HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1987-2241 O.RDINANCE NO. 2241
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 19.60.360 OF THE
CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE TO EXEMPT SERVICE
STATIONS LOCATED ALONG SCENIC ROUTES FROM STATE
REGULATIONS WHICH REQUIRE THAT ADVERTISING MEDIUMS
SHALL BE CLEARLY VISIBLE FROM THE STREET OR
HIGHWAYS ADJACENT TO THE PREMISES
WHEREAS, the Environmental Review Coordinator has
determined that this proposed ordinance is exempt from
environmental review under Section 4.3 (Class II) of the
Environmental Review Procedures of the City of Chula Vista, and
WHEREAS, on August 25, 1987, the City Council adopted a
90-day urgency ordinance to exempt service stations located along
specified scenic corridors from state regulations requiring price
signs to be clearly visible from an abutting street or highway,
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, at its October 28,
1987 meeting, voted 5-0 with two Commissioners absent, to
recommend that Council adopt said amendment, and
WHEREAS, the ordinance is now before Council as a
permanent amendment to the Municipal Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby ordain:
SECTION I: Section 19.60.360 of the Chula Vista
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
19.60.360 Service station price signs.
One service station price sign on each street frontage shall
be allowed subject to the following:
A. The maximum sign area shall be fifteen square feet, and
the sign shall not exceed five feet in any dimension.
Such sign shall not be in conflict with the provisions
of the city's traffic code relating to visual
clearance. The sign shall be used to advertise gasoline
prices only and shall be posted with the correct prices
at all times. The signs shall be designed as a
permanent structure, rigidly attached to a building,
wall, or adequately anchored in the ground to resist
wind pressure as specified in Title 15 in the currently
adopted Uniform Building Code. A freestanding structure
shall be architecturally compatible with the building
and shall not exceed a maximum height of six feet.
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B. A sign may be attached to a freestanding sign if
designed to be architecturally part of the sign.
C. Price signs may be displayed on the main body of a pole
sign but shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the
main sign area or fifteen square feet, whichever is the
least amount.
D. Notwithstanding the above provisions, no price signs
otherwise required by the provisions of Business and
Professions Code Section 13531 shall be placed along the
following areas which have been designated on the Cityis
General Plan as scenic corridors or historic
preservation area: That area along East "H" Street
between its intersection with Interstate 805 and its
intersection with Ridgeback Road.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall become effective upon the
thirty-first day after its second reading and adoption.
Presented by Approved as to form by
ector J. ton City
Planning <.~' ~ , Attorney
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FIRST READ AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCI'L OF THE
C' ' OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIAJ HELD November 24 , 19 87 -j AND
FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING THEREOF HELD December
19 87 , BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE~ TO-WIT=
AYES: Councilmen McCandliss, Cox, Moore, Nader, Malcolm
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSTAIN: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
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ATTEST/~~ity~' (~~
Clerk
S ,.. E OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Visto, Colifornio,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY thor the obove and foregoing is 0 full, true and correct copy of
ORDINANCE 2241 ,and thor the some hos not been oreended or repeoled.
DATED
City Clerk
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CHU VISIA
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