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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 082 1986 1103ORDINANCE NO. 82 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF VENTURA, AS ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF MOORPARK ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1983, BY REPEALING SECTIONS OF SAID ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE SIGN CODE; AND ADDING CHAPTER 50 TO TITLE 9 OF SAID CODE, PERTAINING TO SIGNS - STANDARDS AND PERMITS. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That Article 24 of Chapter 1 of the Zoning Ordinance of the County of Ventura, as adopted by the City of Moorpark on September 21, 1983, is hereby repealed. SECTION 2. That Chapter 50 is hereby added to Title 9 of the Moorpark Municipal Code, to read as follows: -1- CHAPTER 50 SIGNS - STANDARDS AND PERMITS "Section 9.50.010 PURPOSE "The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means whereby business enterprises can identify the name, location, and product sold of such enterprise and property for sale of lease can be so indicated and located, which at the same time protecting the gen- eral public from the proliferation of signing that can cause a deterioration of the character, environment, and economic well being of the community. By interesting design and landscaping, the detrimental effects upon the desirable character of the com- munity, neighboring property, passing traffic, and scenic beauty shall be reduced to a minimum. "Section 9.50.020 DEFINITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS "(a) Sign - A communication device using words, symbols, banners or pennants designed to advertise, identify, or convey information. "(b) Sign Structure - Any device used for the purpose of displaying or supporting signs. "(c) Sign Area - The area of a sign enclosed by a frame, trim or outline or the area within a single continous perimeter enclosing the extreme limits of writing or any representation, emblem, or figure. Where a sign has two or more faces, the area of all faces shall be included in determining the area of the sign, except that where two such faces are placed back to back and are at no point more than three feet from one another, the area of the sign shall be taken as one face. "(d) Exclusion - The following signs are excluded from the provisions of this code: "(1) Governmental and public utility signs as required or authorized by law. "(2) Name plates, memorial tablets or occupation signs not exceeding two square feet in area. "(3) Signs not visible beyond the boundaries of the pro - erty or building upon which they are located. "(4) Signs less than 12 square feet in area advertising the sale or lease of property. "(5) Construction signs not exceeding 32 square feet in area relating to or identifying construction projects and displayed only during the construction period. -2- ( "Section 9.50.020 DEFINITIONS AND EXCLUSIONS - continued) "(6) Traffic directional signs not exceeding eight square feet in area. "(7) Bulletin boards or identificaiton signs not exceeding 32 square feet in area on the premises of public, charitable or religious institutions. "Section 9.50.030 SIGNS PROHIBITED "(a) Signs confusing traffic such as one that uses the words "STOP" or "DANGER" or impair the vision of the operator of a motor vehicle. "(b) Any off -site advertising except for subdivision directional signs. "(c) Portable or trailer mounted signs. "(d) Signs which flash, scintillate, make sound, move or rotate except for clocks and time and temperature signs with a maximum area of 32 square feet. "(e) Signs attached to a building where the sign extends above the roof line or parapet of the building. "(f) Signs on public property other than government or public utility signs and signs advertising the sale or lease of government, public utility, or railroad property. "(g) Signs on benches. "(h) Billboards. "Section 9.50.040 CLASS OF SIGNS - For purposes of this code signs are grouped in the following classes: "(a) Business Class - Signs which advertise the name, location, activity, product, service, business or institution. "(b) Real Estate Class - Signs which advertise the sale or lease of real property. "(c) Subdivision Directional Class - Signs which provide dir- ectional information only to a residential subdivision, the name of the development or developer, any identifying trademark or insignia and the price range of the subdivision offered for sale. "(d) Government or Public Utility Class - Signs of a govern- ment agnecy or public utility, including railroad company signs, as required or authorized by law. "(e) Political Class - A temporary sign or hand bill erected for an election. -3- "Section 9.50.050 TYPES OF SIGNS - For purposes of this code, there are five types of signs. "(a) Building Signs - Signs attached to a building where the sign does not extend above the roof line or parapet of the build- ing, or signs painted on outside walls or windows of a building or sign placed within a building as to be viewed primarily from outside a building. "(b) Ground Signs - Signs which are free - standing and supported by poles, columns, uprights or foundation affixed to the ground. "(c) Signs Designed to Move with the Wind - Signs, for the purpose of this code called "Wind Signs ", which include flags, banners, pennants or balloons and displayed for a temporary period. "(d) Portable Signs - Portable signs means any sign which is not permanently affixed to the ground or to a structure and which can be moved from place to place. "(e) Monument Signs - Low profile freestanding signs incor- poration the design and building materials accenting the architect- ural