Ordinance Number 821313
ORDINANCE NO. 821
AMENDING TITLE 8. CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE -
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND DILAPIDATED SIGNS
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SUBSECTION 8-12.05(b) OF CHAPTER 12, "PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE," OF TITLE 8, "BUILDING REGULATIONS" OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND
DILAPIDATED SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Amendment.
Municipal Code subsection 8-12.05(b), entitled "Buildings," of Chapter 12, "Property
Maintenance," of Title 8, Building Regulations," is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
"8-12.05(b). Buildings, Structures and Appurtenances.
"It is a public nuisance and shall be unlawful for any landowner or person leasing,
occupying, having charge or possession of any property in the City to own such property, or
maintain, manage, or possess such property wherein any of the following conditions are found to
exist upon the property:
"(1) Buildings which are abandoned or partially destroyed; buildings which are
partially constructed or incomplete after building permits have expired;
"(2) Buildings which have deteriorated to the point that exterior building coverings
allow sun or water penetration so as to permit decay, dry rot, warping, or cracking;
"(3) Commercial or directional signs, sign boards, and supporting structures, which
are dilapidated, broken, run-down, unkept, stained, dirtied, tarnished, discolored, faded in color,
shabby, bedraggled, decrepit, tattered, slipshod;
"(4) Broken windows, doors, attic vents, and under floor vents;
"(5) Building exteriors, walls, fences, driveways, or walkways which are cracked,
broken, defective, deteriorated, or in disrepair;
"(6) Building exteriors, walls, fences, driveways or walkways which are defaced
due to any writing, inscription, figure, scratches, or other markings commonly referred to as
`graffiti;'
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11(7) Buildings, structures, and any sign device that are found to be in violation of
any provisions of the Uniform Building or Dangerous Building Codes.
"Any public nuisance found to exist under this subsection shall be a violation of this
Municipal Code for which the landowner shall be dually responsible notwithstanding having leased
such property to a lessee."
SECTION 2. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty (30) days after its passage.
SECTION 3. City Clerk's Certification.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to
be published once as required by law and posted at the duly designated posting places within the
City of San Juan Capistrano within fifteen (15) days after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED
July 1998.
ATTEST:
CITY CLE
AND ADOPTED this 7th day of
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No.
821 which was introduced at a meeting of the City Council of the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, held on June 16 ,1998, and adopted at a meeting
held on July 7 , 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Swerdlin, Hart, Campbell
and Mayor Jones
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Council Member Greiner
(SEAL)
CHERYL JOtOISQ9, CITY CLERK
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