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Home My WebLink AboutORD NO 4605 ORDINANCE NO. 4 6.0 5 ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 17.60.060 AND 17.60.070 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SIGN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAYS. BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: SECTION 1. Section 17.60.060 B of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.060 Sign development standards. B. Regulations by Zone District-Sign Matrix. The following tables identify the signs permitted in each zone district. In addition to the following regulations, all signs shall be in compliance with all other provisions of this chapter: s SACOUNCIUOrds\09-10 Ords\17.60.060&07OSignStandards.doc Page 1 of 6 Pages 0R1(JW,'1AL 2. Signs Permitted in the C-O (Professional and Administrative Office) Zone District: Location Restrictions Maximum Maximum Maximum Illumination (also see Section Sign Type Sign Style Number Area Height Allowed? 17.60.50) Remarks a. Residential Subject to the residential sign standards pursuant to Section 17.60.060 B.1 Uses b. Business ID Wall No limit; Street 30 ft. Yes Sign shall not project a. Each business shall be entitle total elevations: I above roofline of a minimum of 16 sq. ft. of combined sq. ft. per building. wall signage per elevation. area of all linear foot of signage shall the business' b. Sign shall not exceed a not exceed elevation Note: Wall horizontal length greater than the maximu sign is signs may 70% of the linear business area per located or exceed the frontage. elevation. 100 sq. ft., height whichever is maximum if less. building is 3 c- If skyline building signs are or more proposed, such signs as well Non-street stories per as all other wall signs shall be levations: skyline sign subject to Section 17.60.070 .5 s4. ft. Per standards. F. linear foot of he business' elevation sign is located or 32 sq. ft., whichever is less. Pylon or 4 per street 32 sq. ft. each 8 ft. Yes a. Setbacks a. Business or center is limited to use of either pylon or Monument Frontage - 25 ft. from monument. interior property lines b. Business is limited to being listed on only one sign per (not part of a street frontage. (see d. under center) remarks for c. If center name incorporates 5th monument b. Minimum 50 ft. the name of an on-site sign) between signs. business in any form, said name shall not be allowed on other sign per item b. C. 100 ft. from existing outdoor d. One additional sign per street advertising frontage is permitted that only structures. identified the center. Window 1 per street 8 sq. ft. Below 2nd Yes Ground floor Area limitation and location does frontage floor or 15 ft., windows only. of apply to customary whichever is noncommercial holiday less decorations maintained pursuant to Section 17.60.080 R. r S:\C0UNCIL\0rds\09-10 Ords\17.60.060&070SignStandards.doc J O OW WAL Page 2 of 6 Pages Location Restrictions Maximum Maximum Maximum Illumination (also see Section Sign Type Sign Style Number Area Height Allowed? 17.60.50) Remarks Shingle 1 per 6 sq. ft. 8 ft. min. Yes Shall be at Sign shall be oriented for elevation ground entrance(s) utilized sidewalk pedestrian traffic clearance by the public during perpendicular to the store front. business hours. Name plate 1 per loading 2 sq. ft. each 6 ft. No Adjacent to or on a. Copy shall be limited to (wall or door) entrance door of loading business/tenant name. entrance of each tenant. b. Sign is limited to loading entrance only, not public entrance. c. Building ID Wall 2 per building 10 sq. ft. each 10 ft. Yes Wall only a. Illumination shall be indirect or backlit; internal lighting is (multiple prohibited. buildings on site) b. Copy shall pertain only to the name of the building to assist in providing direction to the public, commercial name/advertising copy is prohibited. d. Temporary Signs i. Real Estate Freestanding, 1 per saleable 32 sq. ft. 12 ft. No a. Shall be on a. Copy shall pertain to advertise wall or or leasable premises being the sale, rent or lease and not window space sold, rented or for the purpose of commercial leased. advertising of a business. b. Shall be setback b. Signs shall be removed within 10 ft. from 10 days after the sale, lease or property lines, exchange has been completed. exceptthose fronting public streets where no setback is required. ii.Construction Freestanding 1 per project 32 sq. ft. 12 ft. No a. Shall be on a. Copy limited to type of facing street premises. construction occurring on-site and name of company b. Shall be setback including logo. 10 ft. from property lines. b. Sign shall be removed within 10 days after completion of project. iii. Future Freestanding, 1 per street 32 sq. ft. 12 ft. No a. Shall be on a. Copy limited to identify Facility, Use wall or frontage premises. future use consistent with or Tenant window zoning, or future occupancy b. Shall be setback and may include ownership 10 ft. from identification. property lines. b. Sign shall be removed upon occupancy of building or site. f ~~J\Kc- S:\COUNCIL\Ords\09-10 Ords\17.60.060&070SignStandards.doc Page 3 of 6 Pages Location Restrictions Maximum Maximum Maximum Illumination (also see Section Si Type Sign Style Number Area Height Allowed? 