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Home My WebLink About11. Adopt Ord-Adding Section to DMC to Regulate Signage for Private SchoolsTO: , • • AND MEMBERS OF • OFFICE OFTHE CITY MANAGER r i E. SCHINDLER,DIRECTOR OF • DEVELOPMENJ DATE- SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO THE MUNICIPALr • REGULATE FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION SC• • LOCATED WITHIN TESIDENTIAL ZONES •. '. • • • • i • is • ` • •. i JEM •-r: • • • • r• rr101 •r ''r i r • -• r attachedAt its April 10, 2018 meeting, the City Council held a duly noticed Public Hearing, and after full considering all oral and written testimony and facts and opinions offered, introduced the Ordinance. 13i•�IAI:7-10 E 1 901:41110 A . k'J4q: WHEREAS, City staff was approached by Our Lady and Perpetual Help School and St, Pius X -Matthias Academy to erect monument signs; and, WHEREAS ' the signage allowed in the R-1 zone is Exempt Signs and the signage allowed in the R-3 zone is Exempt Signs, Temporary Signs, and Wall Signs; and, WHEREAS, on October 18, 2017, the Planning Commission initiated a Zone Text Amendment to amend Article IX, Chapter 6 (Signs) to adopt language addressing signage for private primary education schools; and, WHEREAS, on March 7� 2018, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing, and after fully considering all oral and written testimony, and facts and opinions offered at the aforesaid public hearing, adopted Planning Commission Resolution No. 18-3047 recommending approval of the proposed Zone Text Amendment to the City Council by a 3-0 vote, with two Commissioners absent; and, WHEREAS, on April 51 2018, notice of the pending public hearing was published in the Downey Patriot as a 1/ 8 th page ad in accordance with the requirements of the Downey Municipal Code;and, WHEREAS, on April 10, 2018, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing to fully consider all oral and written testimony and facts and opinions regarding the amendment to the Municipal Code; and, WHEREAS, having considere all o the oral and written evidence presented to it at said public hearing, the City Council of the City of Downey finds, determines and declares that the requested Zone Text Amendment is not subject to CEQA, pursuant to Guideline Section 15060(c)(2) of the State CEQA Gui ' delines, because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and, WHEREAS, having further considered all of the oral and written evidence presented to it 2t said public hearing, the City Council of the City of Downey further finds, determines and ,ieclares that: X The requested amendment is necessary and desirable for the development of the community and is in the interests or furtherance of the public health, safety, and general welfare. The requested amendment is necessary and desirable for the development of the community because these private schools are attended by residents of Downey and the surrounding communities. In order for these schools to provide signage for the community to advertise school functions, standards need to be put in place to allow private schools to do so. Private schools located in residential zones do not have the same rights as those located within commercial zones, therefore, this is necessary to I Attachment "A" N 0 0 1 oil; W_ 20 Mig pprovi ing lig sensors, Roars Inai lighting and brightness standards. B. The proposed amendment is in conformance with General Plan Goal 7.4, wherein it states "combine efforts by the local school districts and the city towards enhancing the community." The amendment was initiated by the inability to modify and add new signage to two (2) private schools located within residential zones. Whereas these schools serve the surrounding communityj the City felt it was necessary to support these schools' efforts to promote school -sponsored events. Additionally, this amendment also promotes General Plan Program 8.1.1.8, wherein it states "promote good quality sign design". The proposed language is designed to accommodate the schools' needs while maintaining an aesthetically pleasing design. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The followingi Section 96 20.05, shall bw• o Chapter 6 of Article IX of the Downey Municipal Code, and shall read as follows: In addition to the signs permitted within the underlying residential zone, as outlined in Table 9.6.2 of this Chapter, primary education schools, located within a residential zone, are permitted the following signs: (a) One (1), non -illuminated wall sign per street frontage, not to exceed a maximum sign area of 32 square feet per sign. (1) Wall signage content shall be limited to the school name and address; and (b) One (1) monument sign, located along the school's primary street frontage, which shall not exceed a maximum sign area of seventy (70) square feet, and a maximum height of eight (8) feet. (1) Changeable copy shall not change more than once every ten seconds during the hours of 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.; (2) Illuminated, changeable signage shall be turned off during the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.; (3) Changeable copy shall not rotate, move, or cause uncontrolled direction of lights, flash, reflect, scroll, brighten, or include animated text or video; (4) Signs must have a dim control to minimize light output and brightness; (5) No audio output allowed; (6) Lighting levels on the digital sign shall not exceed 03 foot candles above ambient light from a distance of 250 feet, as measured according to standards of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA); (7) Illumination shall be directed such that minimal light spill will occur on either side or the top or bottom of the sign face;' (8) A light sensor shall be installed with the sign to measure ambient light levels and to adjust light intensity to respond to such conditions: the light sensor adjusts the sign's brightness in order to compete with ambient light, the darker the surrounding ambient light, the less bright the sign is; (9) Content shall be limited to school events only and shall not be sold or leased for commercial or off-site advertising; (10) Changeable copy shall be no more than 75% of the sign area; and (11) Sign shall be 10 feet from the property line. (12) Schools with an interior side property line abutting a residential lot "shall not erect a monument sign closer than 50 feet from said residential lot. (c)Freestanding signs are prohibited. SECTION 2.- If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. ORDINANCE NO. 18 - PAGE 4 SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner prescribed by law. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of __. 2018. SEAN ASHTON, Mayor ATTEST, Maria Alicia Duarte, CMC City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS CITY OF DOWNEY I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance No. 18- was introduced at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the — th day of _, 2018, and adopted at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Downey held on the _ day of _, 2018, by the following vote to wit: AYES' NOE& ABSEN ABSTA111 I FURTHER CERTIFY thata summary of the foregoing Ordinance No. 18- was published in the Downey Patriot, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Downey, on —, 2018 (after introduction), and on 2018 (after adoption including the vote thereon). It was also posted in the Regular posting places in the City of Downey on the same dates. Maria Alicia Duarte, CMC City Clerk