HomeMy WebLinkAbout517ORDINANCE NO. 517
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER
17.72 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE, DELETING THE
"S" OVERLAY ZONE AND AMENDING THE STANDARDS
FOR OFF-SITE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
WHEREAS, in November 1995 the City Council adopted Ordinance
No. 499 prohibiting further billboard development to allow the City
to complete a comprehensive review of existing billboards and to
create standards for future development; and
WHEREAS, the City has completed its study and has reviewed the
standards used by surrounding jurisdictions for controlling
billboard development; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that these amended standards
are necessary for the purposes of (1) promoting traffic safety by
eliminating or regulating traffic hazards caused by distracting
advertising displays, and (2) enhancing the aesthetic appearance of
the City by regulating the location, design and size of the
displays and adjacent landscaping; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council to further these
purposes by restricting the location of commercial billboards to
certain areas adjacent to the interstate highways.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Deletion of S Zone. This ordinance deletes the
S overlay zone for outdoor advertising structures.
Section 2: Irwindale Municipal Code Chapter 17.72. Chapter
17.72 of the Irwindale Municipal Code is amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
"Chapter 17.72
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES
17 72 010 APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. The provisions of
this Chapter shall apply to all off-site outdoor commercial
advertising structures, i.e., billboards, within the City of
Irwindale. This Chapter does not apply to on-site or
noncommercial advertising structures.
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17.72.020 CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT REQUIRED. The
construction, modification or replacement of outdoor
advertising structures is permitted in commercial, quarry or
industrial zones, subject to obtaining a conditional use
permit and complying with all other conditions imposed by this
Chapter. All existing outdoor commercial advertising
structures that are not in compliance with the requirements of
this Chapter are declared to be nonconforming uses.
17.72.040 AMORTIZATION OF NONCONFORMING USES. All
nonconforming structures shall be amortized and removed,
without compensation from the City, in accordance with state
law. Nonconforming structures not removed after the
applicable amortization period shall be considered public
nuisances subject to immediate abatement.
17.72.030 GENERAL CONDITIONS. The provisions of this
section are in addition any conditions imposed by the
conditional use permit.
A. Sign Face Dimensions. The area of the sign face of
an outdoor advertising structure shall not exceed eight
hundred and fifty (850) square feet, including border and
trim, but excluding base or apron supports and other
structural members.
1. Cutouts and other special advertising features
or additions to a sign face shall not project more than five
(5) feet above the maximum height limit.
2. Bi-directional or double-faced signs shall be
located on the same structure. For parallel double-faced
signs, the distance between sign faces shall not exceed eight
(8) feet. For "V-shaped" double-faced signs, the distance
between sign faces shall not exceed thirty-five (35) feet at
their widest point and shall not exceed eight (8) feet at
their closest point.
B. Structure Design. Each structure shall have no more
than two poles, and shall be constructed of non-combustible
material.
C. Height. The overall height of each structure shall
not exceed thirty-five (35) feet, exclusive of cutouts or
special additions, measured from the higher of either:
1. The finished grade of the roadway adjacent to
the lot on which the structure is located and from which the
advertising display is to be viewed; or,
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2. The finished grade of the base of the sign.
D. Location. The location of outdoor advertising
structures shall be restricted as follows:
1. Structures shall be located only on private
property immediately adjacent to the I-605 and I-210 freeways
that is zoned for commercial, quarry or industrial uses.
2. Structures shall not be located on public
property or rights-of-way. No portion of any sign or
structure shall project into, beneath, or above the public
right-of-way.
3. Structures shall not be located within the
setback standards that apply to the zone in which the
structure is located.
4. Structures shall not be located within five (5)
feet of a building or other structure.
