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ORDINANCE NO. 8043
,AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSB D AMEND1 SECTION 11 OF ORDINANCE NO. 8038 REGARDING G
FREEWAY SIGNS.'
The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does ordain as
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SECTION 1: SECTION 11 OF ORDINANCE NO.' 8038 AMENDED. Section
I of Ordinance 8038 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 11 . FREEWAY SIGNS.
I, De'finitions. As used in this article, certain terms are
defined as follows:
(a) "ADVERTISING STRUCTURE". Refers to a structure of an)
kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertisin$
purposes on which any poster, bill, printing, painting, or
other advertisement of any kind whatsoever may be placed,
including statuary.
(b) "SIGNSt. Refers to any card, cloth, metal, painted or
wooden sign of any character, placed for outdoor advertising
purposes, on or to the ground, or any tree, wall, bush, rock,
fence, building, structure, or thing, either publicly or
privately owned, other than an advertising structure.
(c) Neither "advertising structure" or "sign", as used in
this article includes:
1. Official notices issued by a court or public body
or officer;
2, Notices posted by any -public officer in performanc
of a public duty, or by any person in giving legal notice;
3. Directional, warning, or information signs or
structures required or authorized by law or by federal,
state, or municipal authority,
(d) "ADVERTISING DISPLAY". Refers to advertising struc-
tures and to signs.
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(e) "FREEWAY". The term freeway shall be deemed to mean
a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands
have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting
lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or
restricted right or easement of access, and which is declared
to be such in compliance with the Streets and Highways Code of
the State of California,
(f) "TO PLACE". The verb "to place"' and any of its vari-
ants as applied ta advertising displays includes the maintain-
ng and the erecting, constructing, posting, painting, printin:
tacking, nailing, glueing, stitching, carving, or otherwise
fastening, affixing, or making visible, any advertising displa:
on or to the ground, or any tree, bush, rock, fence, post, wal.
building, structure, or thing,
fg) "LANDSCAPED FREEWAY". The term "Landscaped Freeway"
shall be deemed to mean a section or sections of a freeway
which is now, or hereafter may be, improved by the planting of
at least on one side of the freeway right of way, of lawns,
trees, shrubs, flowers, or other ornamental vegetation which
shall require reasonable maintenance.
Planting for the purpose of soil erosion control, traffic
safety requirements, reduction of fire hazards, or traffic
noise abatement, shall not change the character of a freeway
to a landscaped freeway.
rr, No
advertising displays shall be placed or maintained on property
adjacent to a section of freeway or landscaped freeway which has
been, or hereafter may be, landscaped as defined herein, if the
advertising display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons
traveling on such landscaped section of a freeway, or landscaped
freeway,
111. The provisions of Section 2
of this Ordinance shall not apply to any of the following listed
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advertising structures or signs used exclusively:
(a) To advertise the sale or lease of the property on I 1 which said advertising display is placed;
(b) To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the
premises upon which said advertising display is placed or to
identify such premises;
(c) To advertise the business conducted or goods manu- I factured or produced, or services rendered upon the property
upon which said advertising display is placed.
IV, Any advertising structure1 i
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or sign which is now, or hereafter may be, in violation of the
provisions of Section 2 shall be removed within three (3) years
from the effective date of this ordinance.
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V, Se'verabil' If any portion of this Section is, for any 1 i
i any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect I !
the validity of the remaining portions thereof."
SECTION '2: EFFECTIVE DATE; This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately because it is for the immediate preservation of the
adequate control of the placing of signs along the freeway, numerous1
signs have been recently installed along the freeway, and it is
likely that unless some control is imposed immediately, numerous
other signs will be similarly installed, all of which said signs
detract from the beauty and healthfullness of the City, depreciate
property values, and impede normal City growth and prosperity,
public peace, health, and safety, in that there is presently no I
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