5626ORDINANCE NO. 5626
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 18.05 OF TITLE
18 OF THE ANAHEIM MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
TO MARQUEE AND ELECTRONIC READERBOARD SIGNING
AND SIGHT DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR FREE-
STANDING SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Subsection .010 of Section 18.05.046 of Chapter
18.05 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same
is hereby amended, to provide in its entirety, as follows:
"18.05.046.010 Marquee or electronic
readerboard signs for an amusement facility,
theater, lodging facility, church, community
service organization, school or automobile
dealership (which automobile dealership is
the major tenant of a minimum three acre site),
subject to the limitations of Section 18.05.094."
SECTION 2.
That Subsection .070 of Section 18.05.093 and Subsect-
ion .070 of Section 18.05.094 both of Chapter 18.05 of Title 18
of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and the same are hereby,
amended to read as follows:
"Minimum Sight Distance Requirements For Freestanding
Signs. A Line of Sight Triangle is hereby established
at each corner of every intersection of two streets.
Two legs of the triangle shall extend twenty five feet
along each street right of way and the third leg shall
connect the termini of each of the other two legs.
No sign copy shall be permitted in the area extending
from a point two feet to a point eight feet above the
elevation of the adjacent public sidewalk within the
Line of Sight Triangle. Any freestanding sign install-
ation located within fifty feet of any driveway, in-
cluding driveways on other property, shall meet the
provisions of Engineering Standard Plan No. 137 -
"Commercial Drive Approach".
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SECTION 3. 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 4.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be printed once within
fifteen (15) days after its adoption in the Anaheim Bulletin, a
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in
said City, and thirty (30) days from and after its final passage,
it shall take effect and be in full force.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 9th da of December , 1997.
MAYO THE CITY OF AN IM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF TITE CITY OF AN EIM
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 5626 was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Anaheim, held on the 2nd day of December, 1997, and that the same was duly passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 9th day of December, 1997, by
the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES:
MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS:
McCracken, Tait, Zemel, Lopez Daly
NOES:
MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Ordinance No.
5626 on the 9th day of December, 1997.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of Anaheim this 9th day of December, 1997.
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the original of Ordinance No. 5626 and was published once in the North County News on
the 18th day of December, 1997.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM