HomeMy WebLinkAbout1403 - ORDINANCES - 1/8/1992 ORDINANCE NO. 1403
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, TO ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF 'PLANNING AND
ZONING TO GRANT A TEMPORARY SPECIAL PERMIT OR
OTHERWISE ]PERMITTING, SIGNS, ADVERTISING OR
PERTAINING TO ANY CIVIC, PATRIOTIC OR SPECIAL
EVENTS OF GENERAL PIJ13LIC INTEREST, AND DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE C'IT'Y OF PALM: SPRINGS, CALI.FORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY. This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the
provisions of Government Code Section 65858 and 36937 .
SECTION 2 . URGENCY ORDINANCE -- FINDINGS. The City has received
requests for special signing in conjunction with special events
that: is provided for presently under Section 9320 . 09 A. S . GENERAL
PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. Because approval of these
signs is usually needed on a very short turnaround time and
because the processing of an application through City Council
requires substantial time in order to be considered on the regular
agenda, City Council finds that a more expedient: approval process
is desirable. In addition, the Council finds it is not necessary
for the Council to personally review each such request. There are
new pending requests for special signing, which cannot be
considered by the Council in a tamely manner. Therefore, the City
Council declares :it to be urgent that this ordinance become
effective immediately upon adoption.
SECTION 3 . Section 9320. 09A of the Zoning Ordinance is hereby
amended to add a new subsection to be numbered 11611 , said subsection
to :read as follows:
"SPECIAL PERMITS ALLOWED BY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING.
The Director of Planning and Zoning shall have the authority
to grant a temporary special permit or otherwise permitting,
on such terms as he may deem proper, signs advertising or
pertaining to any civic, patriotic or special event of general
public interest held in the: City which event is ]Likely to
attract substantial visitors to the community, when it can be
found that such signs will not be materially detrimental to
the public welfare, interest or safety, nor injurious to
adjacent property. Such signs shall only be permitted prior
to and during such events.
SECTION 4 . EFFECTIVE DATE. On January 29 , 1991, the City Council
adopted an interim urgency ordinance (Ordinance No. .1.374 ) adopting
the provisions in Section 3 above for a period of 45 days and on
March 6, 1991, approved a ten (10) month and fifteen (15) day
extension. Since the adoption of said ordinance, the City has
undertaken various planning studies which are not yet complete. By
adopting this ordinance, the Council hereby extends the provisions
of Ordinance No. 1374 effective immediately for a period of one (1)
year until January 15, 1993 .
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SECTION 5. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and
directed to certify to the passage of this ordinance, and to cause
the same or a summary thereof or a display advertisement, duly
prepared according to law to be published in accordance with law.
ADOPTED this 8th day of January 1992 .
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Hurawski , Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
BY �(Ifjr/Z
City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED & APPROVED:
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 1403 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a
meeting held on the 8th day of January, 1992, and that same was
published in the DESERT SUN, a newspaper of general circulation on
January 16, 1992.
U u DITH SUf1ICH
City Clerk