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Adopted: July 5, 2005
Effective: August 5, 2005
ORDINANCE NO. Me-l2ll
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 19.22 (SIGN REGULATIONS) TO ADD SECTION ]9.22.080(7)
RELATED TO OFF-SITE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER SIGNS.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 19.22 is amended to add Section 19.22.080(7) to allow off-site
electronic message center signs as shown in Attachment I attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
SECTION 2. Severability. In the event that any provision ofthis Ordinance, or any part
thereof, or any application thereof to any person or circumstance, is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction on its
face or as applied, such holding shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of any of the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance, or any part thereof, or any application thereof to any
person or circumstance or of said provision as applied to any other person or circumstance. It is
hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the City that this Ordinance would have been
adopted had such unconstitutional, invalid, or ineffective provisions not been included herein.
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MC-l211
1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING
CHAPTER 19.22 (SIGN REGULATIONS) TO ADD SECTION 19.22.080(7)
2 RELATED TO OFF-SITE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER SIGNS.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted by the Mayor and
5 Common Council ofthe City of San Bernardino at a joint regular
meeting thereof, held
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on the 5th day of July
Council Members: AYES NAYS
ESTRADA X
LONGVILLE X
MC GINNIS X
DERRY X
KELLEY X
JOHNSON X
MC CAMMACK X
,2005, by the following vote to wit:
ABSTAIN
ABSENT
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City Clerk
The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this ~ay (
July
.2005.
Approved as to form
and legal content:
VALLES, Mayor
of San Bernardino
JAMES F. PENMAN
City Attorney
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MC-1211
Attachment 1
Proposed Changes to Chapter 19.22
Section 19.22.080, Off-Site Signs, add the following:
7. OFF-SITE ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER SIGNS
A. Off-site electronic message center signs are permitted in the following location,
subject to a Conditional Use Permit:
. Central City South
B. The size and advertising areas will be determined through the Conditional Use
Permit process.
C. The height shall be limited to 50' above the grade of the freeway unless a flag test
determines that greater height is needed for visibility.
D. The sign face may extend up to 5 feet from the edge ofthe property.
E. Off-site electronic message center signs may be placed no closer than 500 feet
from another electronic message center sign (on-site or off-site).
F. Off-site electronic message center signs must be fitted with automatic dimming
devices, capable of lowering the intensity of light during evening hours, rainy,
foggy, or cloudy days, or similar situations.
G. Off-site electronic message center signs are subject to a license agreement with
the City of San Bernardino. The license agreement will include, but is not limited
to, signage content and "air time" for public service announcements, and may
include a revenue-sharing provision.
H. Off-site electronic message center signs must be located in the Freeway Corridor
Overlay District, subject to the provisions in the Outdoor Advertising Act
(Chapter 2 in the State of California Business and Professions Code). These
provisions include, but are not limited to, placement, location, content, and
maintenance.
I. Off-site electronic message center signs may not be installed until written
approval has been obtained from the State Department of Transportation
(Caltrans).