HomeMy WebLinkAbout0410ORDINANCE NO. 410 (1968 Series)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE SIGN
ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of San Luis Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. The Sign Ordinance of the City of San Luis Obispo, shall be
and is hereby amended to include Section 8600.16 entitled "Signs Permitted in
The Mission Plaza," said section to read as follows:
SECTION 8600.16 SIGNS PERMITTED IN MISSION PLAZA
A. For the purpose of this Ordinance the Mission Plaza shall
be defined as the area bounded by Chorro Street, Higuera
Street, Broad Street and Monterey Street..
B. The following provisions shall apply to all signs erected
within the Mission Plaza except that signs attached to the
fronts of buildings having frontage onto Higuera Street,
Chorro Street, and Broad Street and facing toward said
streets, shall be subject to the sign provisions of the
district in which they are located.
C. The following signs shall be permitted:
1. Signs indicating the name and nature of the occupancy,
or the name and address of the building, or the name
and address of the owner, (herein after called occupancy
signs). These signs shall be placed only on an exterior
wall or facade of the building or in a window of a
building according to the following regulations:
a. The total area of all occupancy signs mounted on
or parallel with any exterior wall or facade of
any occupancy or in a window of any occupancy
shall not exceed 10% of the total area of said
exterior or facade.
b. Occupancy signs shall be permitted only on an
exterior wall or facade or in a window in which
there is located a customer entrance to said
occupancy, or which faces a public way.
c. Signs shall not be blinking, flashing, rotating or
animated. Lights used to illuminate a sign shall
be installed to concentrate the illumination on
the sign and to minimize glare on adjacent property.
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d, Signs which project from a wall or facade shall
not project more than three feet nor exceed six
square feet in area. The height of said signs
shall not be less than eight feet nor more than
twelve feet from grade.
e. All signs shall be subject to the approval of the
Design Review Board. The Design Review Board, in
approving a proposed sign, shall find that the sign
design is in keeping with the character of the
Mission Plaza. The procedures setforth in
Sec. 8600.7.H shall apply.
2. Free standing directory signs or directional signs
subject to the following regulations:
a. The area shall not exceed fifteen square feet.
b. The height shall not exceed eight feet.
c. The design and location shall be approved by the
Design Review Board.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance, together with the ayes and noes, shall be
published once in full, at least three days before its final passage, in the
Telegram - Tribune, a newspaper published and circulated in said City, and the
same shall go into effect at the expiration of thirty days after its said final
passage.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED TO PRINT by the City Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo at a Regular Meeting of said City Council.held on the 18th day of March,
1968, on motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman Gallagher, and on
the following roll call vote:
AYES: Emmons Blake, Frank Gallagher, Arthur F. Spring, Donald Q. Miller,
Clell W. Whelchel.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
FINALLY PASSED this 1st day of April , 19 68 ,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Emmons Blake, Frank Gallagher, Arthur F. Spring,
Donald Q. Miller, Clell W. Whelchel
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: