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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1980-610-611!, 3 2 ORDINANCE N0. 610 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, REZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM ITS PRESENT ZONING OF R-2 (TWO FAMILY RESIDENCE) To R-1 (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE). THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: The following area located with the boundaries stated below is hereby rezoned from R-2 (Two Family Residence) to R-1 (Single Family Residence). Beginning at the centerline of the intersection of Gunnerson Street and Lash Avenue north and easterly along Gunnerson Street to the intersection of the centerline of Pinnell Street, thence southerly and easterly along Pinnell Street to the intersection of the centerline of Shirer Drive, thence southerly and westerly along Shrier Drive to the intersection of the centerline of Riverside Drive, thence southerly and westerly along Riverside Drive to the intersection of the centerline of Lash Avenue to the intersection of the center- line of Gunnerson Street. ADOPTED this 28th day of October, 1980. s/ Jerry Stewart, Mayor i y of La e Elsinore ATTEST: s/ Florene Marshall, City Clerk City of Lake Elsinore ORDINANCE N0. 611 17.94.000 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING SIGNS; ESTABLISHING APPLICATION, FEE AND PERMIT PROCEDURES; PROVIDING FOR AMORTIZATION OF NON CONFORMING SIGNS; AND PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF UNSAFE SIGNS. 17.94.005 PURPOSE The purpose of this ordinance is to alleviate signs detrimental to the aesthetices of the City and set standards which will allow signs to be- come an intergral part of the Community. 17.94.010 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this ordinance the following words shall be defined as follows: Bulletin Board: A sign of permanent character, but with movable letters words or numerals, indicating the names of persons associated with, or events conducted upon, or products or services offered upon the premises upon which such signs is maintained, exculding facades of theaters. ~.~ Temporary: A limited period of time, ndt to'exceed 60 days.' Harmonize: To have a definite-compatibility with the use it is connected with, such that the. style of~the entity bears a similar resemblence .with the object it is attempting to advertise. Projection: The furtherst extent of a decisive part of the structure or sign. Obsolete: A use which has existed beyond its normal span of years, evidence by poor upkeep, ragged nature, and minimal attempted upkeep. Monument: An object fastened, as though for permanency, which will last beyond the time of its usefulness. Legible: Capable of being read or deciphered with ease, having no encurberences which will minimize the distinction of a message. Subdivider: Property which is being divided through the use of parcel or tt J pp tract maps. This will also apply to lot line adjustments when ~ five (5) or more contigous lots are reassembeled or realigned. ~ Good Repair: Shall remain legible and as structurally sound as originally erected. Indirect Lighting: A sign whose illumination is reflected from its source by the sign display surface to the viewers eyes, the source of light not being visible from the street or abutting property. Scintillate: To emit sparks, sparkle flash, or shift rapidly around its mean position. 1Z.94~J015: SIGNS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES/USES A. Permanent Signs. Signs unless specifically listed or referred to in this zone are not allowed. 1. One (1) unlighted nameplate not exceeding one (1) square foot, indicating the name, and/or address of the occupant. 2. Schools, parks, fire and police stations may have one bulletin board or identification sign for each street frontage not to exceed twenty-four (24) square feet in area. B. Temporary Signs 1. One (1) unlighted sign not exceeding three (8) square feet to advertise the lease, rent or sale of the premises on which the sign is located. Said sign shall not be located closer than five (5) feet from the property line. 2. One temporary sign not to exceed 48 square feet may be permitted on each street frontage of property being sub- divided. Said .sign shall be for the sale of said land and/or residence thereon. Such signs shall be removed within ten (10) from the date of the final sale of the land and/or residences. Signs shall be maintained in good repair at all times. 