5768ORDINANCE NO. 5768
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5378, AS
PREVIOUSLY AMENDED, RELATING TO SPECIFIC PLAN
ADJUSTMENT NO. 4 TO THE DISNEYLAND RESORT
SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 92-1 (CHAPTER 18.78 OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE).
WHEREAS, pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Chapter 18.93 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, on June 29, 1993,
the City Council of the City of Anaheim adopted Ordinance No.
5377 amending the zoning map to reclassify certain real property
described therein into The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No.
92-1 Zone subject to certain conditions as specified therein, and
Ordinance No. 5378 relating to establishment of Zoning and
Development Standards for The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No.
92-1 by the addition of Chapter 18.78 to said Code; and
WHEREAS, on April 12, 1994, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 5420 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378 relating
to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No. 1,
which amendment established "District A", redesignated a portion
(approximately 9 acres) of the East Parking Area to District A,
and established Zoning and Development Standards for District A;
and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 1995, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 5503 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as
previously amended, relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No. 2, which amendment redesignated a
portion (approximately 10 acres) of the East Parking Area to
District A; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 1996, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 5580 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as
previously amended, relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No. 3, which amendment encompassed
modifications to The Disneyland Resort Project including a
Revised Phasing Plan; modifications to the Specific Plan
(including the Zoning and Development Standards, Design Plan and
Guidelines, and Public Facilities Plan) to implement the Revised
Phasing Plan; and, incorporation of text and graphic
modifications to the document; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the City Council
adopted Ordinance No. 5613 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378,
as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92-1, Adjustment No. 1, which adjustment encompassed
standards addressing permitted encroachments, screening
requirements and height limitations; and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 1999, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 5689 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378, as
previously amended, relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No. 4, which amendment encompassed text
and exhibit changes throughout the Specific Plan document to
reflect the establishment of the new Pointe*Anaheim Overlay which
provides for the development of the Pointe*Anaheim Lifestyle
Retail and Entertainment Complex, including amendments to the
Development Plan, the Design Plan and Guidelines, the Public
Facilities Plan and the Zoning and Development Standards; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2000, the City Council
adopted Ordinance No. 5736 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and 5378,
as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific
Plan No. 92-1, Adjustment No. 3, which adjustment encompassed
modifications to permitted accessory uses within the Parking
District and permitted encroachments in the Theme Park District;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment is to modify criteria
for Informational, Regulatory and Directional (IRD) Signs visible
from the Public Rights -of -Way; and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2001, the Anaheim City Planning
Commission considered the proposed Adjustment No. 4 and
recommended to the City Council that it adopt an ordinance
incorporating said proposed adjustment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), the City Council has
determined that the project is categorically exempt from CEQA
under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), which provides that
where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility
that the activity in question may have a significant effect on
the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to modify the Zoning
and Development Standards established by Ordinance No. 5378, as
previously amended, contained within Chapter 18.78 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code applicable to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan
No. 92-1.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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That Ordinance No. 5378, as previously amended, be, and
the same is hereby, amended to revise the Zoning and Development
Standards in Chapter 18.78 of the Anaheim Municipal Code as
follows:
SECTION 1.
That subsection .060 of Section 18.78.130 of Chapter
18.78 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same
is hereby, amended to read as follows:
".060 Business and Identification Signs. Business and
identification signs shall comply with the Design plan, shall
consist of permanent non -changeable copy except as provided for
in Section 18.78.130.0602(a) entitled `CHANGEABLE COPY SIGNS' of
this chapter, and shall comply with the following:
.0601 Permitted Signs. The following sign types
are allowed in this Zone subject to the requirements of this
chapter.
(a) Freestanding Monument Signs. Such signs shall be:
(1) Monument signs except as provided elsewhere
in this chapter;
(2) Limited to the name of the development and/or
a maximum of three (3) company names and/or company
symbols only; and,
(3) Such signs shall use the standard monument
sign base and conform to the appropriate sign shape as
specified in Exhibit 7.Oa entitled `General Sign
Standards Matrix' and Exhibit 7.Ob entitled
`Hotel/Motel Sign Standards Matrix' in Section
18.78.130.0604, entitled `SIGN STANDARDS MATRICES,' of
this chapter.
