HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 0928 (1985)1 ORDINANCE NO. 928
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE NO. 684,
3 ARTICLE III, SECTION 1 AND ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 4,
THEREBY AMENDING SECTIONS 9430 and 9483 OF THE TUSTIN
~ MUNICIPAL CODE, REGARDING THE REGULATION OF POLITICAL
SIGNS
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6 NOW, THEREFORE, the.City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, does ordain as follows:
Section 1: Section 9430 of the Tustin Municipal Code is
8 amended to add the following definition, integrated in alpha-
betical order, to read as follows:
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"'Political Sign' means any sign indicating the name
10 and/or picture of an individual seeking election to
a public office, or relating to a public election or
11 referendum, or pertaining to the advocating by per-
sons, groups or parties of the political views or
12 policies."
13 Section 2: Section 9483(1) of the Tustin Municipal .Code is
amended as follows:
"(1) Any person, party or group posting political
15 signs in the City having to do with any issue, ballot
measure, ballot proposition, candidate or group of
16 candidates in any district, municipality, community,
state or federal election, shall first post a bond
17 or cash deposit in the amount of $100 with the City
of Tustin."
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Section 3: Section 9483(2) of the Tustin Municipal Code is
~19 amended as follows:
20 "(2) All political signs shall be placed no earlier
than 30 days prior to the election and shall be
21 removed not later than 48 hours following the date
of the election. In theevent all signs are not
~2 removed within the specified time period, or are
posted prior to the specified time period, the bond
23 or cash deposit shall be forfeited in its entirety,
and the City shall have the right to remove and dis-
2~ pose of same. Any person, party or group posting
political signs in violation of this Chapter shall
25 be charged pursuant to the General Penalty provisions
of this Code."
Section 4: Section 9483(3) of the Tustin Municipal Code is
27 amended as follows:
28 "(3) Compliance with Section 9444(c) of this Chapter
1 which prohibits the fixing of any sign on any public
property, including any tree, traffic sign, traffic
2 signal post, or any other official traffic sign or
traffic control device or within any public right-
3 of-way, except as specifically provided in Section
9483(7) of this Code."
Section 5: Section 9483(6) of the Tustin Municipal Code is
5 amended as follows:
6 "(6) Political signs in other than residential
districts shall be limited to a maximum aggregate
7 sign area of 32 square feet."
8 Section 6: Section 9843(7) of the Tustin Municipal Code is
amended as follows:
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"(7) Political signs are authorized in parkways
10 (defined as the area between the curb line and the
private property line), subject to the following
11 procedures, conditions, and penalties:
12 (a) No more than three political signs shall
be permitted on any abutting property line.
(b) Political signs shall be limited to four
1~ (4) square feet in size and four (4) feet
in height.
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(c) Political signs in the parkway shall
16 require the permission of the abutting
property owner.
(d) Political signs in the parkway shall
18 not be attached in any manner to any
traffic control device, tree, street
19 light, or utility pole, or placed so
as to impede pedestrian walkways.
(e) Political signs in the parkway shall
21 be located so as not to obstruct the
vision of motorists and shall be pro-
22 hibited in any area designated by the
City Engineer as a hazardous area.
(f) Any person, party or group posting
2~ political signs in the parkway shall be
liable to the City of Tustin, private
25 property owners, and the general public
for any injury to persons or property
26 resulting from the placement and main-
tenance of political signs in the public
27 right-of-way."
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1 Section 7: Section 9483(8) of the Tustin Municipal Code is
amended as follows:
"(8) Signs in violation of this Code shall be
3 removed by the City and destroyed if not claimed
by the owner within 48 hours and payment made to
4 the City for the direct costs incurred in the
removal of said signs."
Section 8: Section 9483(9) of the Tustin Municipal Code is
6 amended as follows:
7 "(9) Any person who intentionallydefaces, oblit-
erates, tears down, or destroys any political sign
8 installed in accordance with the provisions of this
Code shall be charged pursuant to the General Penalty
9 provisions of this Code."
10 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, this 18th day of March, 1985.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of
the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing
Ordinance No. 9Z8 was duly and regularly introduced and read at a regular meeting
of the City Council held on the 4th day of March, 1985, and was given its second
reading and duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting held on the 18th
day of March, 1985, by the following vote:
AYES : COUNCILPERSONS: Edgar, Greinke, Hoesterey, Kennedy, Saltarelli
NOES : COUNCILPERSONS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILPERSONS: None
City of Tus~ifornia '
SUMMARY PUBLISHED IN TUSTIN NEWS:
March 14, 1985
March 28, 1985