Ordinance - 1847ORDINANCE NO. 1847
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 26,
AS IT RELATES TO TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR
LARGER BUILDINGS IN NON RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
• (Amendment No. 227)
WHEREAS, the Planning staff, as directed by the Planning
Commission, studied and analyzed options and impacts of adjusting
current regulations relating to temporary signs for large
commercial buildings; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission upon giving the required
notice, did on the 21st day of February, 1990, conduct a duly
advertised public hearing as prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina
considered evidence presented by the Planning Department,
Planning Commission, and other interested parties at a duly
advertised public hearing on the 29th day of May, 1990; and
WHEREAS, the oral and documentary evidence considered in
connection with this Code Amendment reveal the following facts:
1. It is the goal of the City of West Covina through its
Economic Development Element of the General Plan to
"develop and expand the local economy in order to create
new employment opportunities, attract new investment and
strengthen the tax base of the City."
2. The use of temporary signage such as future facility
signs, construction signs or construction barricade
signs, and lease/rental signs have an important role in
achieving said goal by marketing and advertising
developments during the planning, construction, and
initial leasing phases.
3. The use of such signage requires planning and
coordination through a comprehensive sign program for
maximum attractiveness and effectiveness.
4. It is recognized that larger developments which front
along a freeway, principal or arterial street require
larger signage which is best designed as part of a
comprehensive sign program.
5. It has been determined that this project, which consists
of a minor amendment to land use requirements, is
Categorically Exempt pursuant to Section 15305
(Class 5 - minor alterations in land use limitations) of
the State CEQA Guidelines and no Environmental Impact
Report or Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact
is required.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
• SECTION NO. 1: Based on the evidence presented and
the findings set forth, Amendment No. 227 is hereby approved as
consistent with the City's General Plan.
SECTION NO. 2: Based upon the evidence presented and
the findings set forth, Chapter 26 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS
Sec. 26-64. High-rise Building
"High-rise building", unless otherwise noted, means or is any
building five (5) or more stories in height.
ARTICLE VI. PROCEDURE, HEARINGS, NOTICES, FEES AND CASES
Sec. 26-202. Filing Fees.
(d) The following filing fee shall be paid upon the filing of
an application for sign review and planning and building
department clearance or Planning Commission approval of a
sign permit, electric permit for neon architectural
lighting or a Temporary Sign Program:
(1) Signs totaling less than one hundred (100) square
feet: Fifteen dollars ($15.00).
(2) Signs totaling one hundred (100) square feet or more
and all exposed neon signs: Twenty dollars ($20.00)
per each hour of staff time spent in review and field
checking with a minimum fee of twenty dollars
($20.00).
(3) Exposed neon architectural lighting: Twenty dollars
($20.00) per each hour of staff time spent in review
and checking, plus base permit fee if necessary for
Electric Permit.
(4)
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Temporary Sign Program: Fifty dollars ($50.00)
twenty dollars ($20.00) per each hour of staff
spent in review and field checking.
plus
time
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ARTICLE VII. Signs
Sec. 26-303. Attached signs.
(b) All attached signs must be flat against, and project no
further than eighteen (18) inches from, the building or
structure and shall not extend above the top of the wall
except when it is located on the mansard portion of a
mansard roof, in which case the sign shall not be permitted
to extend above the roof line of the mansard roof; except
as otherwise specifically provided in this article, all
signs must be constructed of metal, wood or comparable
.waterproof material; and must be bird and vermin proof.
(Code 1960, § 10601.04; Ord. No. 1333, § 1,5-27-80)
Sec. 26-308. Sign structure.
(a) All signs shall be structurally safe, shall be painted
(nontoxic) or of rust -inhibitive or other approved material
and shall be maintained in good condition.
Sec. 26.341. Lease, rental or sale.
(a) Except in the P-B and 0-S Zones, one (1) double-faced sign
not to exceed thirty-two (32) square feet of surface area
per face pertaining to the sale, lease or rental of the
particular building, property, premises or unimproved
property shall be permitted. If such property has more
than one (1) common property line with a street
right-of-way, such property or development shall be
permitted a number of signs equal to the number of such
conditions'as exist.
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geode-sseh-saga- The following provision shall
apply:
1. Bees The sign(s) shall not occupy any provided
parking space.
2. Bees The sign(s) shall not obstruct vehicular or
pedestrian traffic on and off the premises, including
safe sight distance.
3. Banners and cardboard are prohibited materials for
such sign(s).
4. The copy shall be limited to the name of the owner or
leasing agency, the agency logo, phone number, and
phrases "for sale, lease, rent, now available" and
other similar messages.
5. The sign(s) may be attached to the building or on -site
and detached, and must directly face the abutting
right-of-way.
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6. Bees The sign(s) shall not exceed ten (10) feet in
height except when such sign is attached to the
building on such property or premises.
7. At such time that seventy-five (75) percent or more
of leasable floor space is leased, any detached
sign shall be removed and relocated to the window
attached to or within five (5) feet of the building
in which -the remaining leasable floor space exists.
(b) When the building location, property configuration or
unique circumstances warrant, the site, height or
number-ef location of signs may be inereased modified
by approval of Planning Director, Planning Commission or
City Council to provide exposure to the public
proportionate to the exposure granted to buildings of
normal circumstances under paragraphs (a) of this Section.
(c} No sign permit is required. However, the property owner or
lessor shall be required to comply with Section 26-341, as
directed by the city. Such property owner or lessor shall
provide the city, upon request, with satisfactory evidence
of their compliance with Section 26-341.
Sec. 26-346. Temporary Sign Program.
