Ordinance 1655• Ordinance No. 1655
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO .AMENDING SECTIONS 17.24.130 GROUND SIGNS:
INFORMATION CONTAINED, 17.32.010 TEMPORARY SIGNS: LOCATION, 17.32.040 TEMPORARY
POLITICAL SIGNS, 17.44.030 PLANNING COMMI;iSION REVIEW REQUIItED, 17.44.080 APPEALS
OF TITLE 17, SIGNS, OF THE CUPERTINO MUNICIPAL CODE
The City Council of the City of Cupertino does hereby ~~rdain that Title 17 of the Cupertino Municipal Code is
amended to read as follows:
17.24.130 Ground Signs: Information Contained
A. The number of tenant names on amulti-tenant groun~~ sign is limited to five (5). For multi-tenant signs in a
commercial district only, each tenant name shall not be le;;s than six (6) inches in height with a minimum of a four
(4) inch space between tenant names. A shopping center or other multi-tenant commercial development with a
center name shall emphasize the name on the sign.
17.32.040 Temporary Political Signs
A. Location. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17.32.010 regulating temporary signs, temporary
political signs shall be permitted in all zones of the City including public rights-of--way within the City of
Cupertino.
B. Duration and Removal. A temporary political sign may be erected not more than ninety (90) days prior to
the day of the election to which it relates, and shall be com~~letely removed not later than twelve (12) days after the
date of such election. Notwithstanding the preceding time provision, if the Director finds that any temporary
political sign otherwise permitted is an immediate peril ~~r menace to pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or to the
health or safety of any person,,the Director may cause it to be summarily removed.
17.44.030 Planning Commission Review Required
A. An exception shall be scheduled for review by the Plarming Commission, not later than thirty (30) days after
filing of application.
B. A notice of said meeting shall be sent to all adjoining property owners. The notice shall state the date, time
and place of the meeting . A description of the exception shall be included in the notice. Failure to provide written
notice to any adjoining property owners shall not void action taken by the Planning Commission or Director.
17.44.080 Appeals
A. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Planning Commission in the approval, conditioning, denial, or
revocation of an exception for a sign may appeal such a decision in writing to the City Council.
B. The appeals shall be made within fourteen (14) calendar days of the Planning Commission meeting by means of
a letter in writing to the City Council stating the grievances.
C. The appeal shall be accompanied by the same fee as required for appeals under Section 19.136.020 of the
Cupertino Municipal Code.
D. Such appeals shall be heard by the City Council and scheduled on their agenda at the time that other Planning
Commission items regularly appear.
Severability lance
If any section subsection sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional,
such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The legislative body hereby
declares that it would have passed this ordinance in each se~~tion, subsection, clause, phrase, thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, sentence;;, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
. Ordinance No. 1655
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Effective Dat
This Ordinance No. 1655 shall take effect and be in full force 30 days after its enactment.
INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of tl~e City of Cupertino on this 18th day of July, 1994
and ENACTED at the regular meeting of the City Coun<;il of the City of Cupertino on the 1st
AuQUSt 1994 by the following vote: day of_
Vote
AYES: Bautista, Burnett, Dean, Koppel
NOES: None
ABSENT: Sorensen
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVED:
/s/ Barb Koppel
Mayor
City of Cupertino
ATTEST:
/s/ Kim Marie Smith
City Clerk
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