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Case: T10DV02462

Case Details

Status:

COMPLIAN

Type:

SIGN VIOLATION
Address:

Entered Date:

04/21/2010

Applicant:

MENLO PARK SHOPPING CENTER COMPANY

Description:

Multiple illegal signs.

Case Violations

Case Number: T10DV02462
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: SIGN VIOLATION
Total Violations: 3
Violation Date Code Statue
04/21/2010 T.C. Ch. 3, Sec. 3-57. BANNERS. A piece of fabric permanently attached by one or more edges to a pole, rod or cord. Banners may be attached to a building, where permitted, or placed along a curb. A. Not allowed for nonresidential or home occupation uses. B. The area of curbside banners shall not be included in the calculation of total allowable sign area. C. Removal: Faded or tattered banners must be replaced or removed at the direction of the sign code administrator. D. Right-of-way: Banners may extend or project over a public right-of-way or public property only as provided in section 3-43B. E. Copy limitation: Banners may include logos and pictographs but shall not contain any other lettered copy, except: 1. They may include festive or seasonal proclamations or may announce cultural or civic events that are open to the public. In such case, the banner may devote up to twenty-five (25) percent of the surface area to the name and/or logo of one public, private or commercial sponsor. 2. A banner meeting the criteria for festive or seasonal proclamations may be displayed for sixty (60) days or less and shall be removed within forty-eight (48) hours after the seasonal, cultural or civic event. F. Maximum area: Twenty-five (25) square feet. G. Minimum area: Six (6) square feet. H. Maximum number: One (1) for every fifteen (15) feet of building length per street frontage. On buildings having more than one street frontage, the maximum allowable number of banners is not transferable from one street frontage to another. I. Minimum distance from ground level to bottom of banner: Ten (10) feet. J. Allowable height: May not extend above the facade or eave of the building or structure and shall not exceed forty (40) feet above grade.
04/21/2010 T.C. Ch. 3, Sec. 3-65: PORTABLE SIGN REGULATIONS. Permits are required for all A-frame and portable signs. Decals must be displayed. The A-frame or portable sign when placed in an open position must not exceed a height of thirty (30) inches from ground level to the top of the sign and be no more than thirty (30) inches wide. Maximum of one sign per business is permitted and they must be removed from the street at the close of business. The A-frame or portable sign is not permitted in the public right-of-way except where a temporary revocable easement has been granted for their placement. The A-frame or portable sign is prohibited from any form of illumination, animation, movement and miscellaneous attachments including balloons, ribbons, speakers, etc. The sign code administrator may immediately remove, without prior notice, any A-frame or portable sign illegally placed in the right of way or site visibility triangle, or that for any reason presents an immediate hazard.
04/21/2010 Sec. 3-53. PROHIBITED SIGNS ENUMERATED. No person shall erect, alter, or relocate any sign of the type specified in this section, or of the types specified in sections 3-54 and 3-55. A. Animated and intensely lighted signs: 1. No sign shall be permitted that is animated by any means, including flashing, scintillating, blinking, or traveling lights, or any other means not providing constant illumination, except as allowed as a historic landmark sign (HLS) per Sec. 3-71. 2. No sign shall be permitted that because of its intensity of light constitutes a nuisance or hazard to vehicular traffic, pedestrians or adjacent properties. B. Electronic message center: An electronic or electronically controlled message board, where scrolling or moving copy changes are shown on the same message board or any sign which changes the text of its copy electronically or by electronic control more than once per hour. C. Fixed balloon signs: 1. Except as allowed as a temporary sign, as provided in this Article V. 2. Prohibition does not apply to manned hot air balloons. D. Flags or pennants: 1. Flags, other than those of any nation, state or political subdivision, except as allowed as a temporary sign, as provided in this Article V. 2. Propellers, hula strips and pennants, except as allowed as a temporary sign, as provided in this Article V. E. Miscellaneous signs, posters and satellite disks: The tacking, painting, pasting or otherwise affixing of signs or posters of a miscellaneous character, visible from a public way, on the walls of a building, barns or sheds, or on trees, poles, posts, fences or other structures, is prohibited. No signage of any type is permitted on satellite dishes or disks. F. Moving signs: 1. No sign or any portion thereof shall be permitted that moves or assumes any other motion constituting a non-stationary or non-fixed condition, except as allowed as a historic landmark sign (HLS) per Sec. 3-71. G. Roof signs: Signs that are erected upon, against, or directly above a roof, or on top of or directly above the parapet of a building, except as allowed as a canopy sign per Sec. 3-59, or a historic landmark sign (HLS) per Sec. 3-71. H. Sound, odor or visible matter: Any advertising sign or device that emits audible sound, odor or visible matter. I. Vehicle signs: Signs mounted upon, painted upon, or otherwise erected on trucks, cars, boats, trailers or other motorized vehicles or equipment are prohibited, except as specifically provided in section 3-51.H.

Outstanding Inspections

Case Number: T10DV02462
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Description: SIGN VIOLATION
Total Outstanding Inspections - 1
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
06/02/2010 SIGN - ILLEGAL SIGN DCOX Item closed

Completed Inspections

Case Status: COMPLIAN
Case Number: T10DV02462
Case Description: SIGN VIOLATION
Total Completed Inspections - 2
End Date Description Inspector Results Comments
04/21/2010 INSP - INITIAL CODE ENFORCMENT DCOX Approved Multiple illegal signs located at Little Ceasers Pizza. 10 to 15 Sailboard style signs, A-Frame, Banners, Pennants, Balloons. Hand delivered 5 day NOV to owner.
04/26/2010 INSP - FOLLOW UP CODE ENFORCE DCOX Approved All illegal signs removed.

Completed Activity Special Conditions

Case Description - SIGN VIOLATION
Case Number - T10DV02462
Case Status: COMPLIAN
Total Completed Case Activity Conditions: 1
Date Name
06/02/2010 VIOLATION CLOSED