Ordinance 1857CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 1857
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING
SECTIONS 11 -14BIl AND 11 -14B12 THEREOF RELATING TO
ABATEMENT AND REMOVAL OF NONCONFORMING SIGNS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that:
Section 1 . Subsection (c) of Section 11 -14B11 of the
Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(c) The passage of fifteen (15) years from the date
of completion or acquisition of the sign; or
Section 2 . Subsection (a) of Section 11 -14B12 of the
Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) The Planning Director, or his designated
representative, may cause the removal of any nonconforming
sign and supporting structure and shall charge the costs
incurred against any of the following, each of whom shall
be jointly and severally liable for said charges; pro-
vided, however, that any decision or determination of the
Planning Director may be appealed in accordance with the
general provisions as set forth in Subsection (c):
(1) The permittee;
(2) The owner of the sign;'
(3) The owner of the premises on which the sign is located;
(4) The occupant of the premises on which the sign is
located.
Sec 3 . Section 11 -14B12 of the AI&meda Municipal Code
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is hereby amended by adding Subsections (c), (d) and (e) thereto
to read as follows:
(c) A person appealing the decision of the Planning
Director shall file a notice of appeal with the Secretary
of the Planning Board within fifteen (15) days of the
decision. The Planning Board shall hear the appeal. The
decision of the Planning Director shall be affirmed unless
the appellant establishes that the sign(s) has not yet
become nonconforming pursuant to Section 11- 14B11.
(d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to
relieve the owner of the sign or the premises on which the
sign is located, the permittee or the occupant of the
premises on which the sign is located from the duty of
removing sign(s) at the time required by this Article.
(e) Removal by the Planning Director is an alternate
procedure and nothing in this Section shall be construed as
a limitation on the authority of the City of Alameda to
abate nonconforming uses under this Article as a nuisance
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pursuant to Section 1 -411 of this Code. All nonconforming
N ; RO signs are declared hereunder, as well as under Section
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1 -411, a public nuisance.
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Section 4 . This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
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s from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of
its final passage.
Attest:
P&r6 iding officer of the Council
City Clerk
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda
in regular meeting assembled on the 1st day of March, 1977, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Beckam, Diament, Hurwitz, Sherratt and
President Corica, (5).
NOES: None,
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 2nd day of March, 1977.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda