HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-19 - Approving an Amendment to Title 20 of the Municipal Code to Readopt Regulations for Political Signs [Planning Commission Amendment 874]ORDINANCE 98 -19
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO TITLE 20 OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO READOPT REGULATIONS FOR
POLITICAL SIGNS [PLANNING COMMISSION AMENDMENT 874]
WHEREAS, in 1994, the City of Newport Beach amended Title 20 of the Newport Beach
Municipal Code to establish regulations for political signs; and
WHEREAS, these regulations were inadvertently omitted when the Title 20 was revised in
1997; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 1998, Planning Commission of the City of Newport Beach held a
public hearing regarding this amendment; and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 1998, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach held public
• hearings regarding this amendment; and
WHEREAS, the public was duly noticed of the public hearings; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, it has been determined
that the proposed amendment is categorically exempt under Class 5, minor alterations in land use
limitations.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: Section 20.67.035 (B) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
B. Other Temporary Signs.
I. Residential Districts. No temporary signs are permitted in residential
• districts, except for real estate signs authorized in Section 20.67.035 (A) and
political signs authorized in Section 20.67.035 (B -3).
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2. Commercial and Industrial Districts. Temporary signs are permitted in
commercial and industrial districts subject to the following restrictions:
a. Size. No temporary sign shall exceed 100 square feet in area.
Temporary signs of rigid material shall not exceed 24 square feet in
area, or 6 feet in height.
b. Duration. Temporary signs shall remain in place for a period not
exceeding 90 days per calendar year.
C. Number. 1 per building or site.
d. Exceptions.
(1) Temporary signs displayed at service stations are governed by
the provisions of Section 20.67.030 (D).
(2) Political signs authorized in Section 20.67.035 (B -3).
3. Temporary Political Signs. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, temporary
political signs may be posted subject to the following restrictions:
a. Political signs posted in residential districts shall not exceed 6 square feet in
area.
b. Political signs shall not be placed adjacent to a street, alley, driveway, or
sidewalk in a manner that creates a hazard to any person.
C. Political signs may be posted no more than 90 days prior to any municipal,
school district, special, or statewide election, and shall be removed no more
than 10 days after the election.
d. No person shall place or post any political or campaign sign on any public
sidewalk, street, property, or right -of -way over which the City has
jurisdiction.
SECTION 2: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage of this
Ordinance. This Ordinance shall be published once in the official newspaper of the City, and the
same shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption.
This Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
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Newport Beach held on July 27, 1998, and adopted on the 10th day of August, 1998, by the
• following vote, to wit:
• ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS Thomson, Debay,0'Neil,
Hedges, Glover, Noyes, Mayor Edwards
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS None
MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance, being Ordinance No. 98 -19 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 10th
day of August, 1998, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Thomson, Debay, O'Neil, Hedges, Glover, Noyes, Mayor Edwards
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 11th day of August, 1998.
(Seal)
City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE }
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
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I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby
certify that Ordinance No. 98 -19 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the
order of the City Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a daily
newspaper of general circulation on the following date, to wit: August 15, 1998.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this &L day of
:,j 1998.
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City Clerk of the City of
Newport Beach, California
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