TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Ordinance Repealing Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Section 14.36.070 - Parking for Demonstration, and Making a Determination of Exemption under CEQA (City Manager Moe).
a) ADOPT URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 21-0004-U
b) INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO. 21-0004.
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 21-0004-U and introduce Ordinance No. 21-0004.
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BACKGROUND:
Periodically, staff reviews the Municipal Code to ensure internal consistency. During a recent review, staff found an internal inconsistency regarding signs on parked vehicles between the City's Sign Code--Manhattan Beach Municipal Code (MBMC) Chapter 10.72-and an archaic provision in MBMC Chapter 14.36.
MBMC Section 10.72.030 defines "Portable sign" as "any unattached sign which can be readily moved or relocated." MBMC Section 10.72.070 (Prohibited Signs) expressly prohibits:
* "Portable, A-frame, or sidewalk signs, excluding business identification signs affixed flat on the body of a vehicle which provides services to said business other than identification or advertising."
The City has consistently interpreted the clear language of its Municipal Code to prohibit signs on cars parked on public property, with the exception of business identification signs. At least since 1955 (if not before), the Municipal Code has prohibited on-street parking of vehicles displaying "for sale" signs. In 1968, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1149, which is the precursor to MBMC Title 14 (Traffic). Buried in the 39-page Ordinance is a Section titled "Parking for Demonstration," which contains the identical language found in current MBMC Section 14.36.070. Consistent with MBMC Section 10.72.070, MBMC Section 14.36.070 (Parking for Demonstration) provides that:
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