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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 3231ORDINANCE NO. 3231 , NEW SERIES AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 17.60.030 29., 17.60.110 G.i., 17.60.110 K.i., 17.60.110 0.1. AND 17.60.260 F.6. OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 17.60.245 AND 17.60.265 TO THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SIGNS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. Section 17.60.030 29. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.030 Definitions. 29. "Parcel of property" means any separate legal lot or parcel of land; provided that when a shopping center has been divided into separate parcels, it shall continue to be considered as one parcel for purposes of this chapter; and further provided that where two or more contiguous parcels of property are utilized for a single business or enterprise, sharing common off-street parking facilities and access, such parcels shall be considered one parcel for purposes of this chapter. SECTION 2. Section 17.60.110 G.i. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.110 Permitted in R-S, R-S-1A, R-S-2½A, R-S-5A, R-S-10A and R-1 districts. The following signs are permitted in the R-S, R-S-1A, R-S-2½A, R-S-5A, R-S-10A and R-1 districts. G. Two subdivision directional signs for each new subdivision, subject to the following conditions: 1. No such sign shall exceed thirty-two square feet in area or twelve feet in height. SECTION 3. Section 17.60.110 K.1. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.110 Permitted in R-S, R-S~iA, R-S-2½A, R-S-5A, R-S-10A and R-1 districts. K. Four off-premises subdivision directional signs for each new subdivision, subject to the following conditions: 1. No such sign shall exceed thirty-two square feet in area or twelve feet in height. SECTION 4. Section 17.60.110 O.1. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.110 Permitted in R-S, R-S-1A, R-S-2½A, R-S-5A, R-S-10A and R-1 districts. O. Flags and banners for tract sales offices and model homes shall be permitted subject to the following: 1. a. A maximum of three flag poles shall be permitted on each lot on which is situated a tract sales office or model home; provided, however, if such lots front on a residential street which does not intersect with a collector or arterial street at the nearest intersection to such tract sales offices or model homes, then two additional lots will be permitted three flag poles each, if their side or rear lot lines abut a collector or arterial street. Additional flag poles may be approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment. b. Condominium projects of less than twenty units shall be permitted six flag poles; projects with twenty or more units shall be permitted nine flag poles. Additional flag poles may be approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment. Such flag poles shall be located within the project. SECTION 5. Section 17.60.260 F.6. of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.260 Nonconforming signs. - 2 - F. 6. Any change in the signage, excluding minor repairs and precise repainting, but not later than the expiration of the period of time applicable to a particular sign or signs as set forth in subsection G. below; such period commences to run upon the effective date of the ordinance first enacting this chapter, upon the completion date of annexation, or upon the effective date of an amendment to this chapter, whichever makes the sign nonconforming, or the date upon which the sign otherwise becomes nonconforming. SECTION 6. Section 17.60.245 is hereby added to the Bakersfield Municipal Code to read as follows: 17.60.245 Skyline building identification wall signs. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a permit may be issued for a wall sign providing long distance visual identification of a building or its primary tenant in a C-0, C-l, C-2, M-1 or M-2 zone, subject to the following condi- tions: A. No such sign may be installed on more than two elevations of any building; B. All such signs shall be located on the top story or between the top story and the top of the building; C. All such signs shall be comprised solely of individual letters or logos installed a minimum of three (3) inches and a maximum of twelve (12) inches from the surface of the wall on which they are located. Illumination may be provided by indirect reverse lighting or internal illumination with lighting behind a substance approved by the Building Director. Floodlighting of the sign shall not be allowed; D. No such sign shall have a horizontal dimension exceeding one hundred (100) feet or sixty (60) percent of the horizontal dimension of the building measured at the elevation at which the sign is to be placed, whichever is smaller. height of the building; No sign shall be placed within two (2) times the first letter or logo from the vertical edge of the F. The property owner shall designate in writing the primary tenant of the building, if such tenant is to be identified by such a sign; - 3 - G. Subject to the following exceptions, no sign shall have letters which exceed the height shown in Table A, below: TABLE A Height of maximum Height Building of Letters (Feet) (Inches) 30 24 40 24 50 24 60 34 70 44 80 54 90 64 100 74 120 or greater 84 Capital letter, when used in conjunction with lower case letters may be 1.5 times such height; a logo, used individually or as part: of a sign, may be two (2) times such height; H. All such signs shall be limited to a single line of letters and/or logo; I. No such sign shall be permitted in addition to a free-standing identification sign except for monument signs other- wise permitted by this chapter; J. All other wall signs permitted by this chapter which are to be placed on a building displaying a sign permitted by this section may not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the area which would otherwise be permitted by this chapter, and each such sign shall be so placed on the building that the highest point of the sign does not exceed twenty (20) feet in height from grade; K. No comprehensive sign plan for wall signs may be less restrictive than permitted by the requirements of this section. SECTION 7. Section 17.60.265 is hereby added to the Bakersfield Municipal Code to read as follows: 17.60.265 Inventory of illegal or abandoned advertising displays. The building director or his designee shall inventory illegal or abandoned advertising displays within the city. Such inventory shall commence within six months of the adoption of this ordinance. Within eight months of the adoption of this ordinance, the building director shall commence abatement of the identified pre-existing illegal and abandoned on-premises advertising displays. SECTION 8. This ordinance City charter provisions days from and after the shall be posted in accordance with the and shall become effective thirty (30) date of its passage. ........... o0o .......... - 5 - I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on June 14, 1989 , by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ANTHONY, DeMOND, SMITH, RATTY, PETERSON, McDERMOlq', SALVAGGIO ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS ~one ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NoIle Assistant CITY CLERk a~Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of t%e City of Bakersfield APPROVED CLARENCE E. June 14, 1989 MEDDERS MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: LCM/lg O ORD 4 HIGHRISE1-6 6/22/89 - 6 - AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ) County of Kern) SS. CAROL WILLIAMS, That she is the of Bakersfield; posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a the following: Ordinance No. 3231 City Council at a meeting held on the 14th and entitled: Being duly Sworn, deposes and says: duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City and that on the 26th day of June , 1989 she full, true and correct copy of , passed by the Bakersfield day of June 19 89 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTIONS 17.60.030 29., 17.60.110 G.I., 17.60.110 K.I., 17.60.110 O.1. AND 17.60.260 F.6. OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 17.60.245 AND 17.60.265 TO THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SIGNS. /s/ CAROL WILLIAMS CITY CLERK of the City of Bakersfie~ NSAOPD DEPUTY City Clerk