Ordinance 1962CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 1962
New Series
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 -14B9 OF THE
ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE AND DECLARING THE COUNCIL'S
PRIORITY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF SAID REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted off- premise adver-
tising regulations; and
WHEREAS, said regulations were promulgated as eight (8)
separate and distinct regulations; and
WHEREAS, all of said regulations have been challenged in
legal proceedings; and
WHEREAS, license tax ordinances for billboards and space
for billboards have also been challenged in consolidated legal
proceedings, and
WHEREAS, the Court may desire to know, for purposes of
reviewing the cumulative effects of the regulations, the
Council's preferences for enforcement of said regulations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALAMEDA that:
Section 1 . The priority for enforcement of off - premise
regulations is as follows:
A. The fifty (50) square foot limit (Sec. 11- 14B9(a);
B. The prohibition on roofs (Sec. 11- 14B9(b);
C. Prohibiting their use in residential and C -1 zones;
D. Visible as background to traffic signals (Sec. 11- 14B9(f);
E. One thousand (1,000) foot separation (Sec. 11- 14B9(c);
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F. Visible in residential areas, and
G. Scenic routes (Sec. 11- 14B9(g).
Section 2 . Sec. 11- 14B9(c) of the Alameda Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read:
(c) Be located within:
(i) 1,000 feet of another off - premise out-
door advertising sign which does not conform to
the provisions of subsection (a) where both of
said signs do not conform to the provisions of
subsection (a), or
(ii) 100 feet of another off- premise out-
door advertising sign where one or both of said
signs conform to the provisions of subsection (a).
Section 3 . Sec. 11 -1439 of the Alameda Municipal Code
is hereby amended by adding subsection (j) to read:
(j) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e)
shall not apply to signs which conform to the provisions
of subsection (a).
Section 4 . Severability If any provision of this
ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circum-
stance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of
this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5 . Effective Date This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty
(30) days from the date of its final passage.
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Attest: Presj;d'ing Officer of the Council
City Clerk
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duly and regularly e adopted and r passed r by f the h Council f Of e the n City d of a Alameda
in regular meeting assembled on the 17th day of April, 1979, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Diament, Sherratt, Stone, Tillman, and
President Corica, (5).
NNS: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal o'F said City this 18th day of April, 1979.
City Clerk of the City of Alameda