HomeMy WebLinkAbout608 - Ordinances ORDINANCE NO. 608
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING SIGN
ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 99-01, AMENDING TITLE 14 OF THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING
MONUMENT SIGNS AND TO RESTRICT SUBMITTAL OF SAME
APPLICATION WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
A. RECITALS.
1. On June 23, 1999, the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
conducted a duly-noticed public hearing with respect to the above-referenced
Development Code Amendment and, following the conclusion thereof, adopted its
Resolution No. 99-82, recommending that the City Council adopt said amendment.
2. On August 4, 1999, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga
conducted and concluded a duly-noticed public hearing concerning the subject
amendment to the Sign Ordinance.
3. All legal prerequisites prior to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.
B. ORDINANCE.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does hereby ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: Chapter 14.12, Section 14.12.080 and 14.20.100 is hereby
amended to read as follows, and all subsequent sections are
renumbered accordingly:
Section 14.12.080
New Applications following Denial or Revocation
Following the denial or revocation of a Sign
Permit application, no application for a Sign
Permit for the same or substantially the same sign
on the same or substantially the same site shaft
be filed within one-year from the date of denial or
revocation.
Section 14.20.080
Permitted Signs Residential, Commercial, Office,
and Industrial Zones Class 2.-c., 3.-b., 5.-d., 8.-d.
Monument sign letter height shall be a minimum
of 8 inches.
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Section 14.20.100
Permitted Signs - Commercial, Office, and
industrial Zones Class 1 .-d., (please see page
184-4) 2.-b., 2.-d., (please see page 184-6) 2.- e.
Monument sign letter height shall be a minimum
of 8 inches.
SECTION 2: Section 14.24.100 is hereby added to Chapter 14.24 to read
as follows:
Section 14.24.100
Sign Legibility
Signs shall be legible. Signs should be clearly
organized, simple, and designed with sufficient
contrast with their background. The use of
extremely omamental or fancy script type styles
(i.e., font) is discouraged. Formonument signs, a
minimum 8-inch letter height shaft be used.
SECTION 3: This Council hereby finds and determines that the subject
amendment identified in this Ordinance is exempt from the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of
1970, as amended, and the Guidelines promulgated
thereunder, pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, Section
15300 as it is not defined as a project per Section 15378.
SECTION 4: if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, orword
of this Ordinance is, for any reason, deemed or held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any coud of
competent jurisdiction, or preempted by legislative
enactment, such decision or legislation shall not affect the
validityof the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City
Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga hereby declares
that it would have adopted this Ordinance and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word thereof,
regardless of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words might
subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional or
preempted by subsequent legislation.
SECTION 5: The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and shall cause the same to be published within 15 days after
its passage at least once in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin a
newspaper of general circulation, published in the City of
Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho
Cucamonga, California.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 18th day of August, 1999.
AYES: Alexander, Biane, Curatalo, Dutton, Williams
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
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ATTEST:
Debra J. Adah~j, CMC, City Clerk
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the
City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 4th day of August, 1999, and was finally passed at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 18th day of August, 1999.
Executed this 19th day of August, 1999, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Debra J. AdarlS~, CMC, City Clerk