4900FOLLOWS:
ORDINANCE NO. 4900
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM REPEALING,
ADDING AND AMENDING VARIOUS SUBSECTIONS AND
SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 4.04 OF TITLE 4 AND
CHAPTERS 18.04 AND 18.05 OF TITLE 18 OF THE
ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
ADVERTISING STRUCTURES AND POLITICAL SIGNS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
SECTION 1.
That Sections 4.04.030, 4.04.040, 4.04.050, 4.04.060,
4.04.070, 4.04.080, 4.04.090, 4.04.160, 4.04.170, 4.04.190,
4.04.230, 4.04.250, 4.04.260, 4.04.270, 4.04.280, 4.04.290,
4.04.300, 4.04.320, 4.04.330, 4.04.340, 4.04.350, 4.04.360,
4.04.386, 4.04.390, 4.04.400, 4.04.410, 4.04.420, 4.04.430,
4.04.440 and 4.04.450 of Chapter 4.04 of Title 4 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code be, and they are hereby, repealed.
SECTION 2.
That Section 4.04.380 of Chapter 4.04 of Title 4 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read as
follows:
114.04.380 AFFIXING SIGNS AND NOTICES TO PROPERTY -
PERMISSION OF OWNER REQUIRED.
It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation, except a public employee or
officer in the performance of a public duty, or a
private person in giving legal notice, to paste, post,
print, paint, nail, tack or otherwise fasten any card,
banner, handbill, sign, poster, advertisement,
advertising structure, sign device or notice of any
kind upon the property of another without the consent
of the owner or person entitled to possession of the
property."
SECTION 3.
That Section 4.04.385 of Chapter 4.04 of Title 4 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read as
follows:
"4.04.385 PERMITS REQUIRED.
It shall be unlawful for any person to
erect, construct, locate or maintain any sign or other
device or structure as defined in this chapter without
having applied for and been issued a building permit if
a building permit is otherwise required pursuant to
this Code."
SECTION 4.
That Section 4.04.010 of Chapter 4.04 of Title 4 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read as
follows:
"4.04.010 'ADVERTISING STRUCTURE' DEFINED.
The term 'advertising structure' as used
in this Chapter is hereby defined to be any board,
fence, sign or structure erected or used for
advertising purposes, whereon any poster, bill,
printing, painting, device or advertising matter of any
kind may be placed, stuck, tacked, posted, printed,
painted, or fastened; provided, however, this
definition shall not include any sign or structure
whereon the message is limited to (a) the promotion of
political candidates, political issues or other
political messages of any nature; or (b) official
notices issued by any court or governmental entity or
officer; or any sign which has a surface area of less
than nine (9) square feet."
SECTION 5.
That Section 18.05.063 of Chapter 18.05 of Title 18 of
the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and it is hereby, amended to read
as follows:
1118.05.063 POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGNS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Title, political signs shall be permitted on
private property in any zone provided:
.010 such signs comply with the minimum
sight distance requirements set forth in Section
18.05.093.025 of this Code; and
.020 such signs comply with the
provisions of Section 4.04.130 of this Code; and
.030 any structure to which such
political signs are attached shall comply with
all applicable provisions of Title 15 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code, except that no building
permit shall be required for a temporary
political sign having a surface area of
thirty-five square feet or less and which
structure is removed within 120 days of its
erection or placement or within 30 days after the
election to which the sign relates, whichever
occurs first."
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SECTION 6.
That subsection .033 of Section 18.04.045 of Chapter
18.04 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same
is hereby, amended to read as follows:
".033 Signs as otherwise expressly
permitted in this Code."
SECTION 7.
That subsection .025 of Section 18.05.093 of Chapter
18.05 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same
is hereby, amended to read as follows:
".025 Minimum Sight Distance
Requirements for
Freestanding Signs.
In order to reduce visual
obstruction to vehicular pedestrian traffic, no
display surface of any freestanding sign shall be
permitted between a height of thirty (30) inches
and eight (8) feet above ground within the
triangular area formed by:
.0251 The intersection of two
(2) streets by measuring back twenty-five (25) feet
in each direction from the point of intersection of
the projection of the two (2) ultimate right -of way
lines;
.0252 The intersection of a
street and a driveway by measuring back ten (10)
feet in each direction from the point of
intersection of the ultimate right-of-way line and
the outer edges of the driveway approach;
.0253 The intersection of a
street and a driveway by measuring back ten (10)
feet in each direction from the intersection of the
ultimate right-of-way line and the outer edges of
the driveway approach, where no sidewalk exists; or
.0254 The intersection of a
pedestrian/vehicular conflict point by measuring
back five (5) feet in each direction from the point
of intersection of the walkway edges and the curb
or the ultimate right-of-way line, whichever is
further from the centerline of the street."
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SECTION 8. SEVERABILITY
The City Council of the City of Anaheim hereby declares
that should any section, paragraph, sentence or word of this
ordinance, 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 9. SAVINGS CLAUSE
Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal
hereby 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
ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City relating to
the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and
continuations, and not as new enactments.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 23rd day of February, 1988.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OPA ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
ASSTSTANT
CITY CLERK OF THE CI Y OF APEEIM
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CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, ANN M. SAUVAGEAU, Assistant City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 4900 was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 16th day of
February, 1988, and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular
meeting of said City Council held on the 23rd day of February, 1988, by the
following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Ehrle, Hunter, Kaywood, Pickler and Bay
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Ordinance No. 4900 on the 25th day of February, 1988.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of the City of Anaheim this 25th day of February, 1988.
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ASSISTANT CIT CLERK 0E CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, ANN M. SAUVAGEAU, Assistant City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4900 and was
published once in the Anaheim Bulletin on the 4th day of March, 1988.
XSSISTA T CITVERK