(b) Informational, Regulatory and Directional (IRD)
signs not visible from the Public Right -of -Way. Such signs
shall:
(1) Be located outside any required setback area;
(2) Be designed to direct pedestrians and/or
vehicular traffic while said traffic is on the parcel
on which said signage is located; and,
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(3) Be designed as a coordinated architectural,
informational, directional and regulatory sign system
for said project, provided if a company symbol or logo
is part of the sign copy, it shall occupy a maximum of
twenty-five percent (25%) of the sign area.
(c) Informational, Regulatory and Directional (IRD)
Signs Visible from the Public Right -of -Way.
(1) Except as set forth in subparagraph (2)
below, such signs shall:
[a] Have a maximum sign area of eight (8)
square feet; and,
[b] Be designed as a coordinated
architectural, informational, directional and
regulatory sign system for said project, provided
if a company symbol or logo is part of the sign
copy, it shall occupy a maximum of twenty-five
percent (25%) of the sign area.
(2) Informational and directional blade signs
visible from Magic Way may encroach into the required
minimum setback area abutting the Magic Way public
right-of-way and may exceed a maximum sign area of
eight (8) square feet subject to the approval of the
Planning Director provided:
[a] "Blade sign" shall mean a sign on blade
panels affixed to a pole;
[b] Blade signs shall be designed as part of
a coordinated architectural, informational and
directional sign system;
[c] Such signage shall be limited to a
maximum pole height of twelve (12) feet and a
maximum pole diameter of eight (8) inches. The
individual blade panels shall be limited to a
maximum length of forty eight (48) inches, and
shall be attached to the pole at a height between
seven (7) feet and eleven (11) feet above grade
level;
[d] Such signage shall be limited to a
maximum of two (2) blade signs at each vehicular
entry drive; and,
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[e] Such signage shall not be oriented
toward, or direct vehicular circulation toward,
Walnut Street.
(d) Wall Signs.
(1) Such signs shall not encroach into any public
right-of-way, and are subject to the provisions
specified in Exhibit 7.Oa entitled `General Sign
Standards Matrix' and Exhibit 7.Ob entitled
`Hotel/Motel Sign Standards Matrix' in Section
18.78.130.0604 entitled `SIGN STANDARD MATRICES' of
this chapter.
(2) Said signs shall have only one (1) display
surface; and,
(3) Said signs shall be placed parallel to and in
front of any exterior wall of the building.
(e) Canopy Signs. Canopy Signs as defined in Section
18.78.130.010 entitled `DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO SIGNS'
of this chapter are considered a wall sign and as such,
all regulations pertaining to wall signs also pertain to
canopy signs. Such signs shall be permitted on awning
valances, provided awnings shall not be permitted to
project over or into a public right-of-way and the awnings
shall be an integral part of the building design. Canopy
signs on awning valances are considered wall signs and are
subject to the provisions of wall signs as provided in
Exhibit 7.Oa entitled `General Sign Standards Matrix' and
Exhibit 7.Ob entitled `Hotel/Motel Sign Standards Matrix'
in Section 18.78.130.0604 entitled `SIGN STANDARD
MATRICES' of this chapter and to the following provisions:
(1) Said signs must be oriented to the
pedestrian;
(2) Said signs shall not be internally
illuminated;
(3) Only fifteen percent (150) of the entire
surface of the awning may be utilized for the sign; and
(4) Said sign may include the company name and/or
company symbol only.
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(f) Window Identification Signs subject to Exhibit
7.Oa entitled `General Sign Standards Matrix' and Exhibit
7.Ob entitled `Hotel/Motel Sign Standards Matrix' in
Section 18.78.130.0604 entitled `SIGN STANDARD MATRICES'
of this chapter.
(g) Other signs as permitted elsewhere in this
chapter.
.0602 Conditionally Permitted Signs. The following
signs shall be permitted subject to the approval of a
conditional use permit pursuant to and in accordance with
the applicable provisions of Chapter 18.03 entitled
`ZONING PROCEDURES — AMENDMENTS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
AND VARIANCES' of this Code; this section is not intended
to conditionally allow signs prohibited by this chapter or
to change the standards contained herein, but is intended
to provide a mechanism to address special circumstances.
