property shall be aggregated with each other; and (3) notwithstanding G.(I) above,
noncommercial and campaign signs exceeding 32 square feet on the property shall be
aggregated with other existing signs.
H. All campaign signs shall be removed within 10 days of the applicable election.
The City Clerk shall insure that all candidates for a City of Orange office receive a copy of this
section and such candidates shall sign a statement acknowledging receipt of this section."
SECTION II:
Paragraph D of Section 17.36.020, Paragraph F of Section 17,36.060 and Paragraph E
of Section 17.36.160 of the Orange Municipal Code shall be deleted in their entirety and
following paragraphs renumbered accordingly.
SECTION III:
Should any section, subsection, clause, or provision of this Ordinance for any reason be
held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; it being hereby
expressly declared that this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and
phrase hereof would have been prepared, proposed, approved and ratified irrespective of the
fact that anyone or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION IV:
A summary of this Ordinance shall be published and a certified copy of the full text of
this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk at least five (5) days prior to the
City Council meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. A summary of this Ordinance
shall also be published once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage in a
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newspaper of general circulation, published, and circulated in the City of Orange. The City
Clerk shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the full text of such adopted
Ordinance along with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the
Ordinance in accordance with Government Code Section 36933. This Ordinance shall take
effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of its final passage.
ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2002
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Mark A. Murphy, May
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, CASSANDRA J. CATHCART, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at the regular meeting of the City
Council held on the II th
day of June, 2002, and thereafter at the regular meeting of said City
Council duly held on the 25th day of June, 2002, was duly passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Slater, Alvarez, Murphy, Coontz, Cavecche
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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City Clerk of the City of Orange
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