Ordinance No. 101193
ORDINANCE NO. 1011
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTIONS 29.11(A)(B), 29.27(A)(H), AND 29.29(A) OF THE CYPRESS
ZONING ORDINANCE RELATING TO TEMPORARY SIGNS AND BANNERS
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress recognizes that the regulation of signs
and banners is necessary to protect the general public health, safety, and welfare, while preserving
community aesthetics; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is amending Sections 29.11(A)(B), 29.27(A)(H), and
29.29(A) of the City of Cypress Zoning Ordinance in order to better regulate the installation, use,
and placement of temporary signs and banners on both private property and within the public right -
of -way and other public domains.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cypress hereby ordains as follows:
Section 1: Section 29.11(A)(B) of the Cypress Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
Section 29.11(A)(B) Signs over the public right of way.
(A).
(A). No sign or banner shall encroach upon or overhang adjacent to any public right -of-
way without first having received approval from the Community Development
Director and the Public Works Director, or their designee.
(B). No sign shall be attached or otherwise affixed to any street, meridian, island,
sidewalk, traffic signal, utility pole, wire, traffic control device, building, wall,
bridge, railroad trestle, hydrant, street tree, shrub, tree stake or tree guard, street sign,
or any other public facility located within the public right of way.
(B). No sign shall be attached or otherwise affixed to any street, meridian, island,
sidewalk, traffic signal, utility pole, wire, traffic control device, building, wall,
bridge, railroad trestle, hydrant, street tree, shrub, tree stake or tree guard, street sign,
or any other public facility located within the public right of way, or any other public
facility located within the public right -of -way, or any other domain owned or
controlled by the City of Cypress without first having received approval from the
Community Development Director and the Public Works Director, or their designee.
Section 29.27(A)(H) of the Cypress Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
Temporary signs, as defined in this Section 29, shall be subject to the following regulations:
(A). No temporary sign shall be permitted on or extend over any public property or
public easement.
(A) No temporary sign shall be permitted on or extend over any public property or
public easement or any other domain owned or controlled by the City of Cypress
without first having received approval from the Community Development Director
and the Public Works Director, or their designee.
(H). The use of temporary signs, including banners shall be limited to a total of 11 days
(H). The placement, use, and keeping of temporary signs and banners shall be
subsequent to the issuance of a Temporary Use Permit (TUP) from the
Community Development Department. The use of temporary signs, including
banners, shall be limited to a total of 14 days within any three -month period, for
no more than a total of 30 days per calendar year. Temporary signs and banners
erected by the City of Cypress, the Cypress Park and Recreation District, and non-
profit fraternal, sororal, social and sports organizations as specified by the
Cypress Park and Recreation District shall be limited to forty -five (45) contiguous
days, with temporary signs and banners erected no more than forty (40) day prior
to an event date, and removed within five (5) days of the conclusion of the event.
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Section 29.29(A) of the Cypress Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
Non - profit organization special event signs
Off -site signs of a temporary nature advertising a special event sponsored by a non - profit
organization are permitted, subject to the following regulations:
(A). Such signs shall not be erected sooner than 30 days prior to the event advertised thereon
and shall be removed within five (5) days after the event has concluded.
(A). Such signs shall not be erected sooner than thirty (30) days prior to the event advertised
thereon and shall be removed within five (5) days after the event has concluded. Off -site
signs and banners erected by the City of Cypress, the Cypress Park and Recreation
District, and non - profit fraternal, sororal, social, and sports organizations as specified by
the Cypress Park and Recreation District shall not be erected sooner than forty (40) days
prior to the event advertised thereon and shall be removed within five (5) days after the
event has concluded.
Section 2: The City Clerk of the City of Cypress shall certify to the passage and adoption of
this ordinance and the same shall be posted as required by law and shall take effect as provided by
law.
FIRST READING at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 23rd day
of July, 2001 and finally adopted and order posted at a regular meeting held on the 13th day of
August, 2001.
ATTEST:
Y CLERK OF T r 1TY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
I, JILL R. INGRAM - GUERTIN, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a regularly meeting of said City
Council held on the 13th day of August, 2001; by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Keenan, McCoy, Piercy, Sondhi, and McGill
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None