theme of the buildings on the same property. "Section 9.50.060 PERMITS "No sign or sign structure as defined in this code, and not exempt therefrom, shall be erected, constructed or relocated until a permit for same has been issued by the Community Development Department, except that temporary signs to be displayed not to exceed 15 days in any 6 month period and not exceeding 12 square feet in area, that otherwise conforms to the the provisions of this code, and signs painted on walls or windows of buildings, and change of copy on legally existing sign structures, do not require a permit. Permits shall not be issued for business signs unless a building exists or building permit has been issued on the property. Permits must be signed by the owner or lessee of the pro- perty and where property is occupied by more than one lessee, by the owner of the property. When an architecturally designed building or center is submitted for approval, the sign, or where there are a number of signs, the sign program, shall be submitted along with the request for project approval. Application for a sign permit shall be made in writing upon a form provided by the Community Development Department. "Section 9.50.070 FEES "Any person applying for a sign permit shall, at the time of filling application therefore, pay to the Community Development Department a fee, as established by City Council, to cover inspect- ion and issuance of the permit. "Section 9.50.080 SIGNS PERMITTED - The follosing charts shall apply as to signs permitted except for Service Stations which are governed by Sections 9.50.090. SEE CHART -4- "Section 9.50.090 SERVICE STATION SIGNS - Service Station signs are those signs and other advertising devices associated with service stations, mini - markets, or other businesses located on a site where service station activity or gasoline /motor fuel sales exist. Such signs are permitted subject to the limitations described as herein: "(a) One (1) identification sign located within the corner radius landscaped area. This sign shall be either a monument or pole type sign. Monument signs shall have a maximum height of six (6) feet measured from the finished grade at the base of the sign, but in no case higher than eight (8) feet from the street grade. Pole signs shall have a maximum height of twenty (20) feet measured from the street grade. The sign shall have no more than a total of fifty (50) square feet of sign face, and subject to a limitation of two sign faces. Such sign shall bear the name and /or logo of the business(es) on the site only, but may contain gasoline pricing information only if incorporated integrally with the main face. No other signage may be displayed on or from the pole sign. The main identification sign shall be architecturally consistent with the over all building theme and incorporate unifying features (i.e., materials) and may be internally illuminated. No such sign shall be externally illuminated. "(b) Canopy fascia and pump island signs with an aggregate display area not to exceed a combined total of fifty (50) feet per canopy, shall be architecturally consistent with the overall building theme, and, if lighted, shall be internally illuminated. "(c) One (1) motor fuel pricing sign no greater than 20 square feet in area shall be allowed for each adjacent street and may be either of ground or pole mounted type. Each sign may be double faced and must be permanently affixed to the ground. Pole - mounted signs shall be integral with on -site lighting standards with faces no greater than twenty (20) square feet in area. Pole - mounted signage may be used for either motor fuel pricing or other advertis- ing purposes relevant to the operation(s) of the site. If motor fuel pricing is displayed on pole- mounted signs, ground signs may not be used for other advertising. "(d) Other commercial type signs are permitted to be placed on the main building, but must be counted against a maximum of two hundred (200) square feet of sign area allowed for the site. "Section 9.50.100 CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL "(a) All ground signs in excess of 32 square feet and all signs attached to a buidling are required to get a building permit in accordance with the latest adopted Uniform Building Code. "(b) No portion of any sign nor its supports shall obstruct any fire escape stairway standpipe, exterior door, or required exit, nor shall any such sign or its supports be attached to or supported by any fire excape. -5- ( "Section 9.50.100 CONSTRUCTION, MAINTANCE AND REMOVAL - continued) "(c) Any sign having in connection therewith any electrical wiring shall be designed and inspected in conformance with the provisions of the adopted Moorpark Electrical Code and such sign shall have firmly affixed thereon a nameplate which shall state the manufacture's name or trademark, the voltage, amperage and total wattage, and each such sign shall display the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) label. "(d) The Planning Director may authorize a low - profile monument identification sign showing the name of a community, commercial ceter, or industrial park, provided the over all size of the sign, including all riders, is not larger than fifty (50) square feet, with no dimension exceeding ten (10) feet. The number of such signs shall be limited to not more than two (2) for any particular residential community, commercial center, or industrial park. "(e) Every sign and sign structure shall be maintained in proper repair and a proper state of preservation. Upon a written notice from the Building and Safety or Community Development Depart- ment, the necessary maintenance, or alterations, or repairs shall be made