HomeMy WebLinkAbout1446 - ORDINANCES - 6/2/1993 ORDINANCE NO. 1446
AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, TO RESTRICT THE
INSTALLATION OR USE OF ANY SIGN (INCLUDING
MAIN HOTEL SIGNS AND ATTRACTION BOARDS) FOR
PURPOSES OF DISPLAYING HOTEL RATES, AND
DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF.
WHEREAS the Palm Springs Zoning Ordinance, Section 9320 . 06,
regulates signs for hotels and permits the use of a main
identification sign and an attraction board. Neither Section
9320 .06 nor any other section of the Palm Springs Zoning Ordinance
regulates the display of rates and other information on such signs;
and
WHEREAS the City Council finds that regulation or prohibition of
signs displaying hotel rates and other information must be
established, including the nature of rate information, the accuracy
and validity thereof, size and type of lettering, color, design and
similar matters .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. DECLARATION OF FACTS CONSTITUTING URGENCY. The City
Council hereby finds that this Ordinance is required to prevent a
current and immediate threat to the public health, safety and
welfare, in that the approval of hotel rate information on hotel
signs would result in that threat to public health, safety or
welfare. Allowing hotel rate information on hotel signs visible to
the public is not in keeping with the integrity of the community.
It shall cause undue competition and possible hardship among the
hotels within the City and create an unappealing ambiance.
Additionally, the displaying of hotel rate signs will be
inconsistent with the aesthetic quality of other signs within the
City. The City needs to study how rate information should be
presented, the accuracy and validity thereof, the effect on the
economic viability of the business, and the aesthetics of such
presentation, including the size and type of lettering, materials
and color, and overall design to enhance visibility and
attractiveness.
SECTION 2 . DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR PERMITS FOR SIGNS CONTAINING
HOTEL RATES. The City Council hereby finds that during the time
this Ordinance is in effect, (i) no hotel rate signs shall be
permitted, (ii) no applications for hotel rate signs shall be
accepted for processing or processed, and (iii) no sign permits
shall be issued for any hotel sign which displays or intends to
display hotel rates . For purposes of this Ordinance, a "hotel rate
sign" shall be a display at a hotel or motel meeting the definition
of a "sign" in the Zoning Ordinance upon which any rates for
accommodations at the hotel or motel are included.
SECTION 3 . CONSISTENCY WITH ZONING ORDINANCE. The City Council
hereby finds that this Ordinance is consistent with the Palm
Springs Zoning Ordinance in that it promotes consistency with the
aesthetic quality of other approved signs within the community and
the ambience of the community.
SECTION 4 . URGENCY. The City Council hereby declares this
Ordinance to be an urgency measure in accordance with Government
Code Section 65858 . This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption by at least a four-fifths (4/5) vote of the City
Council, and shall remain in effect for forty-five (45) days from
the date of its adoption. However, the City Council, after notice
pursuant to Government Code Section 65090 and a public hearing,
may, by four-fifths (4/5) vote, extend the time this Ordinance will
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be in force and effect for an additional ten (10) months and
fifteen (15) days and subsequently may extend this Ordinance for an
additional one (1) year.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. It is the intention of the City Council
that the sections, subsections„ clauses and phrases of this
ordinance are severable, and if any portion of this Ordinance is
for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity
of the remainder of the Ordinance, and City Council would have
enacted such remainder without the portion found to be invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. PUBLICATION. The City Clerk of the City of Palm
Springs shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance, and shall cause the same to be posted and published in
the manner required by law.
ADOPTED THIS 2nd day of _�L n�_., 1993
AYES: Member Hodges, Lyons, Schlendorf and Mayor Maryanov
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Reller-Spurgin
ATTEST: CITY �OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
BY --
City Clerk Mayor
REVIEWED AND APPROVED
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Ordinance 1446 was drily adopted by the
City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on
the 2nd day of June, 1993 and that same was duly published in the DESERT SUN,
a newspaper of general circulation on June 9, 1993.
/JDITH SUMICH
City Clerk