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Home My WebLink AboutS4-Planning CITY OF SAN BERN4RDINO ,41REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION , .. Larry E. Reed, Director Annual sign Code Sticker Subject: Ordinance and Fee Resolution F rol1: : Planning and Building services Dept: February 7, 1990 Date: Synopsis of Previous Council action: 9/9/89 The subject of an Annual Sign Code Enforcement Program was intro- duced to the Mayor and Council as a blight abatement program op- tion, and was referred to the Legislative Review Committee. 10/19/89 Draft of an Annual Sign sticker Ordinance was reviewed by the Legislative Review Committee. 1/22/90 Council referred Sign sticker Ordinance back to the Legislative Review Committee. 1/25/90 Legislative Review Committee recommends Council approval of Ordinance adding Section 19.60.081 through 19.60.085 and requiring an Annual Sign sticker and establishing fees. Recommended motion: 1. That further reading of the Annual Sign sticker Ordinance be waived and said Ordinance be laid over for final passage. 2. That a hearing be set for Monday, March 5, 1990 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of discussing of fees related to the Commercial Sign Inspection Program. cc: Jim Richardson, Deputy City Administrator Marshall Julian, City Administrator James Penman, City Attorney y:/ ---. /.. ,,(ai~ c'. ~ natu re -' Larry E. Reed 384-5281 Contact person: Phone: staff Report All Wards Supporting data attached: Ward: FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: N/A Amount: Source: (Acct. No.) .. (Acct. Description) Finance: Council Notes: COUNCIL:CA.REQUEST-18 75.0262 Agenda Item No. s-f - CI1'Y OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT PROPOSAL The City proposes to adopt by ordinance, a requirement to annually inspect all signage 1n the City to verify code compliance and structural integrity. The ordinance also requires each sign to display an annual inspection sticker which would require payment of a specified fee. The ordinance further requires (per state law) that a sign inventory be conducted. PURPOSES The purpose of the Inspection/Sticker program is three-fold: 1. To create a financial base for a City-wide sign inspection and commercial property code enforcement program. 2. To assure structural integrity and public safety 3. To identify, inventory and abate illegal or abandoned signs. ANALYSIS It is estimated there are currently 9,300 existing business signs in the City, of which approximately 3,000 have been erected/installed without permit. In addition to on-site business signs there are approximately 340 billboards permitted in the City, 40 billboards erected without permits, and approximately 2,400 temporary signs installed annually of which approximately one-half are permitted. Based on these approximates and given the following fees and the number of various signs, the revenue generated annually would be: CATEGORY # X FEE REVENUE 300 Valuation $ 2,000 6,300 $25 157,500 1,500 25 37,500 340 25 8,500 20 25 500 $208,000 Approx. new sign permits annually Legally installed business signs Illegal business signs which could be corrected Legal billboards Illegal billboards which could be corrected COUNCIL:CA.STAFF-18 Page 1 75-0264 - . City of San Bernardino Mayor & Common Council Meeting Supplemental Agenda f 1/22/90 Page . The revenue generated by the proposed fee would sign and commercial property code enforcement Department of Planning and Building Services. provide funds to staff a section program in the RECOMMENDATION It is recommended the Mayor and Common ordinance. Council adopt the Prepared by: Sandra Paulsen Senior Planner For: Larry E. Reed, Director Planning and Buildings Services Department LER/nmg/nhm COUNCIL:CA.STAFF-18 Page 2 '1 ORDINANCE NO. 2 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING SECTIONS 19.60.081 THROUGH 19.60.085 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE 3 AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL SIGN CODE INSPECTION STICKER AND INVENTORY PROGRAM, AND REPEALING SECTION 15.04.085(7). 