17.94.020: SIGNS FOR MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES Signs are permitted subject to the following conditions: A. Developments on lots less than 100 feet in width may be permitted one (1) sign containing a maximum area of five (5) square feet. 3~ B. Large scale developments having more than twelve (12) units and a lot width grater than 100 feet may be permitted a sign containing more more than one square foot per twenty (20) feet of linear lot footage. C. All signs shall harmonize with the scale and design of the development and if lighted shall be indirectly lighted. D. Free-standing signs shall have a maximum height of four (4) feet. Such sign shall not extend out from the furthest projection of the main building more than five (5) feet on any side of front yard. E. A sign fastened parallel to the surface of the main building may be placed at a height not grater than two-thirds (2/3) of the height of the building surface upon which it is located. F. When a sign consists of individual letters applied directly to a building surface, the sign area shall be calculated from the two (2) most extreme parallel dimensions of the total grouping of letters. 17.94.025 SIGNS FOR COMMERCIAL USES. Signs, unless specifically listed or referred to~.are not allowed. A. Signs shall not exceed two (2) square feet in area for each lineal front foot of the structure or portion of the structure wherein the pertaining use is conducted. B. Signs may only be erected on the sides of a building where a street right-of-way or main parking lot and a public entryway into a store is located. C. Where more than one business is located in one building, each business shall be allowed one sign a-long its business frontage. All signs shall be attached to the building and coordinated in design. D. No sign shall be placed on the roof or project above the roof line of the building except as otherwise provided for in this ordinance. E. No free standing sign shall exceed twenty (20) feet in height except as otherwise provided for in this ordinance. F. No individual sign shall exceed one hundred and fifty (150) square feet in area. G. No more than one (1) sign per street frontage is permitted for each parcel or business except as otherwise provided for in this ordinance. H. All signs shall be maintained in a neat and legible condition. Signs which contain obsolete advertising copy shall be removed. - I. In addition to those signs permitted above, one monument sign structure may be allowed for commercial centers of five or more acres in size advertising the name of the center. Said sign shall be designed to be compatiable with the architectural design of the building with-in the center and approved by the Planning Commission. 35 17.94.030 SIGNS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES. No outdoor advertising structure or outdoor advertising display shall be permitted except as follows: A. Signs shall not exceed one (1) square foot in area for each front foot of the structure wherein the pertaining use is conducted or one square foot of sign area for each three lineal feet of lot frontage. B. Signs may only be erected on the sides of a building where there is a street right-of-way. C. All signs other than those on the face of the building shall be of monument design with a maximum height of ten (10) feet. All signs on the building shall be placed below the roof line. D. No individual sign shall be more than one-hundred (100) square feet in area, unless so stated. E. Not more than one (1) sign per street frontage shall be permitted ~' for each parcel except as otherwise provided for in this ordinance. t~ F. A71 signs shall be maintained in a neat and legible conditions. ~ ~ Si ns which contain obsolete advertisin coy shall be removed. 9 9 p Ca G. In addition to the signs listed above, a monument type sign not to exceed ten (10) feet in height and 100 square feet in area may be approved by the Planning Commission at the main entrance of entrances to an industricla park provided said industrial park contains a minimum of 20 acres in area. 17.94.035 SIGNS FOR RECREATIONAL USES Signs are permitted subject to the following conditions. A. No sign shall be larger than 50 square feet. B. No sign shall be more than six (5) feet high measured from the base of the sign structure to the top of the sign. C. Signs shall be fastened to the ground unless exempted in the chapter. D. All signs shall harmonize with the scale and design of the development and if lighted shall be indirectly lighted. 17.94.040 APPLICATIONS Application for sign approval shall be made upon forms provided by the City and shall have and be accompanied by the following information and materials. 1. Name, address and telephone number (s) of the owner of the property. Z ~ Name, address and telephone number (s) of the applicant. 3. Name, address and telephone number (s) of the sign contractor (s). 4. Location of building, structure or lot to which, or upon which, the sign or other advertising structure is to be attached or erected, together with a statement showing the street frontage of such lot. 5. Two (2) copies of plan showing: (a) Position of sign or other advertising structure in relation to adjacent buildings or structures. 