HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1972-6373RESOLUTION NO. 6373
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA URGING THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 131 (g) OF
TITLE I OF THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT AND A
DELAY IPd THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SAID PROVISIONS UNTIL
A MORE THOROUGH STUDY CAN BE UNDERTAKEN
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the California Roadside Council has long opposed
the provisions of Section 131 (g) of Title I of the Highway Beauti-
fication Act, which provides for compensation to be paid for the
elimination of billboards along interstate highways, and
WHEREAS, the California Roadside Council indicates their
belief that the implemenation of this act, which would provide for
compensation for removal of billboards adjacent to freeways with
federal funds, would be disastrous to the program of billboard
control and prohibition utilizing the amortization approach, and
WHEREAS, because of a failure to adhere to federal standards,
the State of California would possibly lose 10$ of federal highway
funds which would seriously cripple the freeway program in the State
of California, and
WHEREAS, the amortisation approach might be precluded from
application to those billboards qualifying under the federal law for
compensation upon their removal; it would be ironical indeed if the
billboard industry were to begin to argue that all of their billboards
were indeed intended primarily to be viewed from the freeways, which
is contrary o their present position whenever the state law has
been applied to any one of their billboards, and
WHEREAS, we in the City of Chula Vista would become involved
in a dual program of enforcement which would greatly complicate the
entire schedule of billboard removal, i.e., billboards on the freeway
would be subject to removal if compensation is paid, billboards in
the balance of the community would be subject to removal upon com-
pletion of amortization schedules, and
WHEREAS, the whole matter of regulation or prohibition of
billboards would be reopened in the courts with unfortunate results
for all of the cities attempting to prohibit billboards in terms of
delay.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista joins the California Roadside Council in urging
the amendment of Section 131 (g) to permit each state upon meeting
federal standards either by payment of compensation or by amortization
to be under the state's police power.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Department
of Transportation, the Honorable John Volpe, should seriously review
this portion of the Highway Beautification Act in terms of its effect
upon the several cities and their programs of billboard regulation
and prohibition, and some arrangement be made which would strengthen
the cities' regulatory process rather than creating the support of
problems outlined hereinabove.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk of the City of
Chula Vista be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward
certified copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the Department
of Transportation, the Honorable John Volpe, and to Senators Cranston
and Tunney and Congressmen Van Deerlin and Wilson.
Presented by
Bruce H. Warren, Director of
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Approved as to form by
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 14th day of D4arch 197„
by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Cauviceti~men Hyde, Egdahl, Scott, Hobel, Hamilton
NAYES : Cau~.c~.2me~. None
ABSENT: Cauv~c~.2men None
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