CC - Item 5B - Rosemead Municipal Code Section 17.104.080 - English Language Use on On-Premise SignsROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JEFF ALLRED, CITY MANAGER
DATE: SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
SUBJECT: ROSEMEAD MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 17.104.080 - ENGLISH
LANGUAGE USE ON ON- PREMISE SIGNS
SUMMARY
At the City Council Meeting of September 11, 2012, Council Member Steven Ly
requested that Rosemead Municipal Code Section 17.104.080 — "English language use
on on- premise signs" be brought before the City Council for discussion.
Background
On July 24, 1990, the City Council found that quick identification of a building was in the
best interest of public health, safety, and welfare for its residents and public safety
personnel. As a result, Ordinance No. 665 (attached as Exhibit "A ") amended
Rosemead Municipal Code relating to on- premise signs to read as follows:
Identification of Business Activity On On- Premise Signs
1. All commercial, industrial and professional office on- premise signs shall identify
the type of business (e.g. "restaurant," "market') in the English language.
2. All commercial, industrial and professional office locations shall have required
street numbers in Arabic numerals.
3. The signage required in subsections 1 and 2 of this section shall be no less than
four inches (4 ") in height and shall be visible from the street for a distance of at
least fifty (50) feet.
Staff Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS
This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process.
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Exhibit A — Ordinance No. 665
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ORDINANCE NO. 665
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD AMENDING SECTION 9906A OF THE ROSEMEAD
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ON- PREMISE SIGNS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1 . The City Council finds, determines and declares:
(a) The public health, safety and welfare require that all
commercial, industrial and professional office locations in the
City be easily identifiable to residents and to public safety
personnel as to both street address and activity conducted
therein.
Section.2 Section 9906AOf the Rosemead Municipal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
9906A. IDENTIFICATION OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY ON
ON- PREMISE SIGNS
1. All commercial, industrial and professional office
on- premise signs shall identify the type of business (e.g.
"restaurant," market ") in the English language.
2. All commercial, industrial and professional office
• locations shall have required street numbers in Arabic
numerals.
3. The signage required in subsections 1 and 2 hereof
shall be no less than four inches (4 11 ) in height and shall
be visible from the street for a distance of at least fifty
(50) feet.
Section 3 . The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of July 1990.
MAYOR
• ATTEST:
ty Clerk Div
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordluance No. 665 was introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Rosemead held on the 10th day of July,
1990, and was duly adopted by said City Council at their regular meeting held on
the 24th day of July, 1990, by the following vote:
Yes: Taylor, McDonald, Imperial
No: None
Absent:. DeCocker, gruesch
Abstain: None
C CLERK