(a) Changeable copy signs (including electronic
message boards) for a theater, entertainment facility,
amusement park, or for hotel/motel complexes provided the
site on which the use is located is a minimum of six (6)
acres in area. In addition, the following provisions
shall apply to such signs:
(1) In addition to the permitted business
identification wall signs, changeable copy signs shall
be wall signs provided the top of such sign is below
the cornice of the building or twenty-five (25) feet
whichever is lower except:
[a] A theater or entertainment facility may
have a changeable copy sign which displays
identification and program information, the name
of the theater or auditorium and it may be a
Marquee sign.
(2) Such signs shall not be visible from
residential zoned or residentially developed
properties;
(3) The design of such signs shall be integrated
with the architecture of the building;
(4) Animation and bare bulbs are allowed as they
pertain to bulb matrix technology (the technology used
for reader board changeable message signs); and,
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(b) Signs neither otherwise expressly permitted nor
otherwise expressly prohibited in this Zone.
(c) Signs for any use, building or structure requiring
a conditional use permit.
(d) Projecting signs as defined in Section
18.78.130.010 entitled `PROJECTING SIGN' in this chapter.
(e) In the Pointe*Anaheim Overlay, up to two
icon/themed signage elements (defined as `a structure,
sculpture, or having the nature of, an icon, which is a
nationally -recognized image or object, including, but not
limited to, trademarked objects, logos, or other images
and figures associated with nationally -recognized
corporate identities') shall be permitted subject to the
approval of a conditional use permit provided that the
signage shall be associated with a use approved for the
Pointe*Anaheim Lifestyle Retail and Entertainment Complex
pursuant to Section 18.78.105 (Pointe*Anaheim Overlay);
the location shall be in compliance with Exhibit 5.8.3.f.5
and further provided that the size, location, height (not
to exceed 30 feet in height), and design of the signage
shall be determined by the conditional use permit.
.0603 Prohibited Signs. The following types of signs
shall be prohibited in this Zone:
(a) A -frame or `sandwich board' signs.
(b) Animated signs.
(c) Attachments or `riders' to signs.
(d) Beacon lights or beacon signs, when the intent of
such signs is advertising and not entertainment, which
shall not have adverse glare on adjoining properties.
(e) Billboards.
(f) Business information sign.
(g) Can -type signs which incorporate translucent copy
and translucent background, provided, however, that can -
type signs with opaque background, allowing only the copy
to be illuminated, shall be permitted.
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(h) Changeable copy signs (including electronic
message boards), as defined (except as permitted under a
conditional use permit) for theaters, entertainment
facilities, amusement parks or for hotel/motel complexes
provided the site on which the use is located is a minimum
of six (6) acres in area.
(i) Emitting signs.
(j) Exposed neon signs.
(k) Flashing or traveling light signs.
(1) Flourescent colors on signs except for colors on
company symbols.
(m) Landscape signs. An arrangement of any plant type
(flowers, shrubs, etc.), which spells out words or
resembles a symbol or a figure shall not be permitted.
(n) Magnetic signs.
(o) Off -premises or off-site directional signs.
(p) On-site directional guidance and on-site directory
signs which are not part of a coordinated architectural,
informational, directional and regulatory sign system.
(q) Paper, cloth and plastic streamer signs, and
flags, banners and fixed balloons except as otherwise
permitted pursuant to Section 18.05.070 entitled
`TEMPORARY SIGNS, FLAGS, BANNERS AND BALLOONS — GENERAL,'
of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
(r) Painted signs on exterior walls.
(s) Pennants except as otherwise permitted pursuant to
Section 18.05.070 entitled `TEMPORARY SIGNS, FLAGS,
BANNERS AND BALLOONS—GENERAL,' of the Anaheim Municipal
Code.
(t) Permanent `come-on' signs (e.g. `Sale Today,'
`Stop,' `Look,' `Going out of Business,' etc.).
(u) Pole signs.
(v) Portable signs.
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(w) Product advertising signs (e.g., soft drinks,
cigarettes, etc.).
(x) Roof signs.
(y) Rotating or revolving signs.
(z) Signs attached to trees or landscaping.
(aa) Signs projecting over or into the public right-of-
way except as otherwise expressly permitted herein.
