Subject: Introduction of the Ordinance to Eliminate the Prohibition on Third Story Signs

 

At the meeting of December 12, 2000 the City Council directed staff to prepare an ordinance to eliminate prohibitions on third story wall signs in the C-1, C-2, and C-3 zones, and to instead limit sign height to 28 feet or the second story whichever is higher.

The attached ordinance to amend Chapter 17.50 of the Zoning Ordinance was drafted to implement the action of the City Council.

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AN ORDINANCE OF CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND 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:

" 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 day of , 2001, by the following vote:

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