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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 12- 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 '�r_, -3- 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. 3 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 -4- 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. -5- 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 S