ORD 075 ORDINANCE NO. 75
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, ESTABLISHING AND CONTINUING AN URGENCY
MEASURE PROHIBITING OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DISPLAYS,
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
SIGNS WHICH MAY BE IN CONFLICT WITH A CONTEMPLATED
ZONING PROPOSAL, SAID CONTINUATION TO BE IN EFFECT ON
AN INTERIM STUDY BASIS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 65858.
The City Council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. From and after the effective date of this Ordinance,
and for the period during which this Ordinance remains in effect, and
notwithstanding any other ordinance, resolution or regulation of the
City to the contrary, no officer, employee or department administering
City business shall accept or process any application for, nor shall any
person erect or construct any outdoor advertising display or outdoor
advertising structure or outdoor advertising sign as each of the above
is defined herein. This moratorium is a continuation of the moratorium
imposed by Ordinance No. 56 and shall be in full force and effect from
May 8, 1985 to May 7, 1986, unless sooner repealed or otherwise modified.
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Ordinance, the
following words or phrases shall have the following definitions:
A. "Outdoor Advertising Display" means advertising
structures and signs used for outdoor advertising
purposes, not including on-site advertising signs
as hereinafter defined.
B. "Outdoor Advertising Structure" means a structure
of any kind or character erected or maintained for
outdoor advertising purposes, upon which poster,
bill, printing, painting or other advertisement of
any kind whatsoever may be placed, including statuary,
for outdoor advertising purposes.
C. "Outdoor Advertising Sign" means any card, cloth,
paper, metal painted, plastic or wooden sign of
any character placed for outdoor advertising
purposes, on or to the ground or any tree, wall,
bush, rock, fence, building, structure or thing,
either privately or publicly owned, other than an
advertising structure.
D. The words "Outdoor Advertising Structure" and
"Outdoor Advertising Sign" as defined in subsections
~B. and C. do not include:
1. Official notices issued by any court or' public
body or officer;
2. Notices posted by any public officer in
performance of a public duty or by any person
in giving legal notice;
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3. Directional, warning or information structures
required by or authorized by law or by Federal,
State or County authority; including signs
necessary for the operation and safety of public
utility uses.
4. A structure erected near a city or county
boundary, which contains the name of such city
or county and the names of, or any other informa-
tion regarding civic, fraternal or religious
organizations located therein.
SECTION 3. URGENCY. This Ordinance is adopted as an urgency
measure pursuant to the authority of Section 65858 of the Government
Code of the State of California, for the immediate preservation and
protection of the public safety, health and welfare, and shall take
effect immediately upon its adoption and passage by at least a four-
fifths vote of the City Council. The City Council finds and determines
that there is a current threat to the public health, safety and welfare
in that the City of La Quinta has recently been incorporated and because
large unsightly off-site signs can create visual blight contrary to the
public interest, it is necessary to restrict certain signs until a
systematic review and comprehensive analysis of signing regulations,
particularly those related to outdoor advertising and related off-site
signs, can be completed. It is contemplated that from such studies,
which are soon to be conducted by the Community Development Department,
there will emerge a new zoning proposal regulating off-site signs for
the City, and during the interim period while this can be accomplished,
it is essential that the controls imposed by this Ordinance be maintained,
so that uses which would otherwise be established and developed during
the interim period will not thereafter be in conflict with the contem-
plated zoning proposal and development control proposal as aforesaid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF ORDINANCE. This Ordinance shall
remain in effect for a one-year period pursuant to Section 65858 of the
Government Code of the State of California, unless sooner repealed or
otherwise modified, and subject to any extension of the effective period
duly enacted pursuant to and in accordance with said Section 65858.
SECTION 5. POSTING. The City Clerk shall within 15 days after
the passage of this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least the
three public places designated by resolution of the City Council;
shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance; and shall
cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of
posting, to be entered in the book of ordinances of this City.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the La Quinta City Council at a regular
meeting held this 7th day of May, 1985, by the following roll call
vote:
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AYES: Council Members Allen, Bohnenberger, Pena, Wolff and
Mayor Cox.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
,~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF LA QUINTA )
I, FRANK M. USHER, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, do
hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct
regular meeting held on the
1985, not being less than five days following date of
introduction. I further certify that the foregoing
ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of
La Quinta.
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