Ordinance - 914ORDINANCE NO. 914
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER
4 OF ARTICLE VIII RELATING TO SIGNS.
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as
. follows:
SECTION 1. Paragraph (p) of Section 81100 of the West Covina
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(p) PROJECTION. The distance by which a sign extends
beyond the building or structure."
SECTION 2. Sections 8403, 8404 and 8405 of the West Covina
Municipal Code are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows:
118403. BUILDING OFFICIAL.
Wherever 'Building Inspector► is mentioned in this Chapter,
the words shall mean 'Building official' as defined herein.'"
8404. PERMITS REQUIRED.
Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no sign shall
hereafter be erected, constructed, relocated, painted on building
or structure, or altered except as provided by this Code and
until a permit for the same has been issued by the Building
Official. Where signs are illuminated by lighting, a separate
electrical permit shall be obtained.
• No person shall maintain within the City any sign unless
the above permit remains in effect.
8405. APPLICATION FOR ERECTION PERMIT.
Application for sign permits shall be made upon blanks
Provided by the Building Official, and shall contain or have
attached thereto the following information:
(a) Name and address and telephone number of the applicant.
(b) Location of building or lot to which or upon which
the sign or other advertising structure is to be attached, erected
or placed.
(c) Position of the sign or other advertising structure
in relation to other signs or advertising structures at the same
location and the precise location of the sign on the property
upon which it is to be erected.
.(d) Two blue prints or ink drawings of the plans and
specifications and method of construction and attachment to the
building or in the ground.
(e) Where required by the Building Code, copy of stress
sheets and calculations showing the structure is designed for
dead load, wind pressure, and lateral force in any direction in
the amount required by this and all other laws and ordinances of
the City.
(f) Name of person erecting structure.
(g) Shall be signed by the permittee, or his authorized
agent, who may be required to submit evidence to indicate such
authority.
(h) Such other information as the Building Official shall
require to show full compliance with this and all other laws and
ordinances of the City."
SECTION 3. Section 8407 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
118407. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT.
It shall be the duty of the Building Official upon 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 other advertising structure and
if it shall appear that the proposed structure is in compliance
with all the requirements of this Chapter and all other laws
and ordinances of the City, he shall then issue the sign permit.
If the work authorized under a sign permit has not been completed
within one year after date of issuance, the said permit shall
become null and void."
SECTION 4. Section 8415 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
118415. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SIGNS.
Any sign which is required by any provision of this Code
to be removed by the owner, agent or person having the beneficial
use of the premises or structure upon which said sign may be
found within ten days after written notification from the.Build-
ing Official and, upon failure to comply with such notice within
. the time specified within such order, the Building Official is
hereby authorized to cause removal of such sign, and any expense
incident thereto shall be paid by the owner of the premises or
structure to which such sign is attached."
SECTION 5. Paragraph (c) of Section 8416 of the 'West
Covina Municipal Code is hereby deleted and repealed.
SECTION 6. Sections 8417 and 8418 of the west Covina
Municipal Code are hereby amended to read, respectively, as follows:
118417. SIGNS ENCROACHING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
The Building Official shall not allow any sign that pro-
jects over public property, unless the City Council has issued
an encroachment permit, and then only when in compliance with
conditions set by the City Council.
8418. PROHIBITED LOCATIONS.
No sign or sign structure shall be erected in such a
manner that any portion of its surface or supports will inter-
fere in any way with the free use of any fire escape, exit or
standpipe. No sign shall obstruct any window as to such an
extent that any light orventilation is reduced to a point below
that required by the law or ordinance.
• No sign or
that any portion
feet of overhead
of 750 volts."
sign structure shall be erected in such a manner
of its surface or supports shall be within six
electric conductors which are energized in excess
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SECTION 7. Sections 8423 and 8424 of the West Covina
Municipal Code are hereby deleted and repealed.
SECTION 8. Section 8427 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
• 118427. SIGN CONSTRUCTION.
The construction of signs
tered by the Building Official.
in Chapter 2, the construction
the public property shall have
A. GROUND SIGNS.
shall be enforced and adminis-
Subject to further restrictions
of signs and signs projecting over
the following limitations:
Every ground sign, including the pole or poles, and
supports thereof, shall be in compliance with any local
governing code.
Supporting pole or poles shall be installed in the
ground on private property and shall withstand windloads
as specified in Section 8414 of this Code.
All ground signs and the premises surrounding the
same shall be maintained by the owner thereof in a clean,
sanitary, and inoffensive condition, and free and clear
of all obnoxious substances, rubbish and weeds.
B. WALL SIGNS.
• Materials required: Except as provided in Section
8400, wall signs shall be constructed of incombustible
material.
Wall signs attached to exterior walls or solid masonry
or concrete shall be safely and securely attached to the
same by means of metal anchors, bolts, or approved
expansion screws of sufficient size and anchorage to
support safely the loads applied.
No wooden blocks or anchorages with wood used in
connection with screws or nails shall be considered
proper anchorage, except in the case of wall signs
attached to buildings with walls of wood studs. No
wall sign shall be entirely supported by an unreinforced
parapet wall.
