CITY MAY BAN SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.Byline: ANGIE VALENCIA-MARTINEZ Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. -- Hoping to clear up clutter and eliminate blight blight, general term for any sudden and severe plant disease or for the agent that causes it. The term is now applied chiefly to diseases caused by bacteria (e.g., bean blights and fire blight of fruit trees), viruses (e.g., soybean bud blight), fungi (e.g. , city officials are proposing a sign ordinance that would prohibit displays in public rights of way, including ads for political candidates. Signs promoting politicians in the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. race, community events and businesses are clumped in groups visible all over town. ``It's an inexpensive way to advertise, but at the expense of residents,'' Simi Valley City Councilwoman Barbra Williamson said. ``We were noticing 50 signs on one (small) piece of property ... Enough is enough.'' Neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. cities Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. and Moorpark don't allow signs to be placed in the public right of way, Simi Valley City Attorney David Hirsch said. Simi Valley would allow temporary signs to be placed on private property only with the permission of the owner. Now, temporary signs totaling 12 square feet or smaller are allowed in the public right of way, with the exception of medians. Noncommercial signs can be displayed for a maximum of 120 days, while commercial signs can be displayed only five consecutive days. The staff is revising the policy to incorporate suggestions made by the City Council. The ordinance should be brought back to the five-member panel for a vote later this month, Hirsch said. City Councilman Glen Becerra said the sign ordinance is fair. ``We can't say we'll allow political signs but not charitable signs,'' he said. ``How can you tell other entities, business or otherwise, they can't put them up? It got so out of hand, you see them coming out of every direction, infiltrating infiltrating adjective Referring to a tumor that penetrates the normal, surrounding tissue the neighborhoods. That, to me, is where you have to draw the line.'' angie.valencia(at)dailynews.com (805) 583-7604 CAPTION(S): photo |
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