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ORDINANCE NO. 9224
P,N ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSB
ORDINANCE XO, 9060 REGARDING SIGNS.
ouncil of the City of Carlsbad
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SECTION 1:
No, 9060, to read as follows:
"SECTION 2601) :
The following sections are hereby added to Ordinance
be unla1qful for any person, firm or
nstruct, en rge, alter, repair, move,
, demolish, equip, use or maintain any sigr
within the City of C Isbad, or cause or permit e same to
ation of any of the 2rovisions of this
, or corgoratio
shall be guilt
emeti guilty of
n thereof durin
of any of the provis s of this ordinance
or 2ermitted.
SECTIOK 2001:AI.l signs and
provisions of Ordinance No
amended,
ign structures s
8050 of the City
SECTIOI?: 2002:.For the purpose of this ordinance, certain terms,
phrases, words, and the
specified:
A. AGGREGATE shall Kean the sum total of all
on a lot or parcel of land,
ANI'IFIATED SIGN shall mean a sign which naves
or freestyle maniier or which shimmers, b
which involves a change in tone or hue.
BUILDING FRONTAGE shall rcean the total w
of a structure which fronts on one or more public streets or
B, controlled
flashes or
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C, of the elevation
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.the main entrance exists.
i3, FREESTANDING SIGNS shall mean a sign which does not overhang
public property and which is supported by one or more
columns, uprights or braces in or upon the ground, which saic
supports are located outside of a building,
FREEWAY shall nean Interstate Highway No, 5 and State Route
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FREEWAY SERVICE FACILITY shall mean a lot or parcel located
at apex of a freeway interchange quadrant which contains
one or more of the follot~ing uses, a restaurant, a motel, or
an automotive service station.
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QUEE shall mean a permanent roofed structure attached to
and supported by a building and 2rojecting over public or
private sidewalks or rights of way,
H. PARCEL OR LOT shall mean a legal size properly divided
building lot 05 real property with legal frontage on a
dedicated public street,
REAL ESTATE SIGN shall mean an unlighted sign offering real
property for rent, lease, or sale.
SIGX shall mean any structure or device, whether movable or
not, or portion thereof, or device or structure attached
thereto, or painted or represented thereon, consisting of any
letter, figure, character, marquee, poster, picture,
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rk or reading matter which is designed and placed so a:
be readable principally outside of a building and which is
, declare, demonstrate, display
y, advertise, attract, or pronote any
duct or event,
K, SICI? AREA shall zean the smllest shape capable of being
less straight lines and enclosing the
of the sign and all letters, designs,
ental coverings aiid direct illumination sources that are
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a part of the sign and including all intervening and enclosed
open spaces.
considereu in determining the sign area, provided both faces
are parallel.
Orte face of a double faced sign shall be
L* ARqUEE SIGl'ti shall mean a sign attached to the underside
of a narquee and protruding over and perpendicular to the
public or private sidewalk or right of way.
kJALL SIGN shall mean a sign which is placed against tke face
of a building or structure or attached to a building marquee,
~.iitlr the ex~osed face parallel to the face of said building
or structure,
(12) inches beyond the face of the building, structure or
marquee nor project above the parapet, roof o
FI.
Such signs shall not project rore than twelve
roof riciSe
3.4 11 whichever is highest,
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characteristics sliall be allowed within the City of Carlsbad and
o ?errit th
A. Signs w
or sIlal1 be issued except as fierein stated:
move in 2 controlled or freestyle manner, sllipmcr,
flash, or involve a change of tone or hue;
banners, streamers, whirligigs, or sirriilar
getting devices except that such devices may be
conditionally permitted for a maximum period of thirty (30)
ten approval of the City )Tanager, and
ute by the City Council
vent of a commercial use or €or events 02
for the grand
a civic, ?oliticai, or recreational nature, In the event such
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s of this ordinance shall apply.
C. Signs, the message of which is anything other than the
advertising of the following information regarding the lot on
which the sign is located,
(1) Identification of a building locatei thereon.
(2) Identification of the owner or occupant thereof,
(5) Identification of activities thereon.
(4) Identification of goods or services offered thereon.
(5) Information regarbinE the sale, lease, or rental thereof,
D. Signs with exterior light sources which are not shielded so as
to reflect all light directly upor, the sign,
Lighted signs which by reason of brilliance, eflected light ,
or otherwise, are injurious to the health, safety, or welfare
o f the surround in g ne i ghb o rh o o d .
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SECTIClN 2.6-05:The following described signs shall be exem2t fron the
provisions of this ordinance:
A. Iiouse numbers, street names
€3, Official notices authorized by a cou
officer,
C. Directional, warning or information sign authorized by
federal, state or munici2al aut
n. tlerorial plaque or tablet, "co est' indicating the narx
ilding and date of cons , when cut or carved
y masonry surface or wh of bronze or other
ible material and mad egral part of a
or structure.
E. emblem or insignia of a government, school, or
us group or agency.
E, in board, when located on the premises and used solely
in connection with activities within any church, school or
o til e r pub stitutional building and having an area not
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xcess of eighteen (18) squ
G, of theatres the aggregate area of which do not
(40) square ea and which are affixed
the theatre building and do not project over any
ovided in this numbered section,
ns shall not
e higher than the hei
not exceed the following:
ZONE OF LOT
corresponding to R-A though R-2 2 square feet
20 square feet
All other 1.5 square feet per lineal foot of
building frontage located on the lot
ept for real estate signs the total sign area,
and height of signs on any e lot which cons
rvi acility shall t exceed the following:
t of wall sign for each lineal foot of
uilding frontage whic her than the
f the building upon which it is loca
ilding, no
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more than twenty-five (25) Eeet in wid
as stated in Table 2 below:
TABLE 2
;dlA X I ?lU!l F RE E S TAN D IN G MA X I ?IU? I F RE E STAN D I Id G NO, OF USES S I GN 1% I GWT SICN AREA
1 35 feet 50 square feet
2 40 feet 50 square feet
3 or more 50 feet 0 square feet
per use
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The total area, dinens height, and other characteristics
of signs advertising t le, rental, or lease of the I
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it exceed thirty-five (35) f et in height.
