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ORDINANCE NO. 2363
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA ADDING SECTION
19.60.041 AND AMENDING SECTIONS 19.60.545, 19.60.570 AND
19.60.580 OF THE CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
POLITICAL SIGNS
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I: That Section 19.60.545 is hereby renumbered and amended
and a new Section 19.60.041 is hereby added to the Chula Vista Municipal Code
to read as follows:
Section 19.60.041 Signs-Prohibited on public rights of way.
No person shall paint, mark or write on or post or otherwise affix any
sign wi thin the public right of way, which includes but i s not limi ted
to, the following: sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, curbstone, street, lamp
post, hydrant, tree, shrub, tree stake or guard, railroad trestle,
electric light or pole or telephone or telegraph or trolley wire or pole
or wire apparatus thereof or upon any fixture or upon any lighting
system, street sign or traffic sign. If a sign is posted in violation of
this section, the Director of Building and Housing may cause removal of
the sign and assess a charge for the cost of removal to the person or
entity responsible for placement of the sign, or on his behalf the sign
was placed. A sign removed pursuant to this section is subject to
immediate removal and destruction and is not subject to the storage
requirements of Section 19.60.080, or to the notice requirements of
Section 19.60.580.
SECTION II: That Section 19.60.570 of the Chula Vista Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 19.60.570 Political signs-Time limit for posting and removal.
The following regulations shall apply to political signs located in any
Zone:
Political signs may be posted in any zone and shall be removed within ten
days immediately following the election.
SECTION III: That Section 19.60.580 of the Chula Vista Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 19,60.580 Political signs-Removal authorized when.
The procedure for the removal of political signs is as follows:
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With the exception of signs posted in the public right-of-way, which may
removed without notice, the Director of Building and Housing or his or
her designee is hereby authorized, after giving 24 hours notice to the
owner of the sign, to remove any political signs that do not conform to
the standards herein provided. The notice shall specify the provision of
the sign ordinance being violated, and shall inform the owner that
removal charges will be assessed. The owner may, within 24 hours,
request a hearing before the Director of Building and Housing to appeal
the decision to remove the sign. If the owner so requests, the sign
shall not be removed until the hearing has been held and a final decision
rendered.
If the owner cannot be located after reasonable effort to do so, the sign
may be treated as abandoned property and removed.
SECTION IV: This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
on the thirtieth day from and after its adoption.
Presented by and approved as to form by
)homas J. Harron, City Attorney
NOT PASSED, APPROVED, or ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, California, this 27th day of March, 1990.
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