36 (b) The design and size, structural details and calculations signed by a registered professional engineer as required by the Building Code, colors and materials proposed, and proposed location on the premises of such sign or sign structure. (c) A current photograph (s) showing existing signs on the premises and adjacent property, and certifing the date on which said photographs were taken. (d) A statement showing the size and dimensions of all signs existing on the premises at the time of making such application. (e) Such other information as the city shall deem reasonable and necessary to insure safety of construction and compliance with the intent of this chapter. A. FEES: Every applicant, before the granting of a permit, shall pay to the Planning Department the permit fees as establish by Resolution for each sign or other advertising structure regulated by this ordinance. B. CLARIFICATION: 1. If there should be a sign approval application which the Planning Department cannot approve without clarification of the ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to approve, approve with recommendations, or deny such sign approval application. 2. If the applicant disagrees with the clarification that the Planning Department has given to this ordinance, the applicant has the right to a public hearing before the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission has the right to dismiss clarification (the ordinance is specific on this point and does not need clarification). In this case, the clarification made by the Planning Department shall stand. The Planning Commission also has the right to make clarification of this ordinance which would approve with recommendations, or deny the sign approval application. 17.94.050 SIGN PERMIT Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, no sign hall hereafter be erected, constructed, relocated, painted on buildings or structures, or altered, unitl a permit for the same has been issued by the Building Department unless otherwise provided by this ordinance. Where signs are illuminated a separate electrical permit shall be obtained. A. Signs Not Requiring a Permit: Permits shall not be required in the following situations: 1. The changing of advertising copy or message on bulletin boards and similar signs specifically designed for the use of replaceable or changeable copy, unless electrical alterations .are made. 2. Painting, repainting or cleaning of an advertising structure shall not be considered an erection or alteration which requires a sign permit unless a change in structure size, advertising copy or message is made to insure compliance with the sign code. ~~ 3. Christmas, Valentine, Easter, etc., pictorial seasonal window displays. B. Issuance of Permits: It shall be the duty of the Planning and Building Departments upon the filing of an application for a sign permit, to examine such plans and specifications and other data and the premises upon which it is proposed to erect the sign or advertising structure and if it shall appear that the proposed structure is in compliance with all the requirements of the ordinance and all other laws and ordinances of the city, he shall then issue the sign permit except as otherwise provided in this ordinance. C. Revocation of Permit: The Building Department is hereby authorized and enpowered to revoke any permit upon failure of the holder thereof to comply with any provisions of this ordinance. 17.94.055 GENERAL SIGN PROVISIONS A. Sign Construction and Illumination: The construction and electrical ice. specifications of signs shall be enforced and administered by the ~ Building Department. B. Simulated Motion: No sign, including the illumination thereof, here- in-after erected or maintained in the City, shall be animated or so operated as to flash, scintillate., or in any way simulate motion other than time and temperature signs. C. Permitted Signs: The following signs, if nonilluminated, are allowed in all zones: 1. Governmental or other legally required posters, notices or signs. 2. "For Rent", "For Sale", or similar signs provided that: (a) One (1) such sign is displayed per street frontage on the property to which it refers. (b) Each sign shall not exceed three (3) square feet in area. (c) If free-standing, such sign shall not exceed four (4) feet in overall height and shall be placed a minimum of five feet (5') inside the property line. 3. One sign not exceeding one (1) square foot in area and displaying only the name of the property owner, occupant, or the address. 4. One contractors sign on the construction site only, not exceeding six (6) feet overall in height and located a minimum of five (5) feet inside the property line. 5. Subdivision Directional Signs- Subdivision directional lions are permitted subject to the following conditions: (a) Signs to be designed to comply with city standards. (b) Sign copy shall be limited to directional information. (c) A maximum of three (3) signs may be used to lead the customer to the site. (d) All directional signs must be located within two miles of the development. (e) Signs to be displayed and grouped to the greatest extent possible with signs for other .subdivisions not to exceed more than four signs in one group and not less than 300 feet from a previously approved site. ~. (f) A sign location plan shall be prepared showing the site of each directional sign approved and on file with the Building Department. (g) A $300.00 cahs deposit shall be place with the City which will be forfieted if any violations to the sign ordinance occur. D. Prohibited Signs: All signs not expressly permitted are prohibited including but not limited. to: 1. Signs above. the roof line of the building. 2. Flashing, Animated, or Revolving signs. 3. Portalbe signs except as otherwise provided in this chapter. E. Prohibited Locations: Nosign or sign structure shall be erected in such a manner that any portion of its surface or supports will interfere in any way with the free use of a fire escape or exit. No sign shall obstruct any window to such an extent that light or ventilation is reduced below that required by law or ordinance and signs on public property or within the public right-of-way shall be prohibited. F. Non-conforming Signs: Any sign or advertising structure which does not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance but which is legally in existance, shall upon such date acquire the status of a lawfully non-conforming sign and shall be allowed to remain. in existance thereafter for the following periods of time: Billboard 5 years Temporary and moveable free-standing signs 60 days Signs painted on walls buildings, fences 1 year All other signs 2 years Such signs or structures shall not hereafter be structurally altered. G. Removal of Certain Signs: If the Building Department shall find that any sign or other advertising structure regulated herein is unsafe or insecure, or is a menace to the public, or has been constructed or erected or is being maintained in violation. of the provisions of this ordinance, or should any sign remain fora period of ninety (90) days after the termination of the business for which it was originally intended, staff shall give written notice to the permittee thereof. If the permittee fails to remove or alter the sign so as to comply with the standards herein set forth within ten (10) days after such notice, the Building Department is hereby authorized to cause removal of such sign, and any expense thereto shall be paid by the owner of the premises or structures to which said sign is attached. The Building Deparmtne may cause any sign or advertising structure which is an immediate peril to persons or property to be removed summarily and without notice. 39 ' H. Freeway Identification Signs: 1. Signs located along Highway 71/1-15 for the purpose of advertising to motorists on Highway 71/1-15 shall not be allowed. 2. Signs may be placed in areas adjacent to Highway 71/1-15, if they conform to the provisions of this chapter, are not more than 25 feet from a street, if they are of a monument design, and comply with the other provisions of this chapter. I.. Tempor-ary Signs: 1. Civic interests signs - Limited to religious, charitable, ed- ucational, or cultural events. Each business may display one (1) such sign in it s window containing a maximum of four (4) square feet in area, for not more than 30 days before the event takes place. Said sign must be removed within 24 hours after the event takes place. 2. Grand openings - Temporary signs may be allowed for grand openings ~ of a business for a maximum of 30 days. All such signs must be located 00 ~, on the inside window of the building and cover a maximum of 25% of the ~ window area. ~ Appropriate banners may ba allowed on the exterior of a building. a temporary sign permit must be obtained and indicate the dates of the Grand Opening sales prior to any signs being installed. 3. Special Sales - Temporary signs shall be allowed for new car, periodic clearance, or similar special sales for a period not to exceed two (2) weeds and not more than four (4) times a year. Said temporary signs may be allowed on the inside of the window of the business with appropriate banners on the exterior. A Termporary Sign Permit must be obtained and indicate the dates of the sale prior to any signs being displayed. J. Signs for Public Safety and Convenience: When deemed necessary by the Planning Director, signs not to exceed three (3) square feet per face to servie the public safety or convenience, such as "Entrance" signs, "Exit" signs, "Office" signs, "Parking" signs, and the like may be allowed. K. Signs for Pedestrian Traffic: Where the principle sign for a business is located so that it is not conveniently seen by pedestrian traffic, a sign in addition to that otherwise allowed in this Article may be permitted if approved by the Planning Director. Such sign shall be no larger than six (6) square feet and it shall be designed and located so as to not district from the appearance of the buillding or violate the intent of this ordinance. THIS ORDINANCE PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of November, 1980. s/ Jerry H. Stewart, Mayor City of Lake Elsinore ATTEST: s/ Florene Marshall, City Clerk City of Lake Elsinore