City of Hermosa Beach --- 02-13-01

ORDINANCE NO. 01-1212

 

ORDINANCE NO. 01-1212 - "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17.50 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO ELIMINATE THE PROHIBITION OF THIRD STORY SIGNS."

 

Submitted for adoption and waiver of full reading is Ordinance No. 01-1212 , relating to the above subject.

 

At the meeting of January 23, 2001, the ordinance was presented to Council for consideration and was introduced by the following vote:

AYES: Dunbabin, Oakes, Reviczky, Mayor Bowler
NOES: Edgerton
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None

 

 

ORDINANCE NO. 01-1212

 

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 17.50 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
TO ELIMINATE THE PROHIBITION OF THIRD STORY SIGNS

 

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

 

SECTION 1 . The City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on December 12, 2000, to consider a proposal to amend the Zoning Ordinance to eliminate the restriction on third story signs as contained in Chapter 17.50.

SECTION 2 . The Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on this matter on November 21, 2000, and recommended against amending the Zoning Ordinance.

SECTION 3 . Based on the evidence considered at the public hearing, and the record of the decision of the Planning Commission, the City Council makes the following finding:

  1. The language in Chapter 17.50 that prohibits third story signs is somewhat ambiguous and inconsistent in its effect on sign placement. It allows wall signs on two-story buildings in some circumstances to be located higher than on three story buildings due to different floor heights and/or the height of parapet walls and architectural towers placed on two-story buildings.

SECTION 4 . Based on the foregoing, the City Council hereby ordains that the Hermosa Beach Municipal Code, Title 17-Zoning, be amended as follows:

  1. Amend Sections 17.50.120(G), 17.50.130(F), and Section 17.50.140(F) to read as follows:

"Signs Above the First Story. Signs for businesses located above the first story may be provided, but shall be part of the total sign area allocation for the corresponding building frontage. The maximum height for upper story signs shall be twenty-eight (28) feet above the adjacent street grade, or the uppermost portion of the second story, whichever is higher."

SECTION 5 . This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days of its final passage and adoption.

SECTION 6 . Prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the date of its adoption, the City Clerk shall cause this ordinance to be published in the Easy Reader, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published and circulated, in the City of Hermosa Beach in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 7 . The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance, shall enter the same in the book of original ordinances of said city, and shall make minutes of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council at which the same is passed and adopted.

 

PASSED , APPROVED and ADOPTED this 13th day of February, 2001, by the following vote:

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