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B. ORDINANCE 1130 -338 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />AMENDING ARTICLE 60, ZONING MAP 22 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1130, THE REDWOOD <br />CITY ZONING ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, TO REZONE PROPERTIES LOCATED <br />WITHIN THE REDWOOD CITY DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN AREA, AS FURTHER <br />DESCRIBED IN THIS ORDINANCE, FROM THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICTS TO THE <br />PLANNED COMMUNITY DISTRICT (First Reading — March 12, 2007) (613) <br />C. ORDINANCE 2308 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY <br />ADOPTING THE REDWOOD CITY DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN AND THE MODERATE <br />INTENSITY ALTERNATIVE AS THE MOST APPROPRIATE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE <br />DEVELOPMENT LIMITATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN (First Reading — <br />March 12, 2007) (613) <br />6.4 Section — Claims and Warrants <br />A. Approve warrants dated through April 23, 2007 and usual and necessary payments <br />through May 7, 2007. (303) MINUTE ORDER 07 -067 <br />7. PUBLIC HEARING <br />A. Amendment to Chapter 3 of the Municipal Code regulating Advertising and Signs - <br />The public hearing was closed at the March 26, 2007 City Council Meeting. <br />Principal Planner Jany presented the staff report and summarized past events over <br />the last few months. He stated that thousands of different signs within the City <br />would be regulated by proposed sign ordinance. Planning Analyst Kelly provided <br />further definition nuances of nonconforming signs. There are currently eighty -eight <br />nonconforming signs and six are historic signs. <br />Legal Counsel Randall Morrison briefly reviewed past city practice on signs and <br />clarified what is and is not a billboard, how they may be used /advertised as a legally <br />distinct class, and explained the basic concepts on how the courts regard property <br />rights in regards to signs and people's rights to express themselves. <br />Council Members questions included clarification on message substitution, the <br />possibility of reverting or switching back and forth between noncommercial and <br />commercial billboard use, clarification of standard billboard sizes, the interplay and <br />differences between local, state, and federal regulations, amortization rules, what <br />other cities have sign incentive and improvement programs, and how many cities <br />have similar sign ordinances. <br />JOINT CITY COUNCIL /REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD AND APRIL 23, 2007 <br />PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES PAGE 8 <br />MINUTE BOOK NO. 61 <br />Page No. 384 <br />