6123ORDINANCE NO. 6123
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADDING
NEW SUBSECTION .405 TO SECTION 18.44.030 AND
AMENDING SECTION 18.44.120 OF CHAPTER 18.44 OF
TITLE 18 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO SERVICE STATION SIGNS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HEREBY ORDAINS
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That new subsection .405 be, and the same is hereby, added to Section 18.44.030 of
Chapter 18.44 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to read as follows:
".405 "Pump -Top Video Display Terminal" means any video screen or electronic display,
monitor or terminal that is located on, or affixed to, a fuel -dispensing pump that broadcasts, displays,
emits, exhibits or shows audio and/or visual content or material."
SECTION 2.
That Section 18.44.120 of Chapter 18.44 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code
be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
"18.44.120 SERVICE STATION SIGNS.
.010 The signs allowed for service stations are set forth in Table 44-D (Service Station Signs).
Such signs shall be decorative and coordinated with a common design theme that matches the
building.
Table 44-D
Service Station Signs
Use/Type
Number
Area of Each Sign Face
Special Provisions
(square feet)
Business
1 freestanding sign, or 1
80
A freestanding sign is not
Identification
monument sign; each sign
permitted if the service
may include name of fuel
station has a freestanding,
1
business, and name of a
freeway -oriented sign.
convenience store or fast-
The maximum height of the
food restaurant attached to
freestanding or monument
the fuel business, price of
sign shall not exceed 8 feet.
fuel, credit cards
accepted, and existence of
a car wash
Freeway-
1
Subject to 18.44.100
Subject to 18.44.100
Oriented
Wall
1 per building elevation
20
The wall sign shall identify
the name of either the fuel
service, the convenience
store, or a fast-food
restaurant attached to the
fuel business.
Lighter Box
1 per each row of pumps
Subject to subsection
Subject to subsection .020
.020 below
below
Price
See 'Business
Included in 'Business
Identification"
Identification"
Canopy
1 per street frontage
20, but not to exceed
May contain company name
70% of the vertical
or company symbol
face on which the sign
is located
Car Wash
See 'Business
Included in 'Business
Identification"
Identification"
Also 1 wall sign above
8
entrance to car wash
Also 1 wall sign to
15
identify prices for
services, provided it is not
visible from the public
right-of-way
Type of Service
1 sign at each end of each
4
row of pumps, identifying
whether service is self
service or full service
Special Services
1 attached to each device
4
Signs shall not be
providing air service,
illuminated
water service, recharging
for electric vehicles, and
similar services
Directional
1 designating entrance to
2
service station, 1
designating exit from
service station, 1
designating entrance to
car wash, 1 designating
exit from car wash
Pump -Top
1 per pump dispenser
Maximum viewable
Subject to subsection .040,
Video Display
screen area of 19
below
Terminal
inches measured
diagonally
.020 Lighter Box Gasoline Service Station Signs. Lighter box gasoline service station signs are
permitted in service stations, and are not considered freestanding signs; provided that they shall not
exceed a height of four (4) feet, and the width shall not exceed the length of the working area, or
thirteen (13) feet, whichever is less. The signs may be either one- or two-faced, internally lighted,
and decorated with company logos or name, provided the logos and names shall not exceed twenty
percent (20%) of the total area of each face of the sign.
.030 Banners. The display of banners across service bays that are visible to the public right-of-
way are prohibited, unless a special event permit is obtained and the provisions of Section 18.44.170
(Temporary Signs — Special Event Permit) are met.
.040 Pump -Top Video Display Terminal. Pump -Top Video Display Terminals are permitted in
service stations subject to the following provisions:
0401 The pump -top video display terminal must be integrated into the overall design of the
.0402 Pump -top video display terminals must contain a privacy screen, or other screening or
hood devise, which eliminates or reduces the ability to view the screen from any angle except from
directly in front of the screen at the fuel pump dispenser.
.0403 Sound emanating from the pump -top video display terminal shall not be audible to a
person of normal hearing acuity at any point on the property line or at a distance in excess of fifteen
(15) feet from the pump -top video display terminal equipment, whichever is less.
.0404 Sound emanating from the pump -top video display terminal shall only be activated
when a customer is standing in front of a fuel pump and shall automatically turn off when a customer
is not standing in front of a fuel pump.
.0405 Pump -top video display terminals shall only operate between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
and 9:00 p.m.
.0406 Pump -top video display terminals shall be located a minimum of forty (40) feet from
any residential zone or residential use boundary line."
SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY
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 here from of any such portion as maybe declared invalid.
SECTION 4. SAVINGS CLAUSE
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 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.
SECTION 5. PENALTY
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 (S 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
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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 therefore as provided for in this ordinance.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 3rd day of November , 2008, and thereafter
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 18th day of
November , 2008, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Member Hernandez, Galloway, Kring
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: Council Member Sidhu
ABSTAIN: NONE
CITY OFA EIM
By:
MAYOR OF THE ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
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SUMMARY PUBLICATION
CITY OF ANAHEIM
ORDINANCE NO. 6123
AN ADDING NEW CSUBSECTION OF THE .��0 SECTION
18.44.030 AND AMENDING SECTION 18.44.120
OF CHAPTER 18.44 OF TITLE 18 OF THE ANA-
HEIM MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SERV-
ICE STATION SIGNS.
This ordinance adds a new subsection 405 to Section
18.44.030 and amends Section 18.44,120 of Chapter 18.44 of
Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal. Code relating to Service
Station Signs.
This amendment permits ppump-top video dispiay terminals
at service stations by rnkg subject to certain design and
operational restrictions. The video display terminals typically
include advertising for goods and services: rendered on-site,
advertisements for local businesses, css're delic service in- y
formation such as. beef news and human interest stories,
and traffic and weather reports. ..
I, Linda N. Andal, City Clerk Of the City of Anaheim, do here-
by certify that the attached table consyfutes a summary of
Ordinance No. 6123 which ordinance was introduced at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim
on the 3rd dayof November 2008 and was duly passed
and adopted at a regular meeting of said Council on the
18tir day of November, 2008 by. the foNowing. roll call vote of
the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Pringgle, Council Members Hernandez,
Galloway, Feng
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: Council Member Sidhu
ABSTAIN: NONE
The attached summary is a brief description of the subject
matter contained in the text of Ordinance No. 6123, which
has been prepared pursuant to Section 512 of the Charter of
the City of Anaheim. This summary does riot include or de-
scribe every provision of the ordinance and should not be
relied on as a substitute for tha hull text of the ordinance.
To obtain a copy Of the full te)d of the ordinance, please
contact the OW06 of the City Clerk, (714) 766.5166, between
8.00 AM and 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday. There is no
charge for the copy.
Publish: Anaheim Bulletin November 27,2008 9017067