HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1177-1996ORDINANCE NO. 1177-96
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (h) OF SECTION
20.76.090 OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATED TO SIGN REGULATIONS
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 20.76.010, the City Council of
the City of San Francisco has established sign regulations to
"provide minimum standards to safeguard life, health, property,
and the public welfare by controlling the design, quality of
materials, construction, size, location and maintenance of signs;
WHEREAS, Section 20.76.090 of the South San Francisco
Municipal Code regulates the placement of, among other things,
political campaign signs on private property and establishes
certain square foot limitations applicable thereto;
WHEREAS, in prior elections, candidates have attempted to
evade the sign requirements by installing signs in excess of the
permitted size of signs;
WHEREAS, to maintain the aesthetic quality of the City of
South San Francisco the City Council determines that additional
regulations are necessary with regard to the placement of
political signs on private property.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco does hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subsection (h) of Section 20.76.090 of the South San
Francisco Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(h) Signs on private property in connection with political
campaigns or with public health, safety and welfare campaigns or
patriotic or special events of general public interest. Such
signs shall be limited in size to 16 square feet per sign. Each
lot may have an aggregate total of 80 square feet of such signs
at any one time. Where there are multiple signs each of which do
not exceed the 16 square foot limitation per sign, such signs
shall not be placed within two feet of another sign. Where there
is more than one dwelling unit per lot, each individual unit may
have an aggregate total of 16 square feet at any one time. All
such signs shall be removed within ten calendar days after the
event to which they relate occurs."
SECTION Z:SEVERABILITY.
In the event any section or portion of this ordinance shall
be determined invalid or unconstitutional, such section or
portion shall be deemed severable and all other sections or
portions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
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NO.
SECTION 3:PUBLICATIONAND EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance shall be published once, with the names of
those City Councilmembers voting for or against it, in The Times,
a newspaper of general circulation in the City of South San
Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty
(30) days from and after its adoption.
Introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco, held on the]~4~th_day of February
1996.
Adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South Francisco at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco, held the 2Rth day of Febr, Ja~ , 1996, by the
following vote:
AYES:
£nuncilm~mhpr~ ,ln~pph A. FP. rnP. k~.~, FugP. ne R. Mullin, John R.
P~nna, RnhPrt Y~ and Maynr ,lank Drago
NOES: Nonp
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
city Clerk
As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby
approve the foregoing Ordinance this 28th day of February
1996.
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