HomeMy WebLinkAbout1670 - ORDINANCES - 9/7/2005 ORDINANCE NO. 1670
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ADDING PARAGRAPH 12 TO
SUBSECTION C OF SECTION 93.20.05 OF THE
PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO
RELOCATION OF OFFSITE ADVERTISNG
DISPLAYS
City Attorney's Summary
California Business and Professions Code Section
5412 specifically empowers cities to enter into
relocation agreements with owners of certain off-site
advertising displays "on whatever terms are agreeable
to the display owner and the city." This ordinance
allows the City Council, by agreement, to establish the
design standards and review procedures for off-site
advertising displays proposed to be relocated to
property zoned for commercial or industrial uses.
The City Council of the City of Palm Springs ordains:
SECTION 1. Paragraph 12 is added to Subsection C of Section 93.20.05 of the
Palm Springs Municipal Code to read:
12. Relocation of Off-Site Advertising Displays.
Pursuant to the provisions of Business and Professions Code Section
5412, and notwithstanding any provision of the City's Zoning Code to the
contrary, an existing off-site advertising display may be relocated to any property
zoned for industrial or commercial uses, subject to such development standards
as the City Council and the owner of the off-site advertising display proposed to
be relocated may agree in a relocation agreement. A relocated off-site
advertising display shall be subject to the review process provided in the
relocation agreement. Each off-site advertising display proposed for relocation
shall be constructed in compliance with applicable City building codes and
regulations.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that it is in the public interest, and consistent
with the state policy provided in Business and Professions Code Section 5412, to
provide the City Council with maximum flexibility in the review and approval of
proposals to relocate off-site advertising displays from scenic corridors and to
otherwise provide for the relocation of advertising displays as allowed under
Business and Professions Code Section 5412 within and in the vicinity of the City
to less sensitive areas. Providing the City Council with the opportunity to
establish design standards and review procedures on a case by case basis when
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such advertising displays are proposed to be relocated to property zoned for r
industrial or commercial uses ensures that the City can timely review and
process such relocations in a timely manner.
SECTION 3. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same, or the summary
thereof, to be published and posted pursuant to the provisions of law and this
Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after passage.
RON'ODEN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
mes Thompson, City C erk
CERTIFICATION '
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do
hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1670 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was
introduced at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on July 20,
2005, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on September 7,
2005, by the following vote:
AYES: Members Foat, Mills, McCulloch, Pougnet and Mayor Oden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Yes Thompson, CityClelrk
f Palm Springs, California