Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Special Orders of the Day
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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROVIDING DIRECTION ON THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 19-1923 REVISING ZONING STANDARDS REGARDING TEMPORARY OFF-SITE REAL ESTATE LOCATED WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY AND YARD SIGNS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On February 19, 2019, the City Council continued this item to March 19, 2019. The public hearing was duly noticed prior to the February 19, 2019 meeting. Ordinance No. 19-1923, as presented to the Council on February 19, 2019, would amend the temporary signs section of the Carson Municipal Code (CMC). The ordinance was presented on February 19, 2019 together with Ordinance No. 19-1904 in one staff report. Council directed Staff to separate the two ordinances into two staff reports for Council's consideration. This report addresses only the potential terms of Ordinance No. 19-1923.
On February 19, Council requested additional information from Staff, including: (1) the number of Open House Sign permits that have been issued by the Planning Division, (2) the number and amount of fines imposed by Code Enforcement for illegally placed Open House Signs, and (3) the number of signs and hours permitted in other cities. Council also requested a blackline version of the proposed changes to the sign provisions of the Carson Municipal Code, and requested staff to revise the standards to allow only one temporary sign per 500 feet of public right-of-way.
The City's current standards do not permit signs in the public right-of-way. The proposed ordinance would only allow these signs in the unpaved portion of the public right-of-way (parkways). No signs would be permitted in medians or on sidewalks.
This report includes the information requested by Council. However, in order to make one set of revisions, the ordinance as presented on February 19 has not been revised based on information received from Council at that meeting. Inst...
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