HomeMy Public PortalAbout03-1272 (2) ORDINANCE NO. 03-1272
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARSON,
CALIFORNIA,REGARDING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
SIGNS AND AMENDING THE CARSON MUNICIPAL CODE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Authority and Purpose.
A. The City Council enacts this Ordinance pursuant to the City's police
power and pursuant to the authority conferred by California Government Code Sections
38774-and 65850(b).
B. The City Council previously has established regulations for outdoor
advertising signs to further the City's substantial government interests in aesthetics and
safety. The City Council continues to find that, without proper regulation, outdoor
advertising signs can contribute to visual blight and can constitute a traffic hazard. The
City Council also continues to find that it is in the public interest to regulate the location,
height and size of outdoor advertising signs.
C. This Ordinance improves the process for obtaining a conditional
use permit for an outdoor advertising sign. Additionally, this Ordinance codifies the
City's existing practice of allowing outdoor advertising signs to display noncommercial
messages. The City Council finds that the permit process set forth in this Ordinance,
and the City's practice of allowing noncommercial messages on outdoor advertising
signs, are consistent with constitutional restrictions as reflected in the case of Outdoor
Systems, Inc. v. City of Mesa, 997 F.2d 604 (91h Cir. 1993).
SECTION 2. Code Amendment. Sub-paragraph (12) of paragraph A of Section
9146.7 ("Signs") of Division 6 ("Site Development Standards") of Part 4 ("Industrial
Zones") of Chapter 1 ("Zoning") of Article IX ("Planning and Zoning") of the Carson
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(12) A conditional use permit (CUP) shall be required for each new sign
structure. The provisions of this sub-paragraph shall govern the processing of
applications for a CUP for an outdoor advertising sign. Unless an extension is agreed
to in writing by the applicant, the Commission shall render its decision on an application
for a CUP for an outdoor advertising sign within three (3) months of the date of
acceptance of the application. An application for a CUP for an outdoor advertising sign
shall be approved by the Commission, or by the Council on appeal, if the proposed sign
structure conforms to the requirements of this Code and applicable laws."
SECTION 3. Code Amendment. Division 7 ("Signs") of Part 6 ("General
Development Standards") of Chapter 1 ("Zoning") of Article IX ("Planning and Zoning")
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of the Carson Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a new Section 9167.7 to
read as follows:
"9167.7 Noncommercial Messages on Outdoor Advertising Signs.
Any outdoor advertising sign may contain a noncommercial message in lieu of a
commercial message directing public attention to a business, profession, product or
service that is not a principal- business, profession, product or service sold,
manufactured, conducted or offered on the premises where the sign is erected or
maintained."
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 4th day of February, 2003.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK ' MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CIT ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF CARSON )
I, Helen S. Kawagoe, City Clerk of the City of Carson, California, do hereby certify that the whole
number of members of the City Council of said City is three; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 03-1272,passed first reading on January 21, 2003,was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 4th day of February, 2003, and
that the same was passed and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Sweeney, Calas, and Dear
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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