(bb) Statues utilized for advertising purposes.
(cc) Temporary signs except as otherwise expressly
permitted herein.
(dd) Replicas of official traffic control signs or
signs so similar as to be confusing or hazardous to
traffic.
(ee) Vehicle entrance or exit signs which incorporate
business name(s) or other advertising not in compliance
with Section 18.78.130.061(c) entitled `INFORMATION,
REGULATORY AND DIRECTIONAL (IRD) SIGNS VISIBLE FROM THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY' of this chapter.
(ff) Vehicle signs (signs mounted or displayed on a
vehicle for advertising purposes) or the parking or
storage of advertising vehicles on public or private
property.
(gg) Wall signs located below the third (3rd) floor
level of a building and which signs are located on a
property adjacent to and visible from residential
properties.
(hh) Window signs, including neon signs and signs
painted on display windows with day-glo, or temporary
paint (other than permitted window identification signs as
defined in Section 18.78.130.0601(f) entitled `WINDOW
IDENTIFICATION SIGN' of this chapter.)
.0604 Sign Standard Matrices. In addition to all
other requirements contained in this chapter, permitted
signs shall comply with the provisions of Exhibit 7.Oa
entitled `General Sign Standards Matrix' and Exhibit 7.Ob
entitled `Hotel/Motel Sign Standards Matrix' as
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hereinafter set forth in this chapter and the provisions
of which are incorporated herein by this reference."
SECTION 3.
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared for any reason
to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council that it would have
passed all other portions of this ordinance independent of the
elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared
invalid.
SECTION 4.
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal
of any other ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect
the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be
construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the penal
provisions applicable to any violation thereof. The provisions
of this ordinance, insofar as they are substantially the same as
the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION 5.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with
any of the requirements of this ordinance. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any provision of this ordinance or failing
to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by
imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine
and imprisonment. Each such person, firm or corporation shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during any
portion of which any violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted by such person,
firm or corporation, and shall be punishable therefor as provided
for in this ordinance.
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THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Anaheim this 1st day of May , 2001.
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Anaheim, held on the 24th day of April, 2001, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at
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UI � ore procedures set forth in
h e r 18 93 of thii Anane,m Municipal Code, on June 29,
1993L,:e y Co m vl of .he City of Anaheim adopted Ordl-
ance No t3 7 an andirg the zoning map to reclassify cer-
ar real property ausc,,bud therein Into The Disneyland Hl
or! =per a N, 92-1 Zone subject to certain col
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Trans as specif ed therail and Ordinance No. 5378 relating
o establishment of Zoning and Development Standards for
The Disneyland Resor! Specific Plan No. 92-1 by the sent
tion of Chapter 78 78 tossla Code', and
WHEREAS 0, A,,ril 12.1994, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 5420 amending Ordinance Nos, 5377 ano
5378 relating to The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-
li 1, Amendment No1, which amendment established
'District A`, redesignated apof ten (approximately 9 acres)
of the East Parking Area to District A, and established Zon-
ing anc Development Standards for District A'. and
WHEREAS. on June 20, 1995, the City Counisr adopted
Crdinance No. 5503 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and
5378as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No 2. which
amendment redesignated a portion (approximately 10
acres' of the East Parking Area to Dfstrid A, and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 1996, the City Council adoptI,
ad Ordinance No. 5580 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377
and 53".'8, as previously amended, relating to The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No.
3, which amendment encompassed modifications to The
Disneyland Resort Project including a Revised Phasingg
Plan modifications to the Specific Plan (including the Zon-
ing and Development Standards, Design Plan and Guide-
lines, and Public Facilities Plan) to implement the Revised
Phasing Plan. and, incorporation of text and graphic modifi-
cations to the document. and
VvHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the City Council
adopted Ordinance No. 5613 amending Ordinance N.