4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO 5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: 6 Sections 19.60.081 through 19.60.085 are added SECTION I. 7 to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows: 8 "19.60.081 ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER REQUIRED 9 Every person, firm or corporation owning any legally 10 permitted sign in the City of San Bernardino shall obtain for 11 each sign an Annual Sign Code Inspection Sticker issued by the 12 Director of Building and Safety, unless specifically waived by 13 Resolution of the Mayor and Common Council. A sticker is 14 required for each on-premises and off-premises sign except 16 15 temporary signs and those signs exempt pursuant to Section 19.60.090. This sticker is applicable to one sign at one 17 location only and is transferable to a new owner or lessee of 18 This sticker must be displayed on a visible portion that sign. 19 of the face of the sign or its structural support. 20 "19.60.082 APPLICATION AND FEES 21 A. An application for an Annual Sign Code Inspection 23 22 Sticker shall be submitted by the owner of a legally permitted 24 application shall include, but not be limited to, a description sign or his agent to the Director of Building and Safety. Such 25 of the sign, its size, its height, and its location. 26 B. The initial Annual Sign Code Inspection Sticker fee 27 for all existing signs shall be due and payable on June 1, 1990; 28 HEjdys/sign.ord February 14, 1990 1 10 .1 and for any new sign erected after that date, shall be due and 2 payable on the date the sign is erected. Renewal fees for an 3 Annual Sign Code Inspection Sticker shall be due and payable on 4 July lst of each calendar year and shall be in an amount 5 determined in accordance with the fee schedule established by 6 resolution of the Mayor and Common Council and filed in the 7 office of the City Clerk. Each Annual Sign Code Inspection 8 sticker fee not paid within thirty (30) days of the date due 9 shall be considered delinquent and shall be twice the amount specified. Fees collected from the Annual Sign Code Inspection 11 Sticker Program shall be used only to implement the inventory and 12 abatement program referred to in Section 19.60.084. 13 14 "19.60.083 ILLEGAL SIGNS The issuance of any sign permit or Annual Sign Code 15 Inspection Sticker pursuant to this chapter does not allow any 16 person, firm, or corporation to erect or maintain any sign in 18 17 violation of any City ordinance or any state or Federal law. "19.60.084 INVENTORY AND ABATEMENT 19 Within six (6) months from the date of adoption of Section 20 19.60.081, the City shall commence a program to inventory and 21 identify illegal or abandoned signs within its jurisdiction. 22 Within sixty (60) days after this six-month period, the City 23 shall commence abatement of identified preexisting illegal or 24 abandoned signs. 25 "19.60.085 INSPECTION 26 Any sign for which an Annual Sign Code Inspection Sticker 27 is required shall be subject to inspection by the Building and 28 HE/dys/sign.ord February 14, 1990 2 "I The Building and Safety Director, or his Safety Director. 2 designees are hereby authorized to enter upon any property or 3 premises to ascertain whether the provisions of this Code are 4 being obeyed. Such entrance shall be made during business hours 5 unless an emergency exists. A sign owner shall provide all 6 necessary access by the City's employees for the purpose of 7 conducting the required inspection." 8 SECTION 2. Section 15.04.085(7) of the San Bernardino 9 Municipal Code, which set an annual sign permit fee of ten 10 dollars for off-premise signs, is hereby repealed. 11 SECTION 3. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65962, 12 this Ordinance shall become effective sixty days after its 13 adoption by the Mayor and Common Council. 14 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly 15 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San 16 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the 17 day of , 1990, by the following vote, to wit: 18 Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN 19 ESTRADA 20 REILLY 21 FLORES 22 MAUDSLEY 23 MINOR 24 POPE-LUDLAM .. 25 MILLER 26 27 28 City Clerk HE/dys/sign.ord February 14, 1990 3 'I ORDINANCE...ADDING SECTIONS 19.60.081 THROUGH 19.60.085 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL SIGN CODE 2 INSPECTION STICKER...AND REPEALING SECTION 15.04.085(7). 3 The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this day 4 of , 1990. 5 6 W. R. Holcomb, Mayor 7 City of San aernardino 8 Approved as to form and legal content: 9 JAMES F. PENMAN, 10 City Attorney 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 II I; :; f By: ~<7 (! ,J 1 I.> j c;'v~ I HE/dys/sign.ord February 14, 1990 4