HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD NO 2887EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 2~7
NEW SERIES
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 17.54.200(g)(2)
OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO
REMOVAL OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS.
WHEREAS, on June 14, 1976, this Council adopted and
passed Ordinance No. 2281 (New Series) and thereby added section
17.54.200(g)(2) to the Bakersfield Municipal Code, effective
July 14, 1976, which section provides for conformation or removal
of specified nonconforming signs within five (5) years; and
WHEREAS, this Council, by subsequently adopted ordinances,
has extended the compliance or removal date for nonconforming
signs to January 1, 1984; and
WHEREAS, unless this Council takes action to delay the
extended removal or conformance date, the specified nonconforming
signs must be removed or conformed by January 1, 1984; and
WHEREAS, unless this ordinance is adopted as an Emergency
Ordinance, section 17.54.200(g)(2) will require substantial
expenditures by property owners with nonconforming signs, which
expenditures may be proven to have been unnecessary or untimely
a continuing review of the City's Sign Ordinance;
upon completion of
and
WHEREAS,
proposals to revise the City's Sign Ordinance
are now, and for the last six months have been, under study by
the Planning Commission and it is anticipated that a revised sign
ordinance will be ready for adoption by the City Council by July,
1984; and
WHEREAS, based upon the foregoing, this Council finds
and determines that this Emergency Ordinance is necessary for the
preservation of property.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the
City of Bakersfield as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 17.33.200(g)(2) of the Bakersfield Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
17.54.200 Nonconforming Signs.
(g)(2) The following signs made nonconforming by the
provisions of this chapter shall be removed or made to conform
with the provisions of this chapter by September 1, 1984:
(A) Flashing signs in districts more restrictive
than the C-1 district;
(B) Flashing signs in the C-l, C-2, M-1 and
M-2 districts which exceed the permissible current
and wattage specified in Section 17.54.040(c)(3);
(C) Moving and rotating signs except as
otherwise provided in Section 17.54.040(c) of this
chapter;
(D) Outlining of a building except as other-
wise provided in Section 17.54.040(b) of this
chapter;
(E) Signs not illuminated in accordance with
this chapter;
(F) Signs in excess of the number specified
by this chapter;
SECTION 2.
This ordinance is an Emergency Ordinance within the
meaning of Section 24 of the City Charter and is to take effect
upon passage by the City Council.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Emergency Ordinance
was passed and adopted by the Council of
at a regular meeting thereof held on the
1983, by the following vote:
the City of Bakersfield
21st day of December,
~x T CITY CLERK and Ex Officio
Clerk of the Council of the City of
Bakersfield
APPROVED this 21st day of December, 1983
M~AY~o f t/h e'~C i ~t y/o/ff~f is 1 d
APPROVED as to form:
Y ATTORN~ of the C~ty of Bakersfield
AJS/bl 3.
Aff av t of Iost ng (Ordinaries
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, l
County of Kern ss.
PHILIP KBLMAR, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and
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at the City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of an ordinance passed by the Council of said City
at a meeting thereof duly held on ..................D._.e....c...~...m..~.~..e...~l_..~_~. .......................................19...5.~...., which ordinance
was numbere&........~.~:[ .........................New Series, and entitled:
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD AMENDING SECTION 17.5~.200(g)
OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO
REMOVAL OF NONCO,FORMInG SIGNS.
(2)
AsSistant City Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
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