5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, Adjustment No. 1,
which adjustment encompassed standards addressing per-
mitted encroachments, screening requirements and height
limitations, and
WHEREAS, on July 13, 1999, the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. 5689 amending Ordinance Nos. 5377 and
5378, as previously amended, relating to The Disneyland
Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, Amendment No. 4, which
amendment encompassed text and exhibit changes
throughout the Specific Plan document to reflect the estab-
lishment of the new Pointe -Anaheim Overlay whichpro-
vides for the development of the Pointe -Anaheim Lifestyle
Retail and Entertainment Complex, including amendments
to the Development Plan, the Design Plan and Guidelines,
the Public Facilities Plan and the Zoning and Development
Standards; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2000, the City Council
adopted Ordinance No. 5736 amending Ordinance Nos.
5377 and 5378, as previously amended, relating to The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1, Adjustment No. 3,
which adjustment encompassed modifications to permitted
accessory uses within the Parking District and permitted en-
croachments in the Theme Park District; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment is to modify crite
ria for Informational, Re ulatory and Directional (IRD) Signs
visible from the Public Rights -of -Way; and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2001, the Anaheim City Plan-
ning Commission considered the proposed Adjustment No.
4 and recommended to the City Council that it adopt an ordi
nance incorporating said proposed adjustment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
pprevisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act ("CEO'), the City Council has
determined that the project is categorically exemppt from
CEQA under CEOA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), which
Provides that where it can be seen with certainty that there
is no possibility that the activity in question may have a sig-
nificant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject
to CECA: and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to mol ry the Zon-
ing and Development Standards established by Ordinance
No. 5378, as previously amended, contained within Chapter
18.78 of the Anaheim Municipal Code applicable to The
Disneyland Resort Specific Plan No. 92-1.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ANAHEIM DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
That Ordinance No. 5378, aspreviously amended, be,
and the same is hereby, amended to revise the Zoning and
Development Standards in Chapter 18.78 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code as follows:
SECTION 1
Thai subsection 060 of Section 18.78.130 of Chapter
18.78 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the
same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
'.060 Business and Identification Signs. Business and
identification signs shall comply with the Design plan, shall
consist of permanent non -chargeable copyy except as pro-
vided for in Section 18.78.130.0802 a) entttlad
'CHANGEABLE COPY SIGNS' of this chapter, and shall
comply with the following:
,0601 Permitted Signs. The following sign types are al-
lowed in this Zone subject to the requirements of this
chapter.
(a) Freestanding Monument Signs. Such signs shall be:
(1) Monument signs except as provided elsewhere in this
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(3) Be designed as a ccord ra'c architectur t r,, -a
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eat, provided if acompany syrb --, opo is par f'he
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type siggns with opaque backgrnw d ,I
sign copy it shall occupy a maxir ;r, of Twenty f ve pnrceu,.
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and,
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tionaldirectional and regulatory sign system for said pmt
act, nroveted if a company symbol or logo is pan of the (a'). A -h,:. r I,
sign copy, it shall occupy a maximum of twenty-five percent
(25%) of the sign area I tb A ,F • , c -
(2) Informational and directorial blade signs visible from
Magic Way may encroach into the required minimum set
back area spurting the Magic Way public nghtobway and
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may exceed a aximum sign area of eight (8) square feel
subject to the approval of the Planning Director provider.
[al "Blade sign" shall mean a sign on blade panels at
fixedd to a pole;
]b] Bladesins shall be designed as part of a coordlnat
ed architecture, informational and directional sign system,
(c Such signage shall be limited to a maximum pole
hetgg t of twelve (12) feet and a maximum pole diameter of
eight (8) inches. The individual blade panels shall be limit-
ed to a maximum length of forty eight (48) inches, and shall
be attached to the pole at a height between seven (7) feet I
and eleven (11) feet above grade levet,
[dl Such signage shall be limitea to a maximum of two
(2) blade signs at
each vehicular entry drive; and,
e] Such signage shall not be oriented toward. or direct I
ve fouler circulation toward, Walnut Street.
(d) Wall Signs.
(1) Such signs shall not encroach into anyy public rightof-
way, and are subject to the pprevisions speeHied in Exhibit
7.0a entitled 'General Siggn Standards Memx' end Exhibd
7.Ob entitled'HoteVMorel $iggn Standards Matrix' in Semon
04
18.78.130.06entitled 'SIGN STANDARD MATRICES' ,d
this chapter.
(2) Said signs shall have only one (1) display surface
and,
(3) Said signs shall be placed parallel to and in front of
any exterior wall of the building.
(e) Canopy Signs. Canopyy Siggns as defined in Seceon
18.78.130.010 entitled' DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO
SIGNS' of this chapter are considered a wall sign and as
such, all regulations pertaining to wall signs also pertain tc
canopy signs. Such signs shall be perm ad on awning val-
ances, provided awnings shall not be permitted to project
over or into a public rtghtof-wey and the awnings shall ba
an integral part of the building design. Canopy signs on
awning valances are considered wall signs and are subject
to thepprevisions of wall signs as provided in Exhibit 7.Ga en"
titled 'general Skin Standards Matrixand ExhibiV.Ob enti-
(1) Said signs must be oriented to the pedestrian:.
(2) Said signs shall not be internally illuminated:
(3) Only fflleenpercent (15%) of the entire surface of the
awning may be utilized for the sign; and
(4) Said sign may include the company name andor
company symbol only.
(1) Window Identification Signs subject to Exhibit 7.Off an
titled 'General Sign Standards Matrix' and Exhibit 7.01b all -
tied 'Hotel/Motel Sign Standards Matrix' in Section
18.78.130.0604 entitlad'SIGN STANDARD MATRICES of
this chapter.
(g) Other signs as permitted elsewhere in this chapter.
.0602 ConditionedPermitted Signs. The following signs
shall be permitted subject to the approval of a conditional
use permit pursuant to and in accordance with the applies.
blePrevisions of Chapter 18.03 entitled 'ZONING PROCE-
DURES - AMENDMENTS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
AND VARIANCES' of this Code; this section is not intended
to conditionally allow signs prohibited by this chapter or to
change the standards contained herein, but Is intended to
provide a mechanism to address special circumstances.
(a) Changfable copy signs (including electronic mes-
sage boards) for a theater, entertainment facillry, amuse-
ment park, or for hotel/motel complexes provided the site
on which the use is located is a minimum of six (8) acres in
area. In addition, the following provisions shall apply to
such signs:
(1) in addition to the permitted business identification wall
signs, changeable copy signs shall be wall signs provided
the top of such sign is below the cornice of the building or
twenty-five (25) feet whichever is lower except:
la] A theater or entertainment facility may have a change-'�
ostia copy sign which displays identification and program in-
formation, the name of the theater or auditorium end it may
be a Marquee sign.
(2) Such signs shall not be visible from residential zoned
(2) Limited to the name of the development and/or a max or residentially developed properties;
tum of three (3) company names and/or company all
As only; and
(3) Such signs shall use the standard monument sign
ise and conform to the appropriate sign shape as still
it In Exhibit 7 Oa entitled 'General Sign Standards Matrix'
id Exhibit 7.Ob entined'Hotel/Motel Sign Standards
affix in Section 18.78.130.0604, entltled'SIGN STAND-
IDS'vAAIRICES.' of this chanter.
(3) The design of such signs shall be integrated with the
architecture of the building;
b) Animation and bare bulbs are allowed as they pertain
to bulb matrix technology (the technology'usod for reader
board changeable message signs); and,
(b) Signs neither otherwise expressly permitted nor other.
wise exntessty orohibited In finis /one.
(d .Apar e
' (d) Beacon loft eaer
-.her ,r
such algal is ad arta p am not ;u'ainn
err vt v -
- not have adverse ala s. o n � ,y'nanos
(e) Bilis,::,, ,.
(1) Buse f zrl,,l
(g) Can -type, sign r iI c,
i ter u e
and translucent oackg nuno. n Ovide
however tea
type siggns with opaque backgrnw d ,I
;win, , 11 ,...
to be iI uminail !. shall be re n red
(h) Changes op, ago g arc I—
-
sage boards' as defined lex epi as i:om itteo untie
dlilonai use peimiti for toasters. enter;amment faciih'✓`.
amusement parts or to: hotel motel c-:clplexe pr v I
the site on which me .Se is locale 1 1 mil",
acres in area
(i)Emitti,:g signs
Q)Exprasl near 'IJ IL
(k) Flashin- nap c.rso
(I)Flouresccr � e - , syr ,-.- ',r 0 7-
ny symbols.
