HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1134ORDINANCE N0. 1134
ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22..46.010 OF
THE BURLINGAME MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD AND
CLARIFY PROVISIONS FOR THE PLACEMENT AND
REMOVAL OF POLITICAH AND CAMPAIGN SIGNS
The CITY COUNCIL of the City of Burlingame does ORDAIN
as follows:
Section 1. Section 22.46.01.0 of the Burlingame Municipal.:
Code is hereby amended to read:
"7.2.46.010 Po L tical and Campaign Signs.
Any such sign is a temporary sign as defined in
Section 22.04.490. A permit shall be required pursuant
to Section 22.06.020 for the placement of all political
and campaign signs, except that no fee shall be charged
therefor, no permit shall be required of a property owner
who places such signs on his own property, and only one
permit shall be required for each candidate or ballot
measure when a person is authorized by the candidate for
election,or an election committee, to place such signs.
The placement of political and campaign signs shall
be limited as follows;
7.. No sign shall be placed or erected on any premises
within this City without the consent of the owner of said
premises. Every permit applicant shall
premises upon which a sign is to be placed.
2.
No sign.
file
evidence
of
such consent
with
the City for each vacant or
unoccupied
prior to the
premises upon which a sign is to be placed.
2.
No sign.
shall be
placed or
erected
earlier
than
six (6)
weeks
prior to the
election
date.
3.
ALL
signs must be
removed
no later
than
the tenth
(10th)
day after
the election,
and
in order
to insure
such
removal,
each
permit applicant
shall
deposit
the
sum of
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twenty-five dollars ($25.00), to be fully refundable if
the signs are removed within the ten (10) days. Failure
to remove all signs shall result in a forfeiture of said
deposit to defray the City's cost of removal.
4. No political or campaign signs shall be placed
oI such size or in such manner as to pose a visibility
hazard to pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic along the
public highway, sidewalks or at street corners.
5. No individual sign may exceed an area of sixteen square
1-6) feet; the aggregate area. of signs upon a single lot
or parcel shall not exceed eighty square feet."
Section 7_. This ordinance shall be published as requirec
Mayor
I, EVELYN H. HILL, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame,
do hereby
certify
that the foregoing Ordinance
was introduced at
a regular
meeting
of the City Council held
on the 21st day of
August, 1978,
and
was adopted thereafter
at a special meeting of
=,-the City
Council held
on the llth day of
September, 1978, by the
ollowing vote:
IS: COUNCILMEN: AMSTRUP, BARTON, CROSBY, MANCINI, MARTIN
OES: NONE
BSENT: NONE
ity Clerk