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ORDINANCE NO. 356
(XX-Zu� ( New Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
APPLYING CERTAIN REGULATIONS TO THE ERECTION
OR CONSTRUCTION OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING SIGNS
AND OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURES V1ITHIN FIVE
HUNDRED (500) FEET OF THE OUTER LIMITS OF ANY
FREEWAY RIGHT -OF -WAY 'WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF
THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, PENDING THE ACTION
BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
ON THIS FATTER, AND DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO
BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE TO TAKE EFFECT II0VIEDIATELY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF SAN LUIS OBISPO:
Section 1: The Council of the City of San Luis Obispo,
County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, has adopted
precise zoning regulations in conformance with the Enabling
Acts of the State of California by enacting Ordinance No. 292
(New Series) of the City of San Luis Obispo, and amendments
thereto. Said Council of the City of San Luis Obispo finds
that certain of the existing regulations are not conducive to
good zoning, and, therefore, declares it has instructed the
City Planning Commission of San Luis Obispo to proceed with
studies which will ascertain the feasibility of allowing out-
door advertising signs and outdoor advertising structures within
five hundred (500) feet of the outer- limits of any freeway
right -of -way located within the boundaries of the City of San
Luis' Obispo.
As considerable time will necessarily elapse before a com-
plete and conclusive survey concerning this matter can be made,
said Council of the City of San Luis Obispo finds it necessary
to adopt certain regulations of an interim or emergency nature
in order to protect the public interest and to preserve the pub-
lic welfare. Said regulations are hereinafter in this ordinance
set forth.
Section 2: DEFINITIONS
Paragraph 1: For the purpose of this ordinance, cer-
tain words, terms and phrases are defined as follows, and certain
regulations and restrictions in relation to certain definitions
shall be subject to the following interpretations and exceptions:
Paragraph 2: Special Permit: The words "special per-
mit" shall mean a special permit issued under the provisions of
this ordinance.
Paragraph 3: Freeway defined: For the purpose of
this ordinance, "freeway" shall mean a highway in respect to
which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of
access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which
such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of
access, and which is designed to move large volumes of traffic
efficiently and safely at high speed. The term "freeway" in this
definition shall be considered to be used synonymously with park-
way, expressway, or throughway.
Paragraph'4: Outdoor Advertising Sign defined: For
the purpose of this Ordinance, the term "outdoor advertising'
sign" shall mean any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted, glass,
wooden, plaster, stone, or other sign or device of any kind,or.
character whatsoever placed for outdoor advertising purposes on• ,',
the ground or on any tree, wall, bush, rock, post, fence, build-
ing, structure or thing whatsoever. The term "placed" as used
in the definition of "outdoor advertising sign" and "outdoor
advertising structure" shall include erecting, constructing, post-
ing, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, Blueing, sticking,
carving or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible in
any manner whatsoever.
Paragraph 5: Outdoor Advertising Structure defined: For
the purpose of this ordinance the term "outdoor advertising struc-
ture" shall mean any structure of any kind or character erected
or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes, upon which ;any,
outdoor advertising sign may be placed.
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Paragraph 6: Sign:
For the purpose of this ordin-
ance, the term "sign" shall be deemed to mean any outdoor adver-
tising sign or outdoor advertising structure.
Section 3: No person, firm or corporation shall erect,
construct or maintain, or cause to be erected, constructed or
maintained, any outdoor advertising sign, or outdoor advertising
structure, which is located nearer than five hundred (500) feet
of the outer limits of any freeway right -of -Dray in the City of
San Luis Obispo, and the advertising matter of which is visible
from the freeway, or from any ingress or egress ramps to or from
the freeway, unless and until a special permit therefor shall
have first been procured as hereinafter provided; provided, how-
ever, that there shall be excepted from the operation of this
ordinance outdoor advertising signs and outdoor advertising struc-
tures existing on the effective date of this ordinance. No out-
door advertising signs or outdoor advertising structures standing
within said prohibited area on the effective date of this ordin-
ance shall ever be enlarged, reconstructed, or rebuilt or moved
to another location within the aforesaid prohibited area without
a special permit therefor first having been issued as herein-
after provided.
Section 4: Special Permits:
Application for such special permit shall be made in
writing to the building inspector of the City of San Luis Obispo.
Upon written application therefor, the building inspector shall
issue a special permit for any outdoor advertising sign or out-
door advertising structure in the following cases and under the
following conditions, and not otherwise, to wit:
(a) Use: Outdoor advertising signs and outdoor
advertising structures (referred to in this
section as "signs "), in addition to those
otherwise permitted in this ordinance, shall
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be permitted in the following cases and
under the following conditions:
(b) The following signs, to wit:
1. Signs displaying the name only of the
property or premises upon which dis-
played or of the owner or lessee
thereof.
2. Signs advertising the sale of a sub-
division and located therein or adja-
cent thereto.
3. Directional or informational signs of a
public or quasi - public nature, erected
and maintained by any official body or
civic body.
4. Signs appurtenant to any use permitted
in the district and situated on the
building in which such use is conducted
or on the immediate site of such
building, or if such use is not con-
ducted in a building, then located on
the actual area of land occupied by
such use.
.� 5. Signs serving as directional signs, to
resorts or to institutions of an
educational, religious, charitable or
civic nature, to which the principal
access is had from any road or highway
which is improved with cement concrete
or oilbound Macadam pavement but which
are not situated directly adjacent to
such road or highway.
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(c) Each special permit shall prescribe con-
ditions as to the size, construction,
location, color of such sign, and the adver-
tising matter to be set forth thereon.
(d) That the building inspector shall issue no
special permit in any of the following
cases, to wit:
1. In any instance where such sign would
not conform to the requirements
hereinbefore specified.
2. In any instance where any such sign
is to be located within five hundred
(500) feet of the outer limits of any
proposed freeway right -of -way, and
the limits of such pro osed freeway
right-of-way have been designated by
the Division of Highways of the State
of California.
3. For any sign having a surface area
exceeding forty (40) square feet.
Section 5: This ordinance is hereby declared to be an
emergency measure for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety. That the facts constituting such
urgency are as f oll ows :
That the Planning Commission is now in the process of making
studies leading to the adoption of precised and detailed regu-
lations relating to the construction and maintenance of outdoor
advertising signs and outdoor advertising structures. That the
route of a new freeway through the City of San Luis Obispo has
already been designated by the Division of Highways of the State
of California. That unless prohibited by Ordinance, it is
likely that many outdoor advertising signs and outdoor advertis-
ing structures will soon forthwith be erected and placed along
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said freeway, which will destroy the effect and purpose of the
contemplated zoning if not regulated immediately. For the
reasons stated, this ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its adoption.
Section 6: Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished
by imprisonment in the City Jail not exceeding six '(6) months
or by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or
by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 7: This ordinance, together with the Ayes and
Noes, shall be published for two days before its final passage
in the Telegram- Tribune, a daily newspaper printed, published
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and circulated in said City, and the same shall take effect and
be in force 'J,' M.. its f final passage.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT this 19th day of November
1951, by the following vote:
AYES :D.M.Car.penter, Paul W.Davis,Fred Lucksinger, Timothy I. O'Reilly,
Frank V.Woods
NOES: iione
ABSENT: None
Mayor
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FINALLY PASSED this 3rd day of December, 1951
upon the following roll call vote:
Ayes:_ D_.M.Carpenter.,Paul W.Davis,Fred Lucksinger, Timothy I. O'Reilly
Frank V.voods
Noes: None
Absent: None
Attest;
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L/i ty Clerk
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Mayor