(m) Landscape signs An Ca arnge,-pert of l y pit ].$o
(flowers, shrubs, etc j,
which ape us or,: mord e,
a symbol or a figure snail not he perrnnred
(n) Magnetic s,ga
(o) Off-prem,Ses -, or its dims' .=-al s,gr-S
(p) On-site directional guidance arc ori director,
signs which are not part of a coordinated architectura,.l-...
matlonal, directional and regulatory sign. system.
(q) Paper, cloth and plastic stream,, signs, and flags
banners and fined balloons except as otherwise pel.
pursuant to Section 18 05.070 entitled TEMPORARY
SIGNS, FLAGS, BANNERS AND BALLOONS - GENERA_
of the Anaheim Municipal Code
(r) Painted signs on exterior wall=
(s) Pennants except as otherwise peg matted sit, ,r
Section 18.05.070 entitled 'TEMPORARY SIGNS, FLA(;.A
BANNERS AND BALLOONS -GENERAL.. of the Anahe,n rf.
nicipal Code.
(t) Permanent come-on signs ia- Sale Tocl
Stop, Look, 'Going out of Business etc
(u) Pole signs.
(v) Portable signs
(w) Product advertising signs as g.. Left drinks. f: g.,
rettes, etc.).
(x) Roof signs.
(y) Rotating or revolving signs.
(z) Signs attached to trees or landscaping
(aa) Signs projecting over or into the;mblic right -of
except as otherwise expressly permine-i herein
(bb) Statues utilized for advertising I ,poses
(cc) Temporapt signs except as express
IC
rnitted herein.
(dl) Replicas of official traffic control signs or signs sc
similar as to be confusing or hazardous to traffic.
(al Vehicle entrance or exit signs which Incorporate br:S
nese names) or other advertising not in compliance with
Section 18.78130.061(c) entitled INFORMATION, REGULA
TORY AND DIRECTIONAL (IRD) SIGNS VISIBLE FROM THF
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAVof this chapter.
( Vehicle signs (signs mounted or displayed orr aver,
cls for advertising purposes) or the parking or storage „ac
vertising vehicles on public or private property.
(g) Wall signs located below the thn d (3rd) floor Iev,, s
a building and which signs are located on a property ,hio
cent to and visible from residential properties.
and signs paint
.0604 Sign Standard Matrices. In addition to all other re
Iirements contained in this chapter, permitted signs shall
mpll with the rovlslons of Exhibit 7.Oa entitled General
an Standards Matrb' and Exhibit 7.Ob entitled,
DtetlMdef Sign Standards Metrlx' as hereinafter set forty
this chapter and the provisions of which are incorporate.
rein by this reterifi " _
SECTION 3.
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, reph, sentence or word of
this ordinance of the Code, hereby adopted, be declared
for any reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the Council
that it would have passed all other portions of this ordi-
nanoa Independent of the elimination herefrom of any such
portion as may be declared invalid.
SECTION 4
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal of
any other ordinance of this City shelf In any manner affect
the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which viola-
tions were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor
be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty or the pe-
nal provisions!cable to any violation thereof. The provi-
sions of this ordi -nonce, insofar as tfrey are substantially the
same as the same subject matter, "I be construed as re-
statements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
SECTION 5.
It shall be unlawful fa any person, firm or corporation
to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the re
guirements of this ordinance. Any person, firm or corpora-
tion violating any provision of this ordinance or failing to
comply with any of its regWrerhents shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars
($1,000.00) or by Imprisonment not exceeding sot W
months, or by both such fins and imprisonment. Each such
person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a sepa
rate offense for each day during any portion of which any vi-
olation of any of the provisions ofthis ordinance is oommh-
ted, continued or permitted by such person, firm or corpora-
tion, and shall be punishable therefor as provided for in this
ordinance.
THE FOREGOING ORDNANCE' approved and adopted
by the Oity Council of the City of Anaheim this tat day of
May, 2DDI
TOM DALY
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST: -
SHERYLLSCHROEDER,
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAH0M
Introduced: April 24, 2001
Adopted: May 1, 20M
Ayes: Mayor/Council Members: Feldhaus, Kring, Tait,
McCracken, Daly
Nose: Mayor/Council Members: None
Absent: Mayor/Council Members: None
Published: Anaheim Bulletin
May 10, 2001
25-631