5. New outdoor advertising structures shall not be
located within two thousand five hundred (2,500) feet of
another outdoor advertising structure. Existing outdoor
advertising structures may not be replaced unless they are a
minimum of five hundred (500) feet from another outdoor
advertising structure. For purposes of this section,
measurements shall be made along the edge of the right-of-way
of the freeway from which the display is designed to be
primarily viewed, from a line perpendicular to the centerline
of that freeway passing through the nearest edge of the
existing sign, to a line perpendicular to the centerline
passing through the nearest edge of the proposed sign.
E. Prohibited Signs. The following types of signs
shall not be permitted on outdoor advertising structures:
1. Any form of moving, animated, oscillating, or
rotating sign, or any other design intended to attract
attention through movement or the semblance of movement of the
whole or any part of the sign or any other method or device
that suggests movement.
2. Inflatable signs.
3. Flashing signs, containing illuminated light or
other devices which are intermittently on and off, which
change in intensity, or which create the illusion of flashing
(00�1 in any manner.
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F. Appearance. No outdoor advertising structure,
including its supporting structure and lighting, shall present
any hazard to the safety of pedestrian or vehicular traffic by
obstructing the flow of such traffic, obstructing the sight
lines required for the safe movement of pedestrian or
vehicular traffic, interfering with the visibility and
effectiveness of any traffic control or warning device, or in
any other manner, as determined by the City Manager or his
designee.
1. All signs shall be designed and maintained to
be compatible with the design and materials used in the
structure on which the sign is located.
2. No sign face or sign area shall be added to an
existing sign unless within a permanent frame or panel
indicated for such purpose on approved plans for the total
sign structure.
3. All signs shall be maintained in good condition
and working order, as determined by the City Manager or his
designee, and free of graffiti, peeling, paint, faded colors,
and/or broken and damaged materials.
G. Adjacent Landscaping. The properties upon which
outdoor advertising structures are located shall be landscaped
to achieve a consistent freeway corridor landscaping theme in
accordance with the following guidelines:
1. The landscaping objective is to see' the
property on which the structure is located landscaped
completely along the freeway frontage, or on larger parcels
with more than one outdoor advertising structure, a distance
determined to be a proportionate share of the property's
freeway frontage. Landscaping is not intended to block the
view of the structures within their viewshed, a distance of
one quarter (1/4) mile from the sign face.
2. The structures shall be landscaped with a
backdrop effect, utilizing fast growing, vertical formed
trees, such as eucalyptus varieties.
3. The structures should be framed with trees of
a broad form, such as pepper tree.or native oak varieties.
4. Sites that are on quarry or landfill properties
shall be landscaped with shrubs and trees so as to effectively
screen the property from freeway views.
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5. The plant materials used for landscaping shall
be drought resistant and irrigated with an automatic drip
irrigation system. Irrigation systems may be installed on the
surface if a licensed landscape architect establishes a
maintenance plan that may allow the irrigation to be
discontinued if the plant materials reach a level of maturity
and condition that would permit it without damage to the plant
material.
6. Landscape plans shall be accompanied by a
photographic view study of the structure, both within its
viewshed and from a more distant approach to the viewshed of
the structure. This study shall demonstrate the effectiveness
of the proposed landscape plan and its compliance with the
preceding provisions."
Section 3: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect
thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption, and prior to the
expiration of fifteen (15) days from the passage thereof shall be
published at least once in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in Los
Angeles County and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in
full force and effect.
Section 4: Severability. If any phrase, clause, sentence,
subsection, or section of this Ordinance is for any reason held to
be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of any
other part of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares
that it would have passed this Ordinance and each phrase, clause,
sentence, subsection, or section hereof irrespective of the fact
that any one or more of such phrases, clauses, sentences,
subsections, or sections had been declared invalid.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on the 23rd day of October, 1997.
atricio 4dnS. Mira da, Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF IRWINDALE )
I, Camille Diaz, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Irwindale,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 517,
was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held
on the 9th day of October, 1997, and was duly approved and adopted
by the City Council at a regular meeting of said Council held on
the 23rd day of October, 1997, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Almazan, Castellanos, Chavez, Tapia,
Mayor Miranda
None
None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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