No wall sign shall have a projection over building
line, greater than twenty-four inches. Wall signs may
project not over six feet above the roof or parapet
immediately adjacent thereto, provided a three foot wide,
unobstructed passage to the roof is maintained at each
end of the sign, and at least every fifty feet in the
length of the sign. When within three feet of a stand
pipe, fire escape, or fire escape ladder, no wall sign
shall be permitted to project above the roof or parapet
• wall.
All wall signs shall conform to the requirements of
Section 8414.
C. ROOF SIGNS.
Materials required: Except as provided in Section
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8400, roof signs shall be constructed of incombustible
materials.
Roof signs must be constructed and erected to the
standards of the current edition of the Uniform Building
Code adopted by the City.
• Passages clear of all obstructions shall be left
under or around all signs exceeding a height of four feet
above the roof thereunder, or immediately adjacent thereto.
There shall be one such passage or access opening for each
building covered, and at least every fifty feet in the
length of the sign, and when such signs are at right
angles to a face of the building, within twenty feet of
parapet or exterior walls. Such passages shall be not
less than three feet wide and fourfeet high and shall
be at the parapet or roof level.
All roof signs shall conform to the requirements of
Section 8414.
D. PROJECTING SIGNS.
Every projecting sign, including the frames, braces
and supports thereof, shall be designed by a structural
or civil engineer, and shall be approved by the Building
Official as in compliance with the Building Code of the
City, and by the Electrical Official as in compliance
with the Electrical Code of the City.
Except as provided in Section 8400, projecting signs
• shall be constructed of incombustible material.
Supports shall be designed so that all loads and
reactions shall be transmitted to the ground through the
structural framework and walls of supporting buildings
or structure. Signs erected on buildings or structures
shall be securely attached by means of adequate metal
brackets, expansion bolts, through bolts or lag screws.
No material, part, portion or equipment thereof or therefor
shall be used which becomes dangerous because of vibration,
corrosion, disintegration or for any other reason whatso-
ever. Mire other than stranded cable shall not be con-
sidered as adequate fastening.
(1) ILLUMINATION. Reflectors shall be provided
with proper glass lenses concentrating the illumination
upon the area of the sign and preventing glare upon the
street or adjacent property; and no floodlight or spot-
light nor reflectors of the goose neck type shall be
permitted on signs projecting over public property.
(2) MOVABLE PARTS TO BE SECURED. Any movable
part of a projecting sign such as the cover of a service
opening shall be securely fastened.
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ANCHORAGE WITH WIRE, ETC., PROHIBITED. No
• projecting sign shall .be secured with wire, strips of
wood or nails, nor shall any projecting sign be hung or
secured to any other sign.
E. COMBINATION SIGNS.
Materials required: All combination signs, including
the frames, braces, and supports thereof, shall be in
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compliance with any local governing code. Except as
provided in Section 8400, combination signs shall be
constructed of and supported by incombustible materials.
F. MARQUEE SIGNS.
• Except as provided in Section 8400, marquee signs
shall be constructed of incombustible materials.
The horizontal clearance between a marquee sign
and the curb line shall be not less than two feet.
A marquee sign projecting more than two-thirds of
the distance from the property line to the curb line
shall be not less than twelve feet above the ground or
pavement below.
A marquee sign projecting less than two-thirds of
the distance from the property line to the curb line
shall be not less than eight feet above the ground or
pavement below.
Thickness: The maximum height or thickness of a
marquee sign measured vertically from its lowest to its
highest point shall not exceed three feet when the
marquee sign projects more than two-thirds of the
distance from the property line to the curb line and
shall not exceed nine feet when the marquee sign is less
than two-thirds of the distance from the property line
to the curb line.
For the purposes of this Section, all marquee signs
shall meet the requirements set forth herein for wall
signs.
Projecting signs attached to a building may also be
attached to a marquee.
G. TEMPORARY SIGNS.
Temporary signs of combustible material shall not
exceed 100 square feet in area, and provided such signs
in excess of 60 square feet shall be made of rigid
materials. That is, of wallboard or other light materials
in frames..
Temporary signs of non-combustible materials shall not
exceed 150 square feet.
Every temporary sign must be approved by the Building
Official as conforming to the safety requirements of the
Building Code of the City. No temporary sign shall extend
over or into any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public
thoroughfare a distance greater than four inches from the
wall upon which it is erected, and shall not be placed or
projected over any wall opening.
No temporary sign shall be erected so as to prevent
free ingress to or egress from any door, window or fire
escape, nor shall such sign be attached to any stand
pipe or fire escape.
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The advertisement contained on any temporary sign
shall pertain only to the business, industry or pursuit
conducted on or within the premises on which such sign is
erected or maintained."
SECTION 9. Sections 8428 to 8434, inclusive, and Sections
8438, 8439, 84401 8442 to 8446, inclusive, are hereby repealed.
SECTION 10. 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 22nd day of March 1965.
Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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 foregoing Ordinance No. 914 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 a op a an 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,.MayorSnyder
NOES: Councilmen: None
ABSENT -,Councilmen: None
City Clerk
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