4897ORDINANCE NO. 4897
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADOPTING
AN INTERIM MEASURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 65858
OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA PROHIBITING CERTAIN USES OF
PROPERTY WHICH MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH A
ZONING PROPOSAL THE CITY COUNCIL IS
CONSIDERING OR STUDYING AND DECLARING THAT
THIS ORDINANCE IS AN URGENCY MEASURE WHICH
SHALL TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim has heretofore adopted
a zoning code as codified and set forth in Title 18 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code (hereinafter "Zoning Code")
regulating the use of property within the City of Anaheim;
and
WHEREAS, certain portions of said Zoning Code
provide for the regulation of off -premise advertising signs
(hereinafter "billboards") as defined in Section
18.05.020.010 of the Anaheim Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is considering or
studying a zoning proposal relating to numerous possible
changes to the current regulations governing billboards
within the City of Anaheim; and
WHEREAS, to protect the public safety, health and
welfare, the City Council adopts this interim ordinance as
an urgency measure to prohibit any uses in conflict with the
aforesaid contemplated zoning proposal prior to its
consideration by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That notwithstanding any provision of the Anaheim
Municipal Code to the contrary, no permit or entitlement of
any nature whatsoever shall be issued by the City of Anaheim
for the construction or erection of any billboard, and no
billboard shall be constructed or erected, within the City
of Anaheim during the period this ordinance is in effect.
The term "billboard" as used herein shall mean as defined in
Section 18.05.020.010 of the Anaheim Municipal Code.
SECTION 2.
That the City Council declares that this ordinance
is necessary as an emergency measure for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health or safety and the
reasons for its urgency are as follows:
1. The City Council is currently considering or
studying a zoning proposal relating to possible
comprehensive revisions to the City's billboard regulations;
and
2. Portions of the proposal under consideration or
study relate to regulation of the size, location and
illumination of billboards as the same may impact or impair
the vision of vehicle drivers, pedestrians and others; and
3. Unless this ordinance is adopted as an urgency
measure additional billboards may be constructed or erected
in the City prior to the time the City Council fully
considers the zoning proposal relating thereto including
revisions which may be necessary to protect the public
peace, health or safety.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall take effect immediately
as an urgency measure and shall remain in effect for a
period of 45 days after its date of adoption, or until
sooner repealed, unless extended in accordance with the
provisions of Section 65858 of the Government Code of the
State of California.
SECTION 4.. 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.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 26th day of January, 1988.
MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
C4447IT—Y CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANA E M
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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. 4897 was introduced and adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Anaheim held on the 26th day of
January, 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. 4897 on the 26th day of January, 1988.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of the City of Anaheim this 26th day of January, 1988.
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LEONORA N. SOHL, CTVf CLERK
(SEAL)
I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that
the foregoing is the original Ordinance No. 4897 and was published once in the
Anaheim Bulletin on the 5th day of February, 1988.
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