(a) A temporary sign program (hereinafter "program") is
intended to facilitate the unique signage requirements of
buildings with over 60,000 square feet of floor area and
which front upon a freeway, principal or arterial street.
It is also intended to encourage developers to submit a
comprehensive and phased signage plan as part of the
planning process for larger developments. The following
temporary signs shall be permitted:
(1) Future Facility Sign - A sign announcing a future use
or project and identifying the project developer.
Said sign may only be installed after the necessary
Planning Director, Planning Commission, or City
Council approvals for the future facility or use have
become effective.
(2) Construction or Building Remodel Sign - A sign
denoting a project under construction or remodel and
identifying parties participating in the project.
(3) Construction Barricade Sign - A sign serving the same
purpose as a construction sign except that rather than
being freestanding, said sign is to be incorporated
into a construction barricade.
(4) Lease/Rental Sign - A sign advertising a building for
sale, rent or lease and identifying the leasing
aaencv.
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(b) A program must be submitted to the Planning Director for
review. After the Planning Director has reviewed said
program, it shall then be transmitted to the Planning
Commission together with the Planning Director's
recommendation. The Planning Commission may, by
resolution, either approve, amend or disapprove the
program.
(c) The City may require the posting of a bond to ensure the
removal of any or all of the temporary signs approved under
the program. Applications for a program may be submitted
in conjuction with other development applications and
considered simultaneously with said other applications.
(d) All requests for a program shall be initiated by the
property owner or authorized agent by filing a letter with
the Planning Department and accompanied by the following
information and plans:
(1) The applicant's name and address;
(2) A legal description of the property;
(3) Existing zoning on the property;
(4) A site plan, depicting the proposed or existing
development and sign locations;
(5) Illustrations of the proposed signage and a
description of the common theme for signage within the
development and how it relates to architectural and/or
landscaping elements of the development;
(6) A phasing plan indicating the dates and time periods
of signage installation and removal;
(7) Standards for size, qualities, materials, and
illuminations;
(8) The required filing fee.
(e) Development Standards
(1) Future Facility Sign
(i) The maximum number of such signs shall be limited
to one per each street frontage, but in no event
shall the maximum combined square footage exceed
the sign area limitations as determined by
building size.
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(ii) The maximum sign area permitted shall be as
follows:
Building Area
(sq. ft. )
Sign Area
(sq. ft. per face)
60,000 -
99,999
100
100,000 -
124,999
150
125,000 -
149,999
200
150,000 -
174,999
250
175,000 -
200,000
300
(iii) In lieu of having one sign per street frontage,
properties with more than one street frontage
may elect to have a maximum of one sign, not to
exceed twice the sign area limitations as
determined by building size.
(iv) Any detached signs shall not be located closer
than 75 linear feet, measured along the parcel
frontage, from any other detached sign on the
same site or an adjacent site.
(v) Any sign(s) shall not exceed twenty-five (25)
feet in height except when such sign is attached
to the building on such property or premises.
(vi) The permitted signage for any high rise building
(4 or more stories for the purposes of this
section) may be provided in the form of a single
cloth banner or plastic material sign if the sign
is attached to the building on the fourth or
higher floor, and subject to the sign area
limitations as determined by building size.
(vii) Such sign shall be permitted for a period of nine
(9) months commencing after the effective date of
all necessary Planning Director, Planning
Commission or City Council approvals for the
future facility or use. Said time period may be
extended for one (1) period of six (6) months.
(2) Construction and Remodel Signs
(i) Construction and remodel signs shall comply with the
development standards and requirements contained in
section 26-337.
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(3) Construction Barricade Signs
(i) Construction barricade signs shall comply with the
development standards and requirements contained in
• section 26-338.
(4) Lease and Rental Signs
(i) Lease and rental signs shall be allowed subject
to the standards listed under section 26-346.
(e)(1) Future Facility Signs, (i)-(vi).
(ii) At such time that ninety (90) percent or more of
the leasable floor space is leased, said sign (s)
shall be completely removed; provided, however,
that such sign shall not remain for more than two
(2) years. At the end of two (2) years, the
applicant may apply once for a new lease and
rental sign permit.
(iii) Said sign(s) may be reinstalled a maximum of
three (3) times per building for a period not to
exceed six months upon providing evidence to the
Director of Planning that the building remains
less than seventy-five (75) percent leased.
(f) Only one type of temporary sign may occupy the site at any
one time.
(g) Converting a sign from one type to another is prohibited;
all signs must be constructed with new materials.
(h) Modifications including any requests for extensions of time
periods to an approved program shall require the
applicant to obtain a Planning Director's modification, or
may be referred to the Planning Commission if the
modifications are determined to be substantial as
determined by the Planning Director.
(i) A sign permit is required as specified in section 7-134 of
the Municipal Code.
(j) Proposed illumination of the signage shall comply with
Section 26-307.
(k) All signs must be maintained in good repair in compliance
with Municipal Code Sections 26-303 and 26-308 by their
owner by periodically repainting, repairing, or replacing
the sign components or the sign in its entirety.
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SECTION NO. 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the
passage of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be
published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 29th day of May, 19 0.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk if
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Janet Berry, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1847 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 29th day of May, 1990. That, thereafter,
said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the llth day of June. 1990 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Herfert, Jennings; Manners, McFadden, Tarozzi
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
- tL':y'J City Attorney
City Cle
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CERTIFICATION
I, JANET BERRY, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, State of
California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
Ordinance No. IFV7 was published, pursuant to law, in the
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the City of West Covina.
DATED:
Janet Berry, City Clerk
City of West Covina, California