4987ORDINANCE NO 4987
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADDING,
AMENDING AND REPEALING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF TITLE 18 OF THE ANAHEIM
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO BILLBOARDS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
That Sections 18.05.110, 18.05.111, and 18.05.112 of
Chapter 18.05 of Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code be, and
the same are hereby, amended to read as follows:
SECTION 18.05.110 BILLBOARDS -- GENERAL.
Any billboard otherwise condi-
tionally permitted pursuant to the provisions of this
Title shall comply with all applicable laws of the State
of California and all other provisions of the Anaheim
Municipal Code except as such provisions may be
expressly modified by this chapter.
SECTION 18.05.111 PROHIBITED LOCATION OF
BILLBOARDS.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Code to the contrary, no billboard
shall be permitted at any of the following locations:
.010 Certain Prohibited Zones. No
portion of any billboard shall be permitted upon any
property in any residential zone (except the RS -A-43,000
Zone) or any CO, CL -HS, CR, PD -C, PD -C -RM -2400, PLD -M,
PR, or SC Overlay Zones of the City.
.020 Proximity to Residential Zones
and/or Uses. No portion of any billboard shall be
permitted within a seventy-five (75) foot radius of any
structure originally designed or intended for residen-
tial use and used primarily for residential purposes.
For purposes of this paragraph, structures devoted to
hotel or motel use shall not be considered structures
used primarily for residential purposes.
.030 Certain Prohibited Areas. No
portion of any billboard shall be permitted within that
certain area bounded on the west by the easternmost
boundary of the right-of-way of the Santa Ana Freeway,
on the south by the centerline of Water Street, on the
east by the westernmost boundary of the Santa Fe Railway
right-of-way at Orange Street, and the north by the
centerline of Sycamore Street (and the centerline of
Sycamore extended to the Santa Ana Freeway).
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.040 Scenic Highways. No portion of
any billboard shall be located within two hundred (200)
feet of the nearest right-of-way line of any of the
following described arterial highways:
.0401 Harbor Boulevard, between the
north City limit and south City limit.
.0402 Katella Avenue, between the
centerline of the Santa Ana River and the centerline of
the flood control channel commonly known as the
'Anaheim -Barber City Flood Control Channel' generally
located between Ball Road on the north, Ninth Street on
the east, Orangewood Avenue on the south and Euclid
Street on the west.
.050 Freeway -oriented Billboards.
No portion of any billboard shall be locateT in a
location or manner which violates Section 4.08.020 of
this Code.
SECTION 18.05.112 BILLBOARDS PERMITTED BY
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
Except where expressly
prohibited pursuant to any provision of Section
18.05.111 hereof, billboards, including wall and roof
billboards, shall be permitted in the CL, CG, CH, ML and
MH zones of the City, and the RS -A-43,000 Zone of the
City wherein the General Plan designation for said
property is for general commercial or general industrial
land uses, provided that a conditional use permit is
first approved therefor pursuant to the provisions of
Chapter 18.03 of this Code and further provided any such
use shall comply with all applicable development
standards and other requirements set forth in this Code.
SECTION 2.
That new Section
hereby, added to Chapter
Municipal Code to read as
"SECTION 18.05.118
18.05.118 be, and the same is
18.05 of Title 18 of the Anaheim
follows:
NONCOMMERCIAL MESSAGES.
Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Code, any sign area or message panel
authorized by this chapter may be allocated to a
political, social, informational or otherwise
noncommercial message by the person or entity in control
thereof."
SECTION 3.
That subsections .010 and .020 of Section 18.05.020
of Chapter 18.05 of Title 18 be, and the same are hereby,
amended to read as follows:
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11.010 'Billboard' shall mean a
structure of any kind or character upon which any
poster, bill, printing, writing, painting, graphic or
other display of any kind or nature whatsoever may be
placed for advertising purposes and which structure is
erected, maintained or used for the purpose of
advertisement of goods produced, sold or available for
sale, or services available or rendered, at locations
other than the premises upon which the structure is
located. The term 'billboard' does not include:
(a) Official notices issued by any court or
public body or officer;
(b) Notices posted by any public officer in
performance of a public duty or by any person in
giving legal notice;
(c) Directional, warning or information
structures required by or authorized by law or by
federal, state, county or City authority.
(d) A structure which contains solely the
name of the City and the names of, or any other
information regarding, civic, fraternal or
religious organizations located therein.
(e) guide signs, business signs and temporary
real estate signs as defined in Section 18.05.020
of this code.
.020 Business Signs. This category
shall include all signs and sign structures relating to
the principal business or use of the premises upon which
the sign is erected. Included within this category are
nameplates designating the name and occupation or
profession of the occupant of the premises. This
category shall include any sign which directs attention
to a business, commodity, service, industry or other
activity which is sold, offered or conducted on the
premises upon which the sign is located, or to which it
is affixed. This category shall also include and
authorize signs with political, social, informational or
otherwise noncommercial messages which signs would not
otherwise meet the definition of Business Signs
contained herein. Nothing contained in this definition
shall be construed to permit the erection or
construction of a billboard unless said billboard is
otherwise authorized herein."
SECTION 4.
That subsections .070 of Section 18.44.030 of Chapter
18.44, .080 of Section 18.45.030 of Chapter 18.45, .080 of Section
18.46.030 of Chapter 18.46, .080 of Section 18.61.030 of Chapter
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18.61, and .070 of Section 18.63.030 of Chapter 18.63, all of
Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code relating to permitted
accessory uses be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as
follows:
"Signs, other than billboards, in compliance with
the provisions of Chapter 18.05 hereof."
SECTION 5.
That subsections .080 of Section 18.21.050 of Chapter
18.21, .090 of Section 18.44.050 of Chapter 18.44, .090 of
Section 18.45.050 of Chapter 18.45, .080 of Section 18.46.050 of
Chapter 18.46, .080 of Section 18.61.050 of Chapter 18.61, and
.060 of Section 18.63.050 of Chapter 18.63, all of Title 18 of the
Anaheim Municipal Code relating to conditional uses be, and the
same are hereby, amended to read as follows:
"Billboards as defined and in compliance with
Chapter 18.05 hereof."
SECTION 6.
That subsections .060 of Section 18.45.020 of Chapter
18.45, .030 of Section 18.45.030 of Chapter 18.45, .100 of Section
18.46.020 of Chapter 18.46, .050 of Section 18.61.020 of Chapter
18.61, and .060 of Section 18.63.020 of Chapter 18.63, all of
Title 18 of the Anaheim Municipal Code relating to permitted
primary and accessory uses be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
SECTION 7.
That Ordinances No. 4897 and 4912 be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
SECTION 8.
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.
SECTION 9. 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 elimi-
nation herefrom of any such portion as may be declared invalid.
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THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Anaheim this 10th day of January, 1989.
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CLERK
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. 4987 was introduced at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim, held on the 10th day cf January, 1989,
and that the same was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said
City Council held on the 10th day of January, 1989, by the following vote of
the members thereof:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Daly, Ehrle, Pickler, Kaywood and Hunter
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said
Ordinance No. 4987 on the llst day of January, 1989.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal
of the City of Anaheim this llst day of January, 1989.
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 Ordinance No. 4987 and was published once in the
Anaheim Bulletin on the 20th day. of January, 1989.
CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAFIEIM