Ordinance - 910ORDINANCE NO. 910
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE
WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TEMPORARY
USES.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine
and declare that the following amendments were duly initiated, that
notice of hearing thereon was duly given and published, that public
hearings thereon were duly held by the Planning Commission and City
Council, and that the public convenience and necessity and the general
welfare require that the following amendments be made.
SECTION 2. Section 9219.12 of the West Covina Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"9219.12. SAME. OTHER TEMPORARY USES.
A. The outdoor display and sale of merchandise and temporary
signs relating thereto during special promotional events may be
permitted for the use of any shopping center or department store
for a.period of not to exceed three consecutive shopping days
during any calendar year, such activity to be conducted wholly
on private property.
B. Temporary carnivals and circuses may be permitted for
a period of ten days in any calendar year, and no such activity
shall be conducted for longer than five consecutive days at any
• one time. Certification of the safety of rides and all pertinent
equipment for the carnivals and circuses shall be made by a
professional engineer, registered in the State of California,
with such certification being given to the Building Department
prior to the commencement of use of the equipment.
C. Promotional events of an educational, civic or cultural
nature may be permitted without time restrictions except as fixed
in the conditions of approval.
D. The sale of fireworks and temporary signs pertaining to
such uses may be permitted in any zone other than R-A or R-1 for
not to exceed seven days in any calendar year.
E. The indoor or outdoor sale of Christmas trees and
temporary signs relating thereto may be permitted in any zone
other than R-A or R-1 for a period not to exceed twenty-one days
in any calendar year.
No use mentioned in Paragraphs A. B, Co D or E above shall
be permitted, commenced or engaged in, however, until a written
permit therefor has been obtained from the Temporary Use Permit
Committee consisting of the City Clerk, as Chairman, Chief
Building Inspector, Planning Director, Chief of Police and
Fire Chief, or their respective deputies or assistants when so
authorized, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum, and
any decision shall be in writing and shall require the vote or
concurrence of at least three members or three alternates' and
may be subject to specified conditions. The Committee may
establish rules for its own procedures. Any applicant may appear
before said Committee in connection with his application, and
may appeal the action or decision of the said Committee to the
City Council within 15 days after such action or decision in
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which case the City Council shall have the power of denying or
granting such permit and setting forth any applicable conditions
relating thereto. Any such permit shall be void unless such
conditions are complied -with. Such permits shall be granted
only after written application therefor has been filed with the
City Clerk at least 15 days before the date of commencement of
the proposed use, and the Committee or Council has found that
such proposed use, under the conditions imposed, will not have
a substantial adverse effect upon the use or enjoyment of property
in the neighborhood of the proposed use or upon the public safety,
health, or general welfare. No formal public hearings need be
conducted nor any notice given except to the applicant in
connection with the granting or denial of such a permit.
In addition to the foregoing, temporary signs may be
permitted in any zone for a period of not to exceed seven days to
advertise special ceremonies accompanying the opening of a newly
established business and shall be confined to the premises
occupied by the business.
One temporary sign, not to exceed seventy-five square
feet, denoting the architect, engineer, or contractor may be
established upon the building site of any work under construction,
alteration or removal. All such signs shall be removed from the
site within seven days after completion of the project."
11 SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of
this ordinance and shall publish the same as required by law.
Passed and approved this sih day of March , 1965.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ay r
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the above Ordinance No. 910 was regularly intro-
duced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the 23rd day of February , 1965. That, thereafter, said
ordinance was dummy adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council on the gth day of March , 1965, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Councilmen: Jett, Krieger, Nichols, Heath, Mayor Snyder
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT:Councilmen: None
City Clerk
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