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ORDINANCE N0, 209
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF IRWINDALE AMENDING,THE
ZONING REGULATIONS OF SAID_CITY WITH
REFERENCE TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
STRUCTURES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE.CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That,Subparagraph 3 of Section 9329 (0)
of the Irwindale Municipal Code, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"3. Outdoor Advertising Structure, shall
mean a.sign soliciting public support or directing
public attention to the sale, lease, hiring or use
of any objects, products or service, which are not
produced, sold, or otherwise available on the
premises where such sign is erected and maintained;
outdoor advertising structure shall also mean a
sign upon which a visual message is delivered to
members of the general public concerning
candidates for public offices, and other matters
relating to elections as well as public service
announcements."
SECTION 2, That Section 9333 (S) of the Irwindale
Municipal Code is hereby amended by amending Subparagraph
3 thereof to read as follows:
"3. Sign shall mean any device for visual
communication, other than an outdoor advertising
structure, including any announcement, declaration,
demonstration, display, illustration or insignia,
which is used to advertise or promote the interest
of any person, business, group or enterprise,
relating togoods, services, products and the like
produced or available on the premises on which the
sign is located."
SECTION 3. That Chapter,.3 is hereby added to the
Irwindale Municipal Code consisting of Sections 9600
through 9602 to read, respectively as follows:
" CHAPTER 3 - OVERLAY ZONES "
"PART 1 - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES"
"9600. Outdoor Advertising Structure Zones.
Outdoor advertising structure zones shall be created
in the same manner as property is reclassified from
one zone to another within the City, as set forth in
Section 9354 hereof. When such a zone has been created,
it shall be designated upon the City's official Zoning
Map as an overlay zone, by addingthe parenthetically
enclosed letter "9" (S) after the zoning symbol
which indicates the zone in which the property
is included. Outdoor advertising structure zones
shall be referred to as "S -Zones."
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"9601. Permitted Uses. ,In addition to all
other permitted uses on properties which are in-
cluded within an S -Zone, there shall be permitted
the erection and maintenance of outdoor advertising
structures, subject to the regulations set forth
in this part."
"9602, Limitations on Uses. No person shall
use, locate, construct or maintain an outdoor
advertising structure on any property except in an
S -Zone. The location and maintenance of outdoor
advertising structures on such properties, shall
comply with the following regulations:
(a) Sign Face Area. The area of an
outdoor advertising structure which is
utili2edrfor advertising per se, shall not
exceed 350 sq. feet, unless a conditional use
permit therefor is first obtained;,and
(b) Height. No advertising structure
shall exceed an _overall height of 35 feet,
measured from the finished grade of the lot
upon which the sign is located; and
(c) Location.
structures shall be
with the following:
Outdoor advertising
located in compliance
(1) No, outdoor advertising structure
shall be located upon any public
property or right-of-way except
with the written consent of the
City Council of City; and
(2) No outdoor advertising structure
shall be located within 20 feet
of the front lot line, nor within
5 feet of the side lot line, of the
lot upon which the same is located;
and.
(3) No outdoor advertising structure
shall be located on any lot to the
rear of the line utilized to
determine the _lot,,width.of such
lot; and
(4) No outdoor advertisitig structure
shall hereafter be located within 3 feet
of any other building except that bi-
directional outdoor advertising structures
maybe -located adjacent to one another,
if the distance between the same does
not exceed 18 inches; and
(5) No outdoor advertising structure,
except for bi-directional signs as
hereinabove expressly provided, shall
be located within 300 feet of any
other outdoor advertising structure
whether or not on the same lot."
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SECTION 4. That Sections 8500 through 8531, inclusive,
of the Irwindale Municipal Code are hereby repealed and
rescinded.
