SAVING A PART OF HISTORY SANTA CLARITA MAY AMEND SIGN ORDINANCE.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - In an effort to preserve signs deemed historic, city staffers will request an amendment to the Santa Clarita's 11-year-old sign ordinance at Tuesday's planning commission Noun 1. planning commission - a commission delegated to propose plans for future activities and developments commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle meeting. The ordinance approved in 1990 by the Santa Clarita City Council was designed to regulate the size of local business signs and weed out violations over a 10-year period. But a push to preserve signs having cultural or architectural significance - such as the familiar Saugus Cafe banner - has led to a compilation of historical criteria that staffers hope will be added to the ordinance. ``There are a couple of ways to determine if a sign is historic,'' said Enrique Diaz of the city planning city planning, process of planning for the improvement of urban centers in order to provide healthy and safe living conditions, efficient transport and communication, adequate public facilities, and aesthetic surroundings. department. ``Is the business at least 50 years old? Does it represent elements of the city's history?'' Diaz said the sign most mentioned as historic is at the Saugus Cafe but that adjustment of the ordinance to recognize historical values offers support for other qualifying signs. ``We're going to bring this before the planning commission and then, hopefully, it can go to the City Council for consideration,'' Diaz said. The commission meets at 7 p.m. in City Hall Council Chamber, 23920 Valencia Blvd. The current ordinance restricts the number of signs a business may post, as well as the size and accessories. For example, illegal signs include those with exposed incandescent lamps incandescent lamp Any of various devices that produce light by heating a suitable material to a high temperature. In an electric incandescent lamp, or lightbulb, a filament is enclosed in a glass shell that is either evacuated or filled with an inert gas. , a lighted message that changes faster than every four seconds, or devices that blow bubbles or feature streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones , twirlers or other decorations not related to holidays. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: City staffers are pushing to preserve signs with cultural or architectural significance - such as the Saugus Cafe banner. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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