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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 015 1984 0307ORDINANCE NO. 15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 9.01.010 TO TITLE 9 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE. WHEREAS, the democratic process requires that the broadest possible public notice be given of all planning and zoning applications consistent with limiting the expense of notice to a reasonable cost; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 9.01.010 of the Moorpark Municipal Code is added to read as follows: "(a) The provisions of this ordinance apply to all zone changes, special use permits, variances, planned development permits, tentative tract permits, major modifications, specific plans, land divisions, time extensions, all other discretionary land use applica- tions, and appeals of any of the above - described applications. (b) At least eleven days before a hearing on any of the applications described in Section 9.01.010(a), the applicant shall install a sign on the subject property consistent with the following provisions: (1) The size of the sign shall be 32 square feet in area. (2) The height of the sign shall not exceed 8 feet. (3) The sign shall be placed in an area of the property most visable to the public, and not more than 5 feet from the property line in residential areas, and not more than 1 foot of the property line in commercial and industrial areas. All approvals of any application of any industrial or commercial property subject to this ordinance shall include a condition for placing on the property signs of other property located interior to the subject property from the street. (4) The sign shall not be illuminated, and only one sign shall be displayed per street frontage of the subject property. -- 1 - (c) The sign shall include only the following information: (1) The heading of the sign shall be essentially as follows: 'Notice of public hearing on proposed development Case No. .' (2) The content of the sign shall describe the type of project (residential, industrial or commercial), including the square footage, number of units, etc. Descriptive words suah as 'luxurious' or 'elegent' shall not be used. (3) The sign shall include the date, time and location of the public hearing, and the telephone numbers of the developer and of City Hall. (4) Dates shall be changed on the sign to refer to the next planned public hearing. (d) Where the total area of the land is one -half acre or less, the Director of Community Development shall determine if a sign is necessary to provide adequate notice to the public of the nature of the project. If the Director of Community Development determines a sign is necessary, the Director of Community Development shall prescribe a sign sufficient to give adequate notice to the public. The applicant shall, at least 11 days before any hearing, post on the property, in the manner described in Subsection (b), Paragraphs (3) and (4), the sign prescribed by the Director of Community Development. (e) The sign shall be removed from the property not more than 12 days after the final action by the City on the land use application. (f) Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not affect the jurisdiction of any public body deciding any application." SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after the passage of this ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the three public places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this ordinance; and shall cause this ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of March, 1984. i a y o r o E e Ci ooro_ ark, hfornia STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I , DORIS n- RANKTTS , City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, Calfiornia, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1— was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 7th day of March, 1984 and that the same was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmembers Straughan, Harper, Beaulieu, Prieto and Mayor Yancy- Sutton; NOES: None; ABSENT: None. WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 7th day of March, 1984. CITY CLERK STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) SS. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, DORIS D. BANKUS , City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify that on March 14 , 19 84I caused to be posted the foregoing Ordinance No. 15 entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 9.01.010 TO TITLE 9 OF THE MOORPARK MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE. at the following three public places, as designated by the Moorpark City Council by Resolution No. 83 -11, adopted July 2, 1983: (1) Moorpark City Hall, 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark (2) Moorpark Post Office, 189 High Street, Moorpark (3) Moorpark College, Administration Building, 7075 Campus Road, Moorpark WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City, this 14th _ day of March ) 19 84 City Clerk (SEAL)