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RESOLUTION NO. 8790
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING TOiTHE, _
RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION THAT
CHANGE OF ZONE CASE #748 BE DENIED.
WHEREAS the Riverside County Planning Commission requested from the
Palm Springs Planning Commission a recommendation concerning a Change
of Zone from M-3 to M-5 for property located on the north and south
sides of Interstate 10, east and west of Indian Avenue, as indicated
on map in Case #748, and;
WHEREAS the Palm Springs Planning Commission, after reviewing said
case at their meeting of October 19, 1966, recommended denial since
the requested Change of Zone to M-5 would allow the permanent in-
stallation of billboards along Interstate 10, which has been desig-
nated by the State of California as a future scenic highway, and;
WHEREAS the Palm Springs Planning Commission, in their minutes of
October 19, 1966, indicated that present billboards along Interstate
10 are unsightly and should be eventually eliminated completely, and;
WHEREAS the Palm Springs Planning Commission is of the opinion that
billboards should not be encouraged, especially along proposed scenic
highways, and;
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WHEREAS the Palm Springs Planning Commission is of the opinion that
billboards in the desert area should be discouraged and that existing
County ordinances concerning billboards should be strictly enforced
so that present non-conforming billboards are eliminated, and;
WHEREAS the Palm Springs City Council is in agreement with the recom-
mendation of the Palm Springs Planning Commission and wholeheartedly
endorses a program of strict billboard control throughout the desert
area.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Palm Springs City Council recom-
mends to the Riverside County Planning Commission that Case #748, Change
of Zone from M-3 to M-5, be denied.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Palm Springs City Council go on record
as requesting the assistance and support from all private and govern-
mental agencies within the desert area to restrict and limit any future
expansion of billboards and that a study be made of present County
billboard ordinances to insure the adequate control and regulation of
billboards throughout the desert area.
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Adopted this 14th day of November 1966.
Ayes: Councilmen Dragicevich, Foster , Selig, Wiefels &
Mayor McCoubrey
Noes: None
Absent: None
ATTEST CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
F. D. ALESHIRE
C Y CL RK
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uty City Clerk City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM CONTENTS APPROVED
City A torney
Planning Dir or/
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