Ordinance - 1592ORDINANCE NO. 1592
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE, CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE VII, DIVISION 2, SECTION 26-341
AS IT RELATES TO SIGNS FOR LEASE, RENTAL AND SALES OF
BUILDINGS, PROPERTY OR PREMISES IN NON-RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
• (AMENDMENT NO. 180)
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION NO.. 1: Chapter 26, Article VII, Division 2, Section 26-341 of the
West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 26-341 Lease, Rental or Sale
(a) Except_in the P-B and 0-S Zones, one double-faced sign not
to exceed 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 said property has more than one common property line
with a street right-of-way, said property or development
shall be permitted a number of signs equal to the number
of such conditions as exist. Said signs shall be permitted
anywhere on the property provided said sign:
1. Does not occupy any provided parking space.
2. Does not obstruct vehicular or pedestrian traffic on and
off premises, including safe sight distance.
is3. Does not exceed ten feet in height except when said
sign is attached to the building on said property or
premises.
At such time that 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 5 feet of the building in which the
remaining leasable floor space exists.
(b) When the building location, configuration, or unique circum-
stances warrant, the size, height or number of signs may be
increased by approval of the Planning Director, Planning
Commission or City Council to provide exposure to the public
proportionate to the exposure granted to buildings of
normal circumstances under paragraph (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. Said property owner or lessor shall
provide the City, upon request, with satisfactory evidence
of their compliance with Section 26-341.
SECTION NO. 2: The City Council finds and determines that said Amendment to
the Municipal Code is a minor modification to the City's Zoning Ordinance and
is, therefore, categorically exempt (Class 5) from the requirements of the
. California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA).
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 23rd day of May, 1983.
• Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss
City of West Covina )
I, Helene M. Mooney, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1592 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 9th day of May, 1983. That, thereafter, said ordinance
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 23rd day of May, 1983, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Tennant, Shearer, Bacon Chappell
. NOES: None
ABSENT: Tice
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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C E R T I F I C A T I O N
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of West Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate copy of Ordinance No. MA
wa.s published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
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