Ordinance 1142 - AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS CONCERNING CONTROL OF SIGNSORDINANCE NO. 1142
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS CONCERNING CONTROL
OF SIGNS,
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION I.
Section 3.75 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended to read:
SEC..3.7S. SIGN,, FREE-STANDING.
Shall mean a. sign which is wholly or partially
supported. by a structural element which is not an
integral part of a, building, and the height of which
is six (6) feet or greater above grade.
SECTION 2.
Section 3.75.1 is added to the Zoning Ordinance to read:
SEC. 3.75.1- SIGN, GROUND,
Shall mean a sign which is wholly or partly supported.
by a structural element which is not an integral part
of a building, the height of which is less than six (6)
feet above grade.
SECTION 3.
Section 11-13 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended to read:
SEC. 11-13. SIGN CONTROL.
Any exterior sign display shall comply with the
provisions of Sign Requirements, and. shall pertain only to
a use conducted within the building. Signs shall be
erected as follows:
a. Wall Signs. Shall be attached. flat against a
wall of the building and. parallel with the wall;
within fifty (50) feet of the principal street.
In no case shall a sign project above a height
which is six (6) inches ,below the coping, roof,
or e ave line.
b. Free-StandinZ Signs. One free - standing sign shall
be permitted. per lot or in the case where a 'use
covers more than one lot only one free- standing
sign shall be permitted. for the multiple of lots.
A free - standing sign shall not exceed. a height of
20 feet and. an aggregate area of 100 square feet
counting all faces of the sign.
SECTION 4.
Section 12.12 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended to read:
SEC. 12.12 SIGN CONTROL.
Any exterior sign shall pertain only to a use conducted.
on the lot where the sign is located, and, shall be erected
as follows
a. Wall Signs Shall be attached flat against the
surface of a building, and. shall either face the
principal street or a parking area in the rear.
In the case of a corner building, a sign may face
that portion of the side street which is within
fifty (50) feet of the principal street. No sign
shall project above a height which is six (6) inches
below the coping, roof, or eave line.
b. Ground. Signs. One ground sign shall be permitted,
on any single parcel of land.. The area of a ground.
sign shall not exceed ten (10) square feet per sign
The aggregate area of signs permitted within a shopping
complex or on individual parcels of land in the CC (Civic
Center) Zone shall not exceed. one (1) square foot for each
linear foot of frontage which the parcel of land upon which
the signs are to be erected has on the street; provided. that
in the case of parcels on corners and. those which are
otherwise bordered. on more than one side by a street, the
aggregate area of signs permitted. shall not exceed one (1)
square foot for each linear foot of that street frontage of
the parcel of land on which the business for which the signs
are provided has its principal pedestrian entrance.
SECTION S.
Section 14.13 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended. to read.:
SEC, 14.13. SIGN CONTROL.
Any exterior sign shall pertain only to a use conducted
on the lot where the sign is located., and. shall be erected
as follows:
a.. Wall Signs. Shall be attached flat against the
surface of a building, and. shall either face the
principal street or a parking area in the rear.
In the case of a corner building, a sign may face
that portion of the side street which is within
fifty (50) feet of the principal street. No sign
shall project above a height which is six (6) inches
below the coping, roof, or eave line.
b. Ground. Signs. One ground sign shall be permitted.
on any single parcel of land. or for any single
shopping complex. The area of a ground sign shall
The aggregate area of signs permitted within a shopping
complex or on individual parcels of land in the C -2 (Central
Business District Commercial) Zone shall not exceed. one (1)
square foot for each linear foot of frontage which the parcel
of land upon which the signs are to be erected has on the
street; provided that in the case of parcels on corners and.
those which are otherwise bordered. on more than one side
by a street, the aggregate area, of signs permitted shall not
exceed (1) square foot for each linear foot of that street
frontage of the parcel of land. on which the business for
which the signs are provided. has its principal pedestrian
entrance.
SECTION 6.
Section 22.3 of the Zoning Ordinance is amended. to read:
SEC. 22.3. ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE APPROVAL
Architectural and Site Approval shall be secured. prior
to the issuance of a building permit for free- stand.ing,
ground., and projecting signs; movie theater signs and public
service signs.
SECTION 7.
Section 22.22 is added to the Zoning Ordinance to read.:
SEC. 22.22. NONCONFORMING SIGNS
Any sign erected. on or before the effective date of
this ordinance which is lawful under the provisions of the
Zoning Ordinance or has a lawful nonconforming status under
the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance may be modified to
the extent that the sign copy may be changed provided. the
sign is not enlarged. or expanded. Any mocl.ifieation to a
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT and shall be in force thirty
(30) days after the date of its adoption. The Town Clerk of the
Town of Los Gatos shall cause this ordinance to be published once
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, in the Los Gatos
Time - Saratoga Observer, a newspaper of general circulation,
published. and. circulated. in the Town of Los Gatos.
The above and. foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly
introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos held on the 3rd day of December, 1973.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an ordinance of the Town of Los Gatos,
California, at a regular meeting of the Town Council, held on the
17th d,a,y of December , 1973, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN Ruth Cannon
Charles E. DeFreitas
Egon Jensen
John Be Lochner
Mark B. DiDu
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
SIGNED: MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
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ATTEST:
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