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. .CI\~Y OF SAN BE,. ..ARDINO 1\EQUES1 ;oOR COUNCIL ACTION
Larry E. Reed, Director
From:
Planning and Building Services
Dept:
Annual Sign Code Sticker Fees.
Subject:
February 27, 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.
10119/89 Draft of an Annual Sign sticker Ordinance was reviewed by the
Legislative Review Committee.
1122190 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.
21 10/90 Council waived further reading of the Ordinance and laid it over
for final passage at the March 5, 1990 Council,
and set the Public Hearing on Fees for March 5, 1990.
Recommended motion:
rhat the hearing, said ordinance and said resolution be continued
to 10:00 a.m., March 19, 1990, in the Council Chambers of City Hall,
300 North "D" Street, San Bernardino, California.
cc: Jim Richardson, Deputy City Administrator 4 ~ ~ ~
Marshall Julian, City Administrator ) ~~
James Penman, City Attorney , ~ - Signature - '
Larry E. Reed
Contact person:
Staff Report
Supporting data attached:
384-5281
Phone:
All Wards
Ward:
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount:
N/A
Source: (Acct. No,)
(Acct, Description)
Finance:
Council Notes:
CQUNCIL:CA.REQUEST-18A
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Agenda Item No.
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. . city OF SAN BEf.._JARDINO - REQUES1 '=OR COUNCIL ACTION
STAFF REPORT
PROPOSAL
The City is adopting by ordinance, a requirement to annually inspect
all signage in 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 InspectionlSticker 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 erectedlinstalled
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
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supplemental Agenda for 1/22/90 Page 2
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
Hearing and direct
for final reading
March 19, 1990.
the
the
and
Mayor and Common Council close the Public
City Attorney to prepare a Fee Resolution
adoption at the next Council Meeting on
i tl5J
Prepared by:
Sandra Paulsen
Senior Planner
For:
Larry E. Reed, Director
Planning and Buildings Services Department
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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).
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THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
5 DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1.
Sections 19.60.081 through 19.60.085 are added
7 to the San Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows:
8 "19.60.081 ANNUAL INSPECTION STICKER REQUIRED
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Every person, firm or corporation owning any legally
10 permi tted 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
15 temporary signs and those signs exempt pursuant to Section
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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
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that sign.
This sticker must be displayed on a visible portion
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
22 Sticker shall be submitted by the owner of a legally permitted
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sign or his agent to the Director of Building and Safety.
Such
24 application shall include, but not be limited to, a description
25 of the sign, its size, its height, and its location.
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B.
The initial Annual Sign Code Inspection Sticker fee
27 for all existing signs shall be due and payable on June 1, 1990;
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1 and for any new sign erected after. that date, shall be due and
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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 1st 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
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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
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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
"19.60.083
ILLEGAL SIGNS
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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
17 violation of any City ordinance or any State or Federal law.
18
"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.
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"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
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Safety Director.
The Building and Safety Director, or his
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
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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
Pursuant to Government Code Section 65962,
SECTION 3.
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:
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Council Members:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
19 ESTRADA
20 REILLY
21 FLORES
22 MAUDSLEY
23 MINOR
24 POPE-LUDLAM
25 MILLER
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1 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).
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The foregoing ordinance is hereby approved this
day
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of
, 1990.
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W. R. Holcomb, Mayor
7 City of San Bernardino
8 Approved as to
form and legal content:
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JAMES F. PENMAN,
10 City Attorney
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