within twenty (20) days after the date of such notice. "(f) All signs and sign structures shall be kept free of any unauthorized material on signs not approved by an official permit; and the area beneath and about the base shall be kept free of weeds and rubbish. "g) Signs pertaining to enterprises or occupants which are no longer using the premises to which the sign relates shall be painted out, obliterated, or removed from the premises within thirty (30) days after the associated enterprise or occupant has vacated the premises. "Section 9.50.200 ABATEMENT "(a) All signs and sign structures rendered nonconforming by virtue of this chapter shall be amortized and removed or otherwise made to conform by December 31, 1994, except as noted below. "(b) The Chief of Police shall summarily require the immed- iate correction of a sign which is deemed a traffic hazard and may correct such conditions if the owner thereof does not do so. "(c) Illegal signs in public right of way, flashing signs and portable or trailer mounted signs shall be removed or otherwise made to conform within 30 days of being duly notified as to the violation. "(d) A nonconforming sign shall not be altered, reconstructed or moved nor shall there be a change in copy as a result of a change in the business without complying in all respects with this chapter. No additional signs or expansion of existing signs which would render the total amount of sign area nonconforming, or further nonconforming, shall be permitted. -6- SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. SECTION 4. The City clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance; shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said City; shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted; and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Moorpark News, a weekly newspaper of general circulation, as defined in Section 6008 of the Government Code, for the City of Moorpark, and which is hereby designated for that purpose. SECTION 5. Severability - If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Moorpark hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance and each and all provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions may be declared invalid. PASSED AND ADOPTED the 3rd day of November, 1986 � a�or of the City / of Mo par , California ATTEST: - - ATE- OF CAI,IFORNIA- COUNTY OF VENTURA ) SS. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, _ Inez. Bryson Cit�r C er� of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 82 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at an adjourned regular meeting thereof, held on the 3rd day of November , 19 86 , and that the same was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Ferguson, Councilmembers Woolard, Prieto, Yancy- Sutton and Hartley NOES: None ABSENT: None WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 3rd day of November , 19 86 '-4 \��ity glerk MOORP R",(, CAMFORNIA City r,x; 1,"CewIg oft ".Z`�� S By CLASS TYPE ZONES PERMITTED MAXIMUM NUMBER MAXIMUM SIZE MAXIMUM HEIGHT I0-:MARKS Business Ground AG, C & M One per each :100 ft. of t/2 . ft. for ea. ft. of in AG & C -0 -10 ft., in M Interior lighting not street frontage, or por- lot ontage with a maxi- zones 20 ft., in other C permitted in CO, AG and M tion thereof, imum AG & CO of 50 sq. zones 20 ft. plus 1 ft. zones. it.. 't N zones 100 sq. for each ft. of set back ft.. In other C zones 100 with a maximum of 30 ft. sq.f , plus 2 sq.ft. for' each ft. of set hack with a ma imum of 200 sq.ft.. Business Building (Permanent) C & M N/A In C ( of mf 1/2 sq.ft. for side n entrance only, in Signs may not project a) Area for building signs computed by multiplying Mroi as 1 sq.ft. for side above the roof line allowable sq. ft, times width of side contain of mzin entrance only, and main entrance. ` In otier C zones 2 sq.ft. b) Signs painted on other than windows include- in for Ade of main entrance in permanent sign and sq.ft. for all other allowance. side. facing a street. Rosiness Building (Temporary C N/A 33 % of window area N/A a) Temporary signs include paper signs in windows and writing on windows b) Temporary signs permitted for maximum of 15 days in any 90 day period. Business Wind C N/A N/A N/A a) Subject to approval pproval by the Director of Communi- ty Development. b) Maximum time allowed is 15 days in any 6 month period. Business Produce StAnd 2 32 sq, ft. 12 ft. Real Estate sale or lease signs less than 12 sq. I i ft. in area exempt from code. Real Estate Sale or lease Any zone 1 per street frontage Singl - family homes and R zones -6 ft. C & M zones -12 ft. vacan property. 12 sq.ft in C & M zones same as for b siness signs. Real Estate Subdivision Unimproved property in 3 per project 32 sq ft. 10 feet above viewpoint a) Must be within 400 ft. of an intersection and Directional C & M zones of grade must be where a change of direction is required. (Off -site) ( Allowed for sub- ( b) Cash bond of $100 for each sign required to divisions located in guarantee removal. c) Signs permitted for two years or until last unit Moorpark only). first sold, whichever occurs first. 'I \l•C TVRR 7h .VDM 11t`T 1 M _M M-111- MAYIMIIM IIVT /'wT RRMARYq ::al Estate Tract (on -site) Any Zone 2 60 sq. ft. 20 ft. a) Cash bond of $100 to guarantee removal. b) Signs permitted for two years or until last ur, :* first sold, whichever occurs first. •al Estate Identification Any Zone 2 per street entrance 12 sq. ft. each N/A on block wall olitical Any zone except open No limit AG & R zones- 32 sq. ft. AG & R zones a) Not within 100 ft. of a polling place. space 10 ft., all other -same as All other zones- same as business signs. business signs