Ordinance Number 934ORDINANCE NO. 934
' AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CODE AMENDMENT CA 07-01
RELATING TO SIGN REGULATIONS SET FORTH IN MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 9-3.543, TABLE 3-42
WHEREAS, the San Juan Capistrano City Council has directed that the City's sign
provisions be reviewed to provide more detailed regulation of signs pertaining to monument
signs, building mounted signs, office complex signs and signs in view corridors; and,
WHEREAS, staff has prepared an amendment to the sign regulations set forth in
Section 9-3.543, Table 3-42 of the Municipal Code; and,
WHEREAS, the code amendment was reviewed in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, an Initial Study was performed and
potentially significant impacts were identified regarding Aesthetics. Mitigation Measures
have been included to reduce potential impacts to insignificant levels. A Mitigated
Negative Declaration was prepared; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted duly -noticed public hearings on
September 25, 2007 and October 9, 2007 pursuant to Section 9-2.335 of the Municipal
Code, City Council Policy 5, and Planning Department Policy 510 to consider public
' testimony on the proposed amendment and has considered all relevant public comments.
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted duly noticed public hearings on November
6, 2007, December 4, 2007 and December 18, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the City Council carefully considered public oral and written
communications at the public hearing.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Code Amendment CA07-01.
San Juan Capistrano Municipal Code Section 9-3.543, Table 3-42 is amended
pursuant to provisions set forth in Exhibit "A".
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 posted at the duly designated posting places within the City and published once within
fifteen (15) days after passage and adoption as required by law; or, in the alternative, the
City Clerk may cause to be published a summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of
the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the Office of the City Clerk five (5) days priorto
the date of adoption of this Ordinance; and, within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City
Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post a certified
copy of this Ordinance, together with the vote for and against the same, in the Office of the
City Clerk.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOF-TE-R thO48t day of December, 2007.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
YOR
I, MARGARET R. MONAHAN, appointed City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby certify
that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 934 which was regularly introduced and placed
upon its first reading at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on the 18i° day of December 2007 and that
thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at the Regular Meeting of the City Council on the 15`s
day of January 2008 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:YO CIL EMBERS: Allevato, Hribar, Use, and Mayor Soto
NOES CO EMBERS: None
ABSENT: CO I MEMBERS: Nielsen
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
' CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO)
I, MARGARET R. MONAHAN, declares as follows:
That I am the duly appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano; That in
compliance with State laws, Government Code section 36933(1) of the State of California, on
the 1" day of November, 2007, at least 5 days prior to January 15, 2008, the date of adoption of
the ordinance, I caused to be posted a certified copy of the proposed Ordinance entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CPR
MENDMENT CA 07-01
RELATING TO SIGN REGULATIONS S FIN MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 9-3.543, TABLE 3-42
This document was posted in the Office of the
San Juan
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO)
' I, MARGARET R. MONAHAN, declare as follows: That I am the duly appointed and qualified
City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano; That in compliance with State laws, Government
Code section 36933(1) of the State of California. On the 18TH day of January 2008 1 caused to
be posted a certified copy of Ordinance No. 934, adopted by the City Council on January 15,
2008 entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN
CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING C E AMENDMENT CA 07-01
RELATING TO SIGN REGULATIONS SET�HN MUNICIPAL CODE
SECTION 9-3.543, TABLE 3-42 / //
This document was posted in the Office of the City
San Juan
EXHIBIT A:
CODE AMENDMENT
Selected portions of Table 3-42 of Section 9-3.543 of the Municipal Code are hereby
amended as set out below. The additions are shown in bold and double underline.
Table 3-42
S7r.I11it-If1irE:_ &[•
Type of Sign District/Land Use
;Max. Height/Length (in ;Max. Area (square
i no case above eaves) i feet)"
Max. Aggregate Area/Notes"
Building- OC
i 25 feet i 18 square feet per
18 square feet per wall
mounted
tenant plus one
's exposure per tenant. Signs
signs"' (Flush)
project
:for tenants shall be placed
identification sign
i only on the same wall
's or major tenant
i exposure as the tenant's
i sign per building,
main entry. Signs that are
with a sign area
visible from City entry ways
equal to one
': (i.e. Camino Capistrano,
square foot for
Rancho Viejo Road, Ortega
every lineal foot
Highway and the 1-5
of wall area where
€ Freeway) shall require
the sign is to be
': Planning Commission
placed, up to a
i approval as determined by
i maximum of 50
i the Planning Director. Any
square feet.
i illumination for the project
i major tenant identification
sign shall be approved by
i the Planning Commission.
's Such illumination shall
utilize reverse channel (halo -
lit) lettering unless the
i Commission finds that
i alternate illumination, if any,
i is more appropriate to the
character and location of the
•. building. Hours of
illumination may be limited
by the Planning Director or
the Planning Commission
i Change of copy signs where
the sign area or support
structures are not altered
i may be approved
Table 3-42
at n btanaaras
ypa of Sign ` District/Land Use ;Max. Height/Length (in `Max. Area (square :Max. Aggregate Area/Notes"
i no case above eaves) i feet)**
Building- TC, GC, NC, RC, 25 feet
mounted signs"* € OSR, P&I
(flush)
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Table 3-42
Si
n Standards cont.
Max.
Height/Length Max. Area
(square Max. Aggregate
Type of Sign District/Land Use
(in no case feet)`*
Area/Notes**
above eaves
Monuments TC
6 feet 24
Not more than maximum
signs`(freestanding)
area permitted per street
frontage for all districts per
multi -tenant center or
':. individual business not a
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i GC, NC, CM, IP,
': 6 feet E 60
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6 feet € 30
Auto -Dealership
s 25 feet 60
* Only one (1) freestanding sign per street frontage shall be permitted for individual establishments or shopping
centers. Establishments within shopping centers are not permitted individual freestanding signs. Tyitainonunient
signs may be l2ermotted jf located on either side of a main pro*ect entry, provided their aggregate sauam
xceed 6Q square feet.
The Planning CoiMmesslon
shall detennune the most apprQUriate
Illumination, if any, that character
with the building architecture
and mmt*aa' pacts
on properties In the vicinity. Hours of
sign illumination may be limited
by the Planning Como ' *
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