Ordinance - 913t
ORDINANCE NO. 913
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
ZONING CHAPTER OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO SIGNS.
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 9201 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended by adding thereto the following definitions to be
inserted in proper alphabetical order in said section:
"BUILDING FRONTAGE - That face, or faces, of a building
which provides a major entrance -way for pedestrian ingress and
egress.
DEPARTMENT STORE - A single multi-departmented retail
store for the sale of three or more types or varieties of mer-
chandise and goods which has at least 70,000 square feet of
gross floor area and provides its own off-street parking.
SIGN AREA COMPUTATION - The computed area of the sign face
or surface is defined as follows. Where a sign is composed of
'cut-out' elements the aggregate surface area shall be computed
on a basis of rectangle equivalent in dimensions to the extreme
height and width dimensions of said display, this shall apply to
'script', 'panel# and similar signs composed of separate elements.
SIGN FACE OR SURFACE - The surface of the sign upon, against
or through which the message is displayed or illustrated on the
sign."
SECTION 3. The definition of "frontage" contained in said
Section 9201 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"FRONTAGE - That portion of a lot having a common boundary
with a public street."
SECTION 4. Subsection (c ) of Section 9210 of the West
Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Signs, subject to the following conditions:
1. The total area of sign displayed shall be no
larger than the ratio of 2 square feet per each
foot of building frontage, provided the total
area shall not exceed 75 square feet.
2. Any exterior sign shall pertain only to the name
of the establishment or the business or use con-
ducted or product sold within the building.
3. Signs must be attached to the building or structure
and shall not extend above the top of the wall
to which attached. Roof signs shall not be per-
mitted. If the vertical distance between the top
of a canopy or window line and the top of the
wall is less than four feet, signs may extend
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above the top of the wall to a vertical distance
of four feet above the top of the canopy or
window line.
4. Detached signs shall be allowed when the building
location or configuration or other like circum-
stance precludes the effective use of a sign
on the building and when the general location and
dimensions have been approved by the Planning
Department, or Planning Commission, or City Council.
Any detached sign shall take the place of allowable
signs on the building. Detached signs shall not
exceed the height of the building.
5. Any sign having more than one face shall have
the total allowable area computed from all sign
face areas.
6. One identification sign, not to exceed one-half
the area provided in 1 above, may be placed at
the rear or side of the building when a public
entrance therein opens onto a public parking area.
Such sign shall be attached and parallel to the
wall facing the parking area and shall not extend
above the top of the wall. If the building has a
common boundary or boundaries with a public street
or streets and is contiguous to the street(s) and
has no pedestrial ingress or egress to said
street(s), signs shall be allowed for this build-
ing face or faces at the ratio permitted in 1
above.
7. Name plates not exceeding two square feet in
area containing the names of the occupants are
permitted.
8. Signs pertaining to the rental, sale or lease of
a building shall not exceed the total area of
40 square feet.
9. All signs must be erected so as not to encroach
upon, or overhang any adjacent property or public
right-of-way, except as otherwise set forth in
Chapter 2 and 4 of this Code.
10. Flags, bunting, banners, pennants, or other such
devices which are used by places of business to
attract the attention of the public shall not be
permitted, except when permitted in Section 9219.12
of this Chapter.
11. Signs shall not be constructed or maintained to
flash, rotate or in any way simulate motion.
12. Signs painted on buildings or windows shall be
subject to all the provisions contained in this
40 Chapter."
SECTION 5. Subsection (a) of Section 9211.1 of the West
Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Permitted signs shall be subject to the following con-
ditions:
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1. The total area of sign displayed shall be no
larger than the ratio of 2 square feet per each
foot of building frontage and in no event shall
exceed 300 square feet.
2. Any exterior sign shall pertain only to the name
of the establishment or the business or use con-
ducted or product sold within the building.
3. Signs must be attached to the building or structure
and shall not extend above the top of the wall to
which attached. Roof signs shall not be per-
mitted. If the vertical distance between the top
of a canopy or window line and the top of the wall
is less than four feet, signs may extend above
the top of the wall to a vertical distance of
four feet above the top of the canopy or window
line.
