HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-06-11 - AGENDA REPORTS - SB 1480 OUTDOOR ADVERTISING (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
City Manager Approv
Item to be presented by: Stacy vomer
DATE: May 28, 2002
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR SENATE BILL 1480 (SPEIER) — OUTDOOR
ADVERTISING
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council support of Senate Bill 1480 as it provides for local regulation of billboards.
BACKGROUND
The regulation of signage and citywide beautification has always been a priority of the City
Council and the community. As demonstrated by the passage of the City's sign ordinance
in 1990, the City of Santa Clarita and the City Council have striven over the past 12 years
to improve aesthetics throughout the city while remaining sensitive to the needs of private
business owners.
New legislation currently being considered in the State Senate, SB 1480, would give local
entities more control over billboards residing in their jurisdiction. Currently, the City has
regulatory authority over the placement of new and existing billboards. However, the City
has little or no control over signage that is freeway adjacent.
Specifically, the bill would enact the following policies:
Businesses applying for billboard permits must not only
landowner to erect the billboard, but must also rovide written evidence that the local
provide consent of the
agency with land use control over the ro osed location has consented.
Local agencies with jurisdiction would be allowed to enact spacing and size ordinances
for billboards in business areas.
Billboards must be removed within three years after a freeway becomes a "landscaped
freeway", or by January 1, 2006.
The bill addresses the needs of local entities to regulate signage that may detract from the
local beauty of the surroundings. In the past the City Council has been supportive of such
measures, as it once was a council priority. This new legislation would grant a new
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measure of control over billboard signage and it would allow city staff to further steps
towards citywide beautification.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
I. Withhold endorsement.
2. Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCA-- L�ACT
None by this action.
ATTACHMENT
None
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