Ordinance - 1607ORDINANCE NO. 1607
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, AS IT RELATES
TO DETACHED SIGNS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL STORES AND CENTERS
(Amendment No. 187)
The City Council of the City of West Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION NO.l: Chapter 26, Article VII, Division 2, Section 26-328 of
the West Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
• Section 26-328 detached sign, identification (not in P-B, 0-S, O-P and
I-P Zones.
a. In lieu of roof signs allowed in Section 26-325, a double face
detached identification sign shall be permitted to:
1. Shopping centers and neighborhood shopping centers.
2. Commercial centers with fewer than five stores with common
parking lots.
3. Stores on their own individual site (not part of a center).
b. Floor area to allowable sign face area shall be as depicted in the
following chart:
MINIMUM
FLOOR AREA
MAXIMUM
AREA
OF ONE MAXIMUM
IN 1,000
SQ. FT.
FACE OF
SIGN
IN SQ. FT. HEIGHT
Shopping
Commercial
Individual
Center
Center
Store
10
15
20
40
6 ft.
15
23
30
55
15 ft.
20
30
40
70
25 ft.
• 30
45
60
100
35 ft.
100
100
100
200
35 ft.
250
250
250
300
35 ft.
c. At the discretion of the owner or manager of the center or stores,
the signage permitted in Paragraph (b) may be allocated as
follows:
1. One hundred percent used to identify the center or a store on
its own individual site; or
2. A maximum of 25 percent to identify the center, a maximum of
25 percent to identify major tenants and a minimum of 50
percent devoted to minor tenant; or
3. A maximum of 50 percent to identify the center and the balance
distributed equally to tenants. (A tenant occupying two or
more leasible store areas to receive a proportionate amount of
signage; or
4. Shopping centers consisting of 30,000 square feet or more
floor area:
i. A portion of the sign to identify the center.
• ii. A portion of the sign divided equally among major
tenants.
iii. A portion of the sign divided equally among secondary
major tenants.
d. Such signs shall be placed within a permanently landscaped area no
less than 24 square feet surrounded by a concrete or comparable
curb of no less than six inches.
e. The general location and dimensions of the identification sign
shall be approved by the Planning Director unless fixed by a
precise plan or by the Planning Commission or City Council.
f. Such signs shall be permitted on each major arterial for shopping
centers having over 100,000 square feet of floor area Any
nonconforming signs, roof signs or signs in excess of area or
height allowed by Paragraph (b) of this Section due to a variance
or other means shall be removed or reduced to conformity, or, at
• the discretion of the Planning Director, deducted from the area or
height of the sign or signs allowed by this paragraph.
g. A sign permit is required as specified in Section 7-134 of the
Municipal Code.
SECTION NO. 2: Chapter 26, Article VII, Division 2, of the West
Covina Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding Section 26-328.5
to read as follows:
Section 26-328.5 detached monument sign, minor tenant directory (not
in P-B, 0-S, O-P and I-P Zones).
a. Double face detached monument directory signs shall be permitted
for MINOR TENANTS ONLY of a shopping center that is not a regional
mall if
n
1. The shopping center has 30,000 square feet or more in floor
area; and
2. Such minor tenants are not included in the square footage
allotted to the center identification sign permitted in
Section 26-328 and do not have roof signs; and
3. All minor tenant identification signs are equal in size; and
• 4. No primary or secondary major tenant allotted signage as
permitted in Section 26-328 shall be identified by this sign;
and
b. Monument signs shall be of the same architectural style as the
shopping center and no higher than eight (8) feet from finished
grade. One face of a double-faced sign shall be counted and shall
not exceed fifty (50) square feet in area. The number of signs
allowable for a center shall be as depicted in the following
chart:
MINIMUM FLOOR
NUMBER OF
TOTAL
MAXIMUM AREA OF
AREA OF CENTER
SIGNS
PERMITTED
SIGNAGE
IN 1,000 SQ. FT.
30
1
50
sq.
ft.
65
2
100
sq.
ft.
100
3
150
sq.
ft.
250
4
200
sq.
ft.
C. If in the opinion of the Planning Director, the design or street
frontage of the shopping center is,such that it precludes the
effective use of the number of signs allowed in Paragraph (b) of
this Section, the total maximum area of permitted signage may be
• distributed in a smaller number of signs with maximum heights as
depicted in the following chart:
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MINIMUM AREA OF ONE FACE OF SIGN
MAXIMUM HEIGHT
•
•
Under 65
sq.
ft.
8
ft.
65
sq.
ft.
10
ft.
75
sq.
ft.
15
ft.
100
sq.
ft.
20
ft.
150
sq.
ft.
25
ft.
d. Background and letter coloring of detached tenants directory signs
shall be consistent throughout the entire center.
e. Such signs shall be placed within a permanently landscaped area no
less than 24 square feet surrounded by a concrete or comparable
curb of no less than six inches.
f. The general location and dimensions of the identification sign
shall be approved by the Planning Director unless fixed by a
precise plan or by the Planning Commission or City Council.
g. A sign permit is required as specified in Section 7-134 of the
Municipal Code.
SECTION NO. 3: 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. 4: 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 24th day of October, 1983.
Mayor
ATTEST
City( Cler
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. 1607 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the loth day of October, 1983. That, thereafter,
said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the
City Council on the 24th day of October, 1983, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: Tice, Shearer, Bacon, Chappell
NOES: None
ABSENT: Tennant
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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CERT IFICAT ION
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.ILOI,
wa.s published, pursuant to law, in the West Covina.
Tribune, a. newspaper of general circula.tion published
and circulated in the City of West Covina..
Dated 11 `s la
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Janet Berry, Deputy City Clerk
City of West Covina, California