17.60.50) Remarks iv. Promotional Window 1 per building 25% of Below 2nd Yes Ground floor a. Copy limited to promoting elevation, not window area floor or 10, windows only. merchandise, services, sales, to exceed 2 per building whichever is etc., of business activity. building elevation or less Business identification is elevations 32 sq. ft., prohibited except as permitted whichever is under 2.b. less b. Area limitation does not include business identification under 2.b. c. Area limitation and location does not apply to customary noncommercial holiday decorations maintained for a reasonable time during a holiday season. v. Special See Section 17.60.070 B. Event vi. Political See Section 17.60.070 C. Election SECTION 2. Section 17.60.070 G of the Bakersfield Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 17.60.070 Specialized signs. G. Electronic Message Displays, 1. Only large retail developments as defined in Section 17.04.367, or shopping centers encompassing five acres or more are permitted use of an electronic message display on a pylon sign. 2. Only one of the allowed pylon signs permitted along a street frontage may include an electronic display. 3. If a pylon sign contains an electronic message display and monument signs are also permitted for the center, only one of the allowed monument signs along a street frontage may contain an electronic message display. If a pylon sign does not contain an electronic message display and monument signs are permitted for the center, only two of the allowed monument signs along a street frontage may contain an electronic message display. S:\C0UNCIL\0rds\09-10 Ords\17.60.060&070SignStandards.doc; ` P Page 4 of 6 Pages ° '~lf~i°a~i~+A! 4. Pylon signs that contain an electronic message display shall be setback a minimum of one hundred fifty feet from any R, PUD, or OS zone, and fifty feet from any interior property line not within that center. 5. Electronic message displays are not permitted on pylon signs located on properties that do not meet the definition of a large retail development or are less than five acres. However, one of the allowed monument signs along each street frontage is permitted to contain an electronic message display. 6. Electronic message displays shall not be permitted on building walls or in windows. 7. All other sign regulations that pertain to the particular zone district and specific business shall apply. 8. Outdoor advertising signs (billboards) may contain electronic message displays subject to the regulations in Section 17.60.070E. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of its passage. --00000-- f~!, A i(F S:\000NCIUOrds\09-10 Ords\17.60.060&070SignStandards.doc Page 5 of 6 Pages 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 NOV 0 4 2009 by the following vote: YES: COUNCILMEMBER CARSON, BENHAM, WEIR, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, SCRIVNER COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER Y) CnR ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER Yl Cxx 4 A-n A ~ I J, PAMELA A. McCARTHY, MM CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO ae Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED: NOV 0 4 2009 By: _ HARVEY L. HALL Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: VIRGINIA GENNARO City Attorney By: /4~~ ? L,,)bSHUA H. RUDNICK Deputy City Attorney JHR:Isc 9s, rs-- SA000NCIL\Ords\09-10 Ords\17.60.060&070SignStandards.doc rJ 1R1!afl~! AL Page 6 of 6 Pages AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING DOCUMENTS STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ) ss. County of Kern ) PAMELA A. McCARTHY, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That she is the duly appointed, acting and qualified City Clerk of the City of Bakersfield; and that on the 9th day of November , 2009 she posted on the Bulletin Board at City Hall, a full, true and correct copy of the following: Ordinance No. 4605, passed by the Bakersfield City Council at a meeting held on the 4th day of November, 2009 and entitled: ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 17.60.060 AND 17.60.070 OF THE BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SIGN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISPLAYS PAMELA A. McCARTHY City Clerk and Ex Officio of the Council of the City of Bakersfield By: DEPUTY ity Cler SAD0CUMENl1F0RMSW0P.0RD.wpd ~~,t~,KF9 6 'API a9r Al