SECTION 5. That Sections 8500 through 8504, being
Chapter 5 of Article VIII, are hereby added to the Irwindale
Municipal Code to read, respectively, as follows:
"CHAPTER 5-- OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES"
"8500;- Definitions. As used in this Chapter,
certain terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) 'Advertising Structure' shall mean an
outdoor advertising structure as defined in Sub-
paragraph (3) of Section 9329 (0) hereof; and
(b) 'Si n' shall mean a sign as defined in
Subparagraph (3) of Section 9333 (S) hereof; and
(c) Neither•'advertising structures' nor
'sign' as used in thisArticleinclude:
(1) Official notices issued by a
court or public body or officer;
(2) Notices posted by any public
officer in performance of a
public duty, or by any person
in giving legal notice;
(3) Directional, warning, or infor-
mation signs or structures
required or authorized by law or
by federal, state or municipal
authority;
(4) Temporary political signs or
posters.
(d) 'Advertising Display' shall mean
advertising structures and signs; and
(e) 'Freeway' shall mean a highway in respect
to which the owners of abutting lands have no right
or easement of access to or from-their'abutting_ lands
or in respect to which such owners have only limited
or restricted right or easement of access, and which
is declared to be such in compliance with the Streets
and Highways Code of the State of California; and
(f) 'To Place:' The verb 'to place' and any of
its variants as applied to advertising displays includes
the maintaining and the erecting, constructing, posting,
painting, printing, tacking, nailing, glueing, stitching,
carving or otherwise fastening, affixing or making
visible, -any advertising display on or to the ground,
or any tree, bush, rock, fence, post, wall, building,
structure or thing; and
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(g) 'Landscaped Freeway.' The term 'landscaped
freeway' shall be deemed to mean a section or sections
of a freeway which is now, or hereafter -.may be,
improved by the planting of at least on one side of
the freeway right-of-way, of lawns, trees, shrubs,
flowers or other ornamental vegetation which shall
require reasonable maintenance.
Planting for the purpose of soil erosion
control, traffic safety requirements, reduction of
fire hazards, or traffic noise abatement, shall not
change the character of a freeway_ to :a landscaped
freeway."
r 118501. Advertising visplays au �acci�
Landscaped Freeways. No advertising displays shall
be placed or maintained on property adjacent to a
section of freeway which has been, or hereafter may
be, landscaped as defined herein, if the advertising
display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons
traveling on such landscaped section ,of a freeway.
"8502. Exempt Advertising Displays. The
8501 of this Chapter shall
provisions of ,Section
not apply to any of the following listed advertising
structures or signs used exclusively:
(a) to advertise the sale or lease of the
property on which said advertising display is placed;
(b) to designate the name of the owner or
occupant of the premises upon which said advertising
display is placed or to identify such premises;
(c) to•advertise the business conducted
or goods manufactured or produced, or services
rendered upon the property upon which said
advertising display is placed."
"8503. Removal of Prohibited Displays.
Any advertising structure or sign which is now,
or hereafter may be, in violation of the provisions
of Section 8501 hereof shall be removed within
three (3) years from the effective date of this
Chapter or within three (3) years from the date
when the project for the landscaping of a section
or sections of.a freeway shall have been completed
or accepted, and the character of said section or
sections shall have been changed from a freeway to
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a landscaped freeway, whichever is the later date.
"8504. Severability. If any section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this Chapter is, for any reason, held to be
invalid or unconstitutional, by the decision of
any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Chapter."
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SECTION 6. That the City Clerk shall certify the
adoption hereof and shall cause the same to be posted in
the manner prescribed by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of December, 1967.
M ke Mirand'a, Mayor
ATTEST: ✓v
C' y Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS -ANGELES ) ss. !
CITY OF IRWINDALE )
I, Margaret S. Barbosa, City Clerk of the City of Irwindale
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 209 was regularly
introduced, adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 5th day of December, 1967, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN: Breceda, Pat Miranda, Barbosa,
and Mayor Mike Miranda.
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None.
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: Diaz.
Marg#Qret S. Barbosa, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF IRWINDALE )
I, Margaret S. Barbosa, being first duly sworn, deposes and
says:
That she is the duly appointed and City Clerk of the
City of Irwindale, California, and is and was at all times herein
mentioned a citizen of the United States over the age of
eighteen years and .competent_to,be witness -herein.
On December 19, 1967, she securely and conspicuously posted
at each of the three designated public places in said City.
Dated: December 19, 1967
Marg et S. Barbosa, City Clerk