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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN
AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT
RELATING TO AWNINGS AND SIGNS SECTION 25.68.
CASE NO.: ZOA 89-1
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, did
on the 28th day of September, 1989, hold a duly noticed public hearing to
consider an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance Section 25.68 relating to
signs and awnings; and
WHEREAS, said application has complied with requirements to the "City
of Palm Desert Procedures to Implement the California Environmental Quality
Act, Resolution No. 80-89", in that the director of community development
has determined the amendment to be a class 5 categorical exemption; and
WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all
testimony arguments, if any, of all interested persons desiring to be heard,
said city council did find the following facts to justify its action as
described below:
1. That the Zoning Ordinance Amendment is consistent with the
objectives of the zoning ordinance.
2. That the Zoning Ordinance Amendment is oonsistent with the adopted
General Plan and affected Specific Plans.
3. That the Zoning Ordinance Amendment would better serve the public
health, safety, and general welfare than the current regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the
consideration of the council in this case.
2. That it does hereby approve a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 89-
1, provided in the attached exhibit, labeled Exhibit "A" to amend
Municipal Code Section 25.68.
3. These amertdmP_nts are limited in their effect to regulating the
construction of new cn-premises advertising displays. A new on -
premises advertising display means, for purposes of this section,
a display whose structure or housing has not been affixed to its
intended premises. Construction means, for purposes of this
section, the manufacturing or creation of a new on -premises
advertising display.
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4. That notwithstanding the above noted section limiting the effect
of these amendments, any illegally installed signs may be abated
pursuant to section 25.68.
5. The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, California, is hereby
directed to publish this ordinance in the Palm Desert Post, a
newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the
City of Palm Desert, California, and shall be in full force and
effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert
City Council, held on this llth day of April, 1991, by the following vote,
to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, SNYDER
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: WILSON
WALTER H. SNYDER, Mayor
ATTEST:
HEILA R ILLI , City-) Clerk
City of a Desert, California
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EXHIBIT "A"
Section 8 of Ordinance 587 shall read as follows:
SECTION 8: That Section 25.68.310 Freestanding signs be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
A. A building, commercial complex, shopping center or other
commercial or industrial developments housing more than one
(1) tenant and having frontage on a public street shall be
entitled to one freestanding sign on each street frontage to
identify the building, commercial/industrial complex, or
shopping center. The area of such sign(s) to be determined
as follows:
1. Freestanding signs for buildings, commercial complexes,
shopping centers and other commercial/industrial
developments located on less than five acres of property
shall not exceed one-half the total allowable signage of
the front of the building and shall be subtracted
therefrom and in no event exceed fifty (50) square feet.
Maximum height of these signs shall be six (6) feet
unless topographic or other physical features exist
necessitating a higher sign but in no event shall total
sign structure height exceed then (10) feet from the
ground.
2. Freestanding signs for buildings, commercial complexes,
shopping centers and other commercial/industrial
developments housing more than one tenant located on
five acres of land or more shall be allowed one
identification sign on each right-of-way with an
allowable sign area based on a ratio of ten square feet
per acre to a maximum of 100 square feet. Maximum
height of these signs shall be six feet unless
topographic or other physical features exist
necessitating a higher sign but in no event shall the
total sign structure height exceed ten feet from the
ground-
B. Individual businesses located on their own individual
property, having frontage on a public street and individual
(unshared) access from said public street shall be entitled
to a freestanding sign subject to the area and height limits
delineated in part 1 and 2 of subsection "A" above, as may be
applicable based on the area of the site.
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C. When approving any freestanding -i the architectural review
commission shall affirmatively ._iKe the finding that said
approval shall visually enhance the aesthetic quality of the
property on which the sign is to be located.
D. All freestanding signs shall be placed within a permanently
landscaped area of not less than twenty-four square feet, and
be architecturally compatible with the building or complex
and not encroach in the public right-of-way.
E. Notwithstanding the limit of one sign on each right-of-way
when a shopping center or industrial park has street frontage
on any one street in excess of 1600 feet then an additional
sign shall be permitted subject to the signs being separated
by a minimum distance of 400 feet.
In the case of centers in the regional ccmnercial zone having
over 7000,000 square feet of gross leasable retail floor
area, said center identification signs may contain the name
of tenants and/or activities coryticted within the center
which operate during evening hours.
Section 9 of Ordinance 587 shall read as follows:
ACTION 9: That Section 25.68.390 be and the same is hereby rescinded.
Section 11 of Ordinance 587 shall read as follows:
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SECTION 11: That Section 25.68.490 be and the same is hereby amended
to read as follows:
25.68.490 Glare from Signs:
The following sentence shall be added as a second sentence:
"Internally illuminated signs shall be limited to a maxi um
four hundred thirty (430) milliamps ballast and lamps".
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