HomeMy WebLinkAbout1422 - ORDINANCES - 9/23/1992 ORDINANCE NO. 1422
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE IN
REGARD TO NEON SIGNS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 9320.09C.6 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended to
read as follows:
"Exposed Tube Neon and Fibre Optics Sicrns,. The design and
placement of neon and fibre optic signs shall be subject to
the review and approval of the Planning Commission according
to Section 9404. 00 (Architectural Review) , and shall be
subject to the following provisions:
a. The use of such signs shall be limited to main signs and
customer convenience signs. Prefabricated signs are
prohibited except for customer convenience signs;
customer convenience :signs shall be limited to white as
a single color.
b. Neon and fibre optics signs which exhibit glare and high
contrast with their surroundings are discouraged.
Additional lighting may be required to adjust the ambient
light background of the proposal.
C. The number, location and overall impact: of pre-existing
neon and fibre optics signs shall be considered in
judging the appropriateness of proposed signs.
d. All tubing, conduit, transformers and other paraphernalia
not part of the actual. sign face shall be concealed from
view.
e. All neon and fibre optics signs shall be installed with
solid state transformer dimmers. The intensity level of
all such signs shall be reviewed in place and adjusted to
appear at a level consistent with other lighted :signs in
the vicinity."
SECTION 2 . REVIEW OF ORDINANCE. Within one year from the date of
adoption, the Director of Planning & Zoning shall. prepare a report
and review the effectiveness of the implementation of this
ordinance with the Planning Commission and City Council. The report
shall discuss the number and location of neon and fibre optic signs
approved subject to this ordinance, and whether the Planning
Commission has adequate regulatory authority over such signs.
SECTION 3 . EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect thirty (30) days after passage.
SECTION 4 . 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 22nd day of September _ 1992 .
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Lyons, Reller, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST,._ CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CA:LIFORNIA
By City Clerk _ Mayor'
REVIEWED & APPROVED: e c�---
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 1422 was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a nTge�rn,
held on the 22nd of September, 1992, and that same was npublished-, - lie