HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances - No. 790ORDINANCE NO. 790
NN ORDINANCZ ADDING SECT1014 27-13 (h) TO THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF LODI RZGULATING TH3 PLACING
OF SIGNS AND OTHXR HDVZRTISING DISPLAYS
The City Council of the City of Lodi does ordain as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby added to Section 27-13, of the Code of
the City of Lodi the following subsection:
(h) Signs.
erected, maintained or replaced except as permitted by and in conformity
with the provisions of this section.
No sign, sign structure, or other advertising display shall be
(1) General Irovisions: The following regulations shall apply in all zoning di 6tzcts:-
a. These regulations shall not apply to safety, traffic or other
publicly-installed signs or signals which are required for the
public safety, peace or welfare nor to signs placed for the purpose
of informing the public of the existence of underground utilities.
b. Signs shall conform to the size, location, height and other limitations
established for the zone in which they are located except as modified
herein.
C. Flashing, moving or animated signs shall be subject to the issuance
of a use permit, and no such permit shall be issued if the sign will
t.end to cause a traffic hazard.
d. Decoration signs for holidays which are maintained for a period not
exceeding one month are permitted and not subject to height, area
or lighting limitations set forth herein.
required.
No building permit is
e. These regulations shall apply only to those signs which are located
outside of buildings.
f. Changes in advertising copy on signs shall not constitute the re-
placement of a sign.
go A building permit issued by the Building Inspector shall be obtained
prior to the erection of any sign except as may be specifically
exempted herein.
h. All signs, excepting as provided in part (5) of this section
(Outdoor Advertising Displays Adjacent to Freeways), in violation
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be made to conform with
said provisions or shall be removed within five years of the ef-
fective date of this ordinance or within five years of the annexation
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to the City of the property upon which the sign is located, whichever
' is the later date. All flashing, moving and animated signs existing
in the City on the effective date of this ordinance shall require a
use permit or shall be removed within five years of the effective
date of this ordinance, or within five years of annexation of the
property to the City.
(2) Residential Zones and Commercial-Professional Office Zones:
zones neon and similar types of direct-lighted signs are prohibited.
In R and C-P -- Permitted
signs shall be set back at least ten feet from the property line.
permitted in the R and C-P zones, subject to the conditions herein set forth,
are as follow:
The signs
a. One unlighted name plate not exceeding one square foot in area
identifying the occupant of a residence.
required.
No building permit is
b, One identification sign for apartments and institutional use, but
not exceeding twenty square feet in area.
C. One unlighted sign not exceeding six square feet in area which
advertises the sale or rental of the premises.
is required,
No building permit
d. A bulletin board for a church or other public institution, but not
exceeding twenty square feet in area.
e, One sign not exceeding one square foot of sign area for each five
lineal feet of street frontage with a maximum size not to exceed
twelve square feet which identifies office uses in the commercial
office zone.
f. One sign not exceeding one hundred square feet in area erected on
the site prior to or during the construction of a building or the
development of a subdivision which indicates the nature of the
development or which identifies the persons involved in the construc-
tion.
g. One unlighted, non-commercial sign not exceeding six square feet in
area. Sign may indicate political, social, religious, or economic
subjects of public interest and general concern.
h. Warning or trespassing sign not exceeding six square feet in area,
No building permit is required.
i. Signs may not exceed a height of twenty feet.
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(3) Neighborhood Commercial Zones.
subject to the following regulations:
Signs are permitted in the C-1 zones, -
a. Signs may not exceed a height of thirty-five feet.
b. Signs may not project more than one foot over the public right of
way, except that signs may be mounted on a marquee in the public
right of way provided:
(i) Signs shall be placed flush and have a maximum height of two
feet when attached to the front of a marquee.
(ii) Signs placed under a marquee shall not exceed five square feet.
(iii) Theater marquee signs, when an integral part of a marquee, may
overhang the public right of way a distance of ten feet.
(iv) In no case shall such signs extend closer than two feet from
the back of the curb.
C. Total area of signs on a property may not exceed one square foot
of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage.
size of any one sign shall be three hundred (300) square feet.
The maximum
Section 2. There is hereby added after Section 27-13(h)(3) of the Code
of the City of Lodi the following section:
(3A) Commercial Shopping Zones,
to the following regulations:
Signs are permitted in the C-S zone subject
a. The ratio for calculating maximum sign area for individual businesses
within a Commercial Shopping Zone shall be two square feet of sign
area for each one foot of lineal building frontage.
b. The maximum sign area for individual businesses located on corners
(i.e., building frontage on two sides) within a Commercial Shopping
Zone shall be calculated at seventy-five per cent of the ratio of
two square feet of sign area for each one foot of lineal building
front age.