4. Detached signs shall be allowed when the building
location or configuration or other like circum-
stance precludes the effective use of a sign on
the building and when the general location and
dimensions have been approved by the Planning
Department, or Planning Commission, or City
Council. Any detached sign shall take the place
of allowable signs on the building. Detached
signs shall not exceed the height of the building,:
5. Any sign having more than one face shall have the
total allowable area computed from all sign face
areas.
6. One identification sign, not to exceed one-half
the area provided in 1 above, may be placed at
the rear or side of the building when a public
entrance therein opens onto a public parking
area. Such sign shall be attached and parallel
to the wall facing the parking area and shall not
extend above the top of the wall. If the build-
ing has a common boundary or boundaries with a
public street or streets and is contiguous to
the street(s) and has no pedestrian ingress or
egress to said street(s), signs shall be allowed
for this building face or faces at the ratio per-
mitted in 1 above.
7. Name plates not exceeding two square feet in area
containing the names of the occupants are per-
mitted.
8. Signs pertaining to the rental, sale or lease of
a building shall not exceed the total area of 40
square feet.
9. All signs must be erected so as not to encroach,
upon or overhang any adjacent property or public
• right-of-way, except as otherwise set forth in
Chapters 2 and 4 of this Code.
10. Flags, bunting, banners, pennants, or other such
devices which are used by places of business to
attract the attention of the public shall not
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be permitted, except when permitted in Section
9219.12 of this Chapter.
11. Signs shall not be constructed or maintained to
flash, rotate, or in any way simulate motion.
12. Signs painted on buildings or windows shall be
subject to all the provisions contained in this
Chapter.
13. One sign bearing the name of the occupants of
the building and conforming to a size of not more
than sixty inches in horizontal length and twelve
inches in vertical height shall be permitted in
addition to the other signs allowed herein if
such signs shall be placed beneath a canopy or
roof overhang, and shall have a minimum clearance
of eight feet from the sidewalk; and if illumi-
nated, shall be interior illuminated.
14. A detached sign shall be permitted to identify
a shopping center or department store. The total
area of sign displayed shall not be larger than
one hundred square feet per face when the gross
square feet of floor space of the shopping center
or department store is between 30,000 square feet
and 100,000 square feet; shall not be larger than
200 square feet per face when the gross square
feet of floor space of the shopping center or
departure t stor is between 100,000 square feet
and 250/ �i�%nTeet; shall not be larger than
three hundred square feet per face'when the gross
square feet of floor area of the shopping center
or department store is larger than 250,000 square
feet. The general location and dimensions of the
identification sign shall be approved by the
Planning Department unless fixed by a Precise
Plan or by the Planning Commission or by the
City Council."
SECTION 6. Subsection (b) of Section 9213.1 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"(b) The signs permitted in Zone C-3 shall be limited to
the provisions of this Chapter pertaining to signs in Zone C-2,
with the following exceptions:
1. On property used for conforming filling station
uses, additional signs complying with the fol-
lowing maximum specifications shall be per-
mitted:
A. Two standard type IA► boards of similar ground
signs, not to exceed 2 faces with twelve
square feet per face nor a maximum height
of eight feet above ground level, framework
and supports constructed of non-combustible
material and located not less than fifteen
• feet from any street, intersection or drive-
way opening.
B. Not more than one hundred square feet of
additional permanent sign area and not more
than two additional signs. If such additional
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signs are used as canopy signs the vertical
dimension shall not exceed the horizontal
dimension of the canopy sign and the location
of all detached signs shall be subject to
the approval of the Planning Department
unless fixed by a Precise Plan, or by the
Planning Commission or by the City Council."
SECTION 7. 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
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA
day of March , 1965.
I, ROBERT FLOTTEN, City Clerk of the City of West Covina,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 913 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the 8th day of March , 1965. That,
thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 22nd 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 C er
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