Ordinance No. 794ORDINANCE NO. 794
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
ADDING AND AMENDING SECTION 8.A, AMENDING SECTION 15.1.0
AND ADDING SECTION 15.3.F TO ORDINANCE NO. 640,
OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS,
KNOWN AS AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 87 -6.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS HEREBY DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 8.A, Definitions, of Ordinance No. 640, the
Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cypress, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
BILLBOARDS shall mean any sign located on private property
designed for use with changing advertising copy and which
is normally used for the advertisement of goods produced
or services rendered at locations other than the premises
on which the sign is located.
BUS SHELTER shall mean any structure located in the public
right -of -way that covers or contains bus benches. Bus
shelters may contain advertisement of goods produced or
services rendered at locations other than the premises
on which the sign is located, subject to Zoning Ordinance
regulations.
SECTION 2. Section 15.1.C, General Provisions, of Ordinance No.
640, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cypress, is hereby amended to
read as follows:
1. No sign may encroach upon or overhang adjacent property
or public right -of -way. No sign shall be attached to
any utility pole, light standard, street tree, or any
other public facility located within the public right -
of -way. However, bus shelters which contain advertise-
ments are permitted in the public right -of -way, subject
to Zoning Ordinance regulations specified in Section 15.3.F.
SECTION 3. Section 15.3, Special Purpose Signs, of Ordinance No.
640, the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Cypress, is hereby amended to
add Section 15.3.F to read as follows:
F. Bus Shelters Containing Signs
Bus shelters containing signs may be permitted within the
City of Cypress subject to the following conditions and
restrictions:
1. Bus shelter advertising signs shall meet traffic safety
standards.
2. Bus shelters are permitted only in approved bus passenger
loading areas.
3. Bus shelters are subject to Design Review Committee (DRC)
approval.
4. Advertising signs shall not extend beyond the shelter
structure.
5. Advertising signs on shelters shall not exceed 25 square
feet each. Two signs are permitted (50 square feet
total per shelter).
6. A franchise agreement shall be entered into between the
bus shelter supplier and the City.
• SECTION 4. Severability. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance,
or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any,reasor
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any courtrOf-
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this Ordinance or its application to other
persons or places. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions, or the application thereof
to any person or place, be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to
certify as to the passage of this Ordinance and to give notice thereof
by causing copies of this Ordinance to be posted in three public
places throughout the City.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the 22nd day of February 1988, and finally adopted and ordered
posted at an adjourned regular meeting of the said Council held on the
15th day of March 1988.
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK F THE CliTY OF CYPRESS
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I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at an adjourned
regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 15th day of March
1988.
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Coronado, Kanel, Mullen and Davis
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Arnold
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CITY CLERK OF THE ITY OF CYPRESS