Chapter 17.36
ADVERTISING SIGNS
Sections:
17.36.010 Subdivision directional sign defined.
17.36.030 Deposits for permit.
17.36.050 Contents of application.
17.36.070 Enforcement and appeal.
17.36.080 Revocation of permit.
17.36.010 Subdivision directional sign defined.
A subdivision directional sign is an unlighted sign temporarily constructed for the purpose of advertising, and directing people, to a subdivision. The term subdivision directional sign shall hereinafter be referred to as “sign”. (Ord. 146 § 1, 1965)
17.36.020 Permit required.
No person shall construct or maintain any sign within the city without first having applied for and received a permit therefor in compliance with the terms of this chapter. (Ord. 146 § 2, 1965)
17.36.030 Deposits for permit.
Written application for a permit to construct and maintain a sign shall be accompanied by a permit filing and inspection fee of fifty dollars and a surety bond or cash deposit of one hundred dollars together with a statement executed by the owners of the land, the owner of the sign, and the developer, granting consent to the city to enter upon the property, without liability, to remove or to inspect the sign as may be necessary under the terms of this chapter. The bond shall remain in effect for the duration of the maintenance of the sign and the condition of such bond shall be that upon termination, revocation, or expiration of the permit, if the sign for which the permit is granted is not completely removed and the site restored to its original condition within five days thereafter, the full amount of the bond shall be forthwith and summarily forfeited and paid over to the city. The bond or deposit shall be returned if the sign is completely removed and the site restored to its original condition within the five day period. Application for renewal of an existing sign permit shall be accompanied by a reinspection fee of fifty dollars per sign. (Ord. 146 § 3, 1965)
17.36.040 Applications.
Each application shall be for one sign only and shall be filed with the city clerk. It shall be the duty of the director of planning to process and to act on the application. (Ord. 146 § 4, 1965)
17.36.050 Contents of application.
Each such application shall show the following:
(1) Name and address of applicant;
(2) Name of property owner,
(3) Name and location of subdivision and developer;
(4) Accurate description of property on which sign is to be located sufficient to identify exact location;
(5) A statement showing that such use will not be materially detrimental to the public welfare nor the property of other persons located in the vicinity thereof;
(6) Plot plan — Four copies at scale: one inch equals thirty feet. (Ord. 146 § 5, 1965)
17.36.060 Sign regulations.
All signs shall be governed under the following regulations:
(1) Size. All signs shall have a maximum length of forty feet and a maximum vertical height of fifteen feet exclusive of ground clearance; the total area of the sign shall not exceed four hundred square feet; there shall be a minimum ground clearance of ten feet and a maximum overall height of twenty-five feet.
(2) Location. Such signs may be established along, but not within, the right of way of any highway, street or thoroughfare except such signs may not be established within five hundred feet of a freeway (Chapter 5.20) or be designed to be viewed from freeways which are designated as freeway routes by the Streets and Highways Code of the state of California. Such signs shall be erected in conformance with front yard setback lines or building lines and all other ordinances of the city; such signs shall not be established on property at any corner formed by the intersecting streets within that triangular area between the property line and a diagonal line joining points on the property lines twenty-five feet from the point of their intersection, or in the case of rounded corners, the triangular area between the tangents to the curve and a diagonal line joining points on the tangents twenty-five feet from the point of their intersection.
(3) Number. For the purpose of this chapter a sign commonly known as a “V” sign shall be deemed to be such number of signs as there are plane surfaces thereof containing message material intended to be read by the public. A sign containing two surfaces supported by common structural members shall be considered one sign.
(4) Time limit. Each permit for a sign shall be valid for not more than one year from the date of issuance; provided, however, that the director of planning may, upon application, renew the permit for not to exceed three successive periods of one year each.
(5) Additions to sign. There shall be no additions, tag signs, streamers, devices, display boards or appurtenances added to the sign as originally approved or which cause the sign to exceed the dimensions or area herein specified.
(6) Sign identification. The owner of the sign shall cause to be affixed to, and shall maintain in a readily visible location on the sign for the duration of the sign, his assigned permit number, the expiration date of the permit, the name of the property owner, and the name of the sign owner, together with such other data as the planning director may deem necessary to properly carry out the functions of his office in the issuance of the permit and enforcement of these provisions. (Ord. 146 § 6, 1965)
17.36.070 Enforcement and appeal.
The director of planning shall be responsible for the enforcement of these provisions and any aggrieved party may appeal in writing any decision or ruling of the director of planning commission. The planning commission may sustain, modify or overrule any decision or ruling appealed and the decision of the planning commission shall be final. (Ord. 146 § 7, 1965)
17.36.080 Revocation of permit.
The violation by the sign owner, the property owner upon which the sign is located or is to be located, the developer, or the person to whom the permit has been issued, of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any other ordinance of the city, shall constitute grounds for revocation of the permit for any such sign and shall terminate the permit, whereupon the owner of the sign and/or the owner of the property upon which the sign is located shall immediately dismantle the sign and restore the premises to its original condition, and upon failure to do so within five days after such termination or revocation, the bond theretofore posted shall be deemed to be forthwith and summarily forfeited in its entirety to the city. In such event it shall be the duty of the director of planning to cause such sign to be dismantled and removed. (Ord. 146 § 8, 1965)