C. Signs for individual businesses shall be flush mounted, indirectly
lighted and shall not extend above the height of the building on
which they are mounted.
d. Free-standing signs which identify the shopying center:
(i) Nay not project more than one foot over the public right of way
and in no case shall such signs extend closer than two feet
from the back of curb.
(ii) Shall be a maximum of six hundred (600) square feet for all
readable surfaces. One hundred (100) square feet of the
total sign area may be used for individual business identi-
fication signs uniform in size, shape and lettering, not more
than one (1) foot by five (5) feet in dimension and available
to businesses having a minimum of ten (10) per cent of the
building frontage.
(iii) Shall have a maximum height of thirty-five (35) feet and shall
be a minimum of ten (10) feet from finished grade.
(iv) Shall be limited to one per shopping center except that shop-
ping centers of ten (10) acres or more may have two free-
standing identification signs subject to the approval of the
Planning Commission.
(v) Shall not contsin “reader boards. It
(4) General Commercial and Industrial Zones.
M zones, subject to the following regulations:
Signs are permitted in C-2 and - -
a. Free-standing signs which are supported primarily by structures on
the ground may not exceed a height of thirty-five feet.
b. Signs mounted on buildings may not exceed the height of the build-
ing or thirty-five feet, whichever is the greater.
C. The maximum distance a sign may overhang the public right of way
ahall be five feet from the building except:
(i) Signs shall be placed flush and have a maximum height of two
feet when attached to the front of a marquee.
(ii) Signs placed under a marquee shall not exceed five square feet.
(iii) Theater marquee signs, when an integral part of a marquee, may
overhang the public right of way a distance of ten feet.
(iv) In no case shall such signs extend closer than two feet from
the back of the curb.
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d. Total area of signs on a property may not exceed two square feet
of sign area for each lineal foot of street frontage. The maxi-
mum size of any one sign shall be four hundred and eighty (480)
square feet.
e. A Freeway Information (FI) area is hereby established to include
that area within the City of Lodi described as follows: On the West
by a line drawn 50 feet from the West right of way line of Cherokee
Lane or 500 feet West of the Vest right of way line of U. S. Highway
99 Freeway, whichever is greater; on the East by a line drawn TOO
feet East of the East right of way line of U. S. Highway 99 Freeway;
and on the North and South by the present City Limits of the City of
Lodi or as the same may exist In the future.
(i) Signs erected in said FI area shall not exceed 75 feet in height.
(5) Outdoor Advertising Displays Adjacent - to Freeways.
a. No advertising displays shall be placed or maintained on property
adjacent to a section of a freeway regardless of the zoning district
in which it is located if the advertising display is designated to be
viewed primarily by persons traveling on such freeway.
b. The above prohibition shall not apply to advertising displays or
structures placed upon property for the following purposes:
(i) To advertise the sale or lease of the property upon which such
advertising display is placed.
(ii) To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the premises
or to identify such premises.
(iii) To advertise the business conducted or services rendered or
goods produced upon the property upon which such advertising
display is placed, except that no goods for sale may be so
advertised.
C. The application for building permits for such outdoor displays or
structures shall include plans showing the construction of the sign,
the advertising display to be placed thereon, and the proposed
location of the sign in relation to the freeway and to the property
on which the sign is to be placed.
d. The maximum size of any such advertising display or structure shall
be 480 square feet.
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e. The words used herein, tfadvertising structure, sign, advertising
display, to place, freeway, landscaped freeway, highway, and person,It
shall have the definitions and meanings as said terms are defined in
the Outdoor Advertising Act which Act is set forth in Section 5200
et seq of the Business and Professions Code of the State of California.
f. All signs in violation of this part shall be made to conform with
said part or shall be removed within two years of the effective
date of this ordinance or within two years from the date of their
annexation to the city, whichever is the later date, or within
two years of completion of a landscaped freeway.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be published one time in the "Lodi
News-Sentinel," a daily newspaper of general circulation printed and pub-
lished in the City of Lodi, and shall be in force and take effect thirty
days from and after its passage.
Approved this 5th day of May, 1965.
JERALD KIRSTSN, Nayor
Attest: BEATRICE GkRIBALDI
City Clerk