(2) No real estate sign shall be illuminated,
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mentioned in subparagraph (4) below, the total area of
all real estate signs on any one lot sliall not exceed
the areas nention in Table 3 below:
ABLE 3
EIAXIW!I REAL ESTATE
ZGXE OF LOT SIGN AREA FC'? LOT
R-1, R-2, R-W, P-c with densities corresponding to R-A through R-2
R-3, R-P, R-T, P-C with densities less restrictive than R-2 12 square feet
Freeway service facilities
regardless of zone and all other property 25 square feet
3 square feet
(4) In additiori to the area allowed for real estate signs as
stated in Table 3 above, the owners or agents thereof of
subdivisions for a period of one (1) year from the date
of the recording of the final subdivision map thereof,
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nay erect a freesta ng sign of one hundred (100)
square feet or less in area within the limits of the
subdivision at each jor approac'n thereto but not
within one hundred ( 0) feet of any dwelling located
outside of the subdivision; and in addition may erect a
single freestanding sign of an area not in excess of
twenty-five (25) square feet at the subdivision sales
ice located within the subdivision.
E, d C-2 Zones and at retail commercial use in C-iLC
e freestanding sign may be placed on each street
of a lot, provided that the sign area of the free-
standing sign is included within the aggregate sign area
or the lot according to t provisio1= of Table 1
that the height of the f estanding sign does not
he height o ing or thirty-five (35)
whichever is less.
Under narquee signs shall be permitted 2roviding that no
more than one such sign shall be permitted for each separate
bilsiness; provided the sign area of the under marquee sign
does not exceed six (6) square feet, and further provided
that the sign area of the under marquee sign is included
within the aggregzte sign area as ststed in Table 1 above.
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G, In addition to a11 signs otherwise herein allowed, a lot
actually uscd as 2 theater may maintain a marquee sign for
the purpose of announcing current activity taking p
the premises, which said narq-uee sign shall have a maximum
area of 160 square feet arid a. height no higher than thi:
height of the building upon which it is located or thirty-
five (35) feet, whichever is less.
Except as otherwise specifically allowed herein, no sign
shall be supported otlierwise than by the building to which
it is
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SECTION 2607: As of the fective dat rdinance, any sign
of this ordinance
rically altered, increased in
es not con€
nay no longer be structurally or
%rea or relocated unless it is made to comply with all of the
Jrovisions of this ordinance, provided however tha
naintained, repaired,
lesiod based on the Eollowing scale:
painted withotit permit or fee, for a
7-8 years or nore 3 years
5-6 years 4 years
3-4 years 5 years
2 years 6 years
1 year 7 years
,nd thereafte rlese0-f shall cause
ir so altered
Irdinance. A sign 2ermi.t si? for any such alteration
r re 1 oc at ion ,
to be removed
the requirements of this
ECTION 2608: In the event of discontinuance of the use of proper
o wliich the sign thereon relates, the owner of said groperty shal
ause the removal of such sign upon notice so to do from the City
uilding Official,
ECTICIN 2609: Anything herein contained to the contrary notwith-
standing, the placement of benches with advertising wessages on
them may be conditionally allowed by the Planni
the event of a dispute by the City Council, De
$lacement of such benches shall be subject to s
imposed by the P
jiscretion, arid in every case shall be
Zonditions and restrictions:
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ject to tile following
permit shall allow the placement o
specific place within the City and
The permittee shall furnish proof that 3, ty is named as a
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additional insured on a policy of liability insurance in the
amount of not less than $10,0 liability arising
ion with such benc
C. city Planning Comri ion or Coun nay derr.and the
f such bench or benches at any tinie, in it inime d. i at e rem ov a 1
sole discretion, without 1 ity to the permittee,
D. In the event of s h a demandfor revoval and the failure of
permittee to immediately re
the benches in question, without liability to the perpittee.
A permit fee of $5.00 per bench per year permitted shall be
paid to the City, (1
the City may itself remove
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ECTIO!! 2: Ordinances Eo. 8020, 8035, 8037, 6030, and sub;?aragraph
7 of Section 400 f Ordinance No, 9060, subparagraph 8 of Section
500 of Ordinance No, 9060, subparagraph 7 of Section 700 of
Drciinance No. 9060, subparagraph 3 of Section 800 of Ordinance No.
3960, subparagraph 3 of Section 1001 of Ordinance Xo, 9060, and
subparagraph 4 of Section 1101 of Ordirzance No, 9060 are hereby
repealed, Ordinances No. 8038, 8043 and 8044 are not repealed,
SECTION 3: EFFECTIVE DATE. This o all take effect
)e in force on tile thirty-first day from and a y its adoption,
SECTION 4: P'JELI The City Clerk f the City of Carlsbad is
iereby directed to cause this ordinance to be published once in the
:arlsbad ,Journal, era1 circulation
in said City of Carlsbad,
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said City Council held April 15 , 1969, by the fol e
Councilmen McComas, Nei ender and Jardine
NOES: None
Councilmen Dunne and
ATTEST:
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGI! ) SS.
CITY OF CARLSBAD 1
I, XARGARET E. ADAFJS, City Clcrk of the City of Carlsbad, California, do hereby certify thc foregoing to De a true an copy oE Ordinance No, 9224 of said City, duly passed, approved, am
adapted by the City Council of said City on the date and by the vote therein recited.
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(SEAL)