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RESOLUTION NO. 1320
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDMENT
TO ORDINANCE NO. 438 (THE SIGN ORDINANCE)
S~J~ENDI~?G TO THE CITY COL.~CIL A~.~E~JD>.[ENT
TO ORDINANCE NO. 438 (the Sign Ordinance)
The Planning Commission'of the City of Tustin does
hereby resolve as follows:
1. The Planning Commission finds and determines:
a) That a proper application has been filed by the
Planning Commission for an amendment to Ord-
inance #438 (Sign Ordinance) for the purpose
of establishing an amortization period for
the removal of offsite advertising (billboards).
b) That a public hearing was duly called, noticed,
and held on said application.
c) That an amendment to Ordin&nce No. 438 should
be adopted for the following reasons:
1) Signs which advertise services rendered or
performed on goods or merchandise produced,
processed, manufactured, or sold upon pre-
raises other than those from which said signs
are located are prohibited by 'Ordinance of
the City of Tustin for more than five years.
2) Billboards which aline freeways an~/or ~major
traffic arteries create a distraction for
motorists and. detract from the amenities of
design and environment.
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3) There is a proliferation of some 17 billboards
throughout the community, creating aesthetic
blight and contrary to community goals of
enhancing the quality of the visual environ-
ment.
4) The opinion of the courts have established
the right of cities to regulate the location
of billboards in the interest of enhancing
the total community environs.
2. The Planning Commission hereby recommends to the
ity Council an amendment to Section 5, Article 4, Ordinance No. 438
.gon-conforming Existing Signs, to add the following language: "non-
-~onforming off-premise signs, to include billboards, may be contin-
~ed as lawful non-conforming uses until three (3) years have elaps-
~d from the date of the adoption of this article, as amended hereby.
Fhereafter, each sign, where the original cost of construction, as
~videnced by construction permit of record was more than the sum
3f $2,000, shall have non-conforming status beyond the three year
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)eriod at the rate of one year for each $1,000 in original cost
~f construction in excess of $2,000, but in no event longer than
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five years from the date of adoption of this article."
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular 'meeting of the Planning
."ommission,~held on the 12th day of February, 1973.
CH~I~iAN OF THE PLANNING C~ .~ISS
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PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING SECRETARY
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF TUSTIN
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I, NANCY LAWTON, the undersigned, hereby certifies
that she is the Recording Secretary of the Planning
Commission of the City of Tustin, California; that
the foregoing Resolution was duly passed and adopted
at a regular meeting of the planning Commission,
held on the .,!,~_~ day of~~~ , 197a.
PLANNING C0M~ISSION RECORDING SECRETARY