Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 35-22 Fee

Conditional use permits for directional and informational signs, gate or entrance signs, and wall signs and freestanding signs exceeding the otherwise permitted size for places of public entertainment where the public attraction is constantly changing may be granted under this article only if the zoning administrator determines that:

1. The sign is necessary to direct or inform the public as to the location or changing attraction of those uses specified in this article.

2. The location and size of the sign will not be detrimental to the safety, convenience, property value, and the general welfare of the neighborhood.

3. If the sign informs the public concerning service club meetings, the permittee agrees in writing, if required by the zoning administrator, to permit additional service club signs to be placed on the same structure.

(Ord. No. 2077, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, § 10)

An application for a conditional use permit shall be made to the planning and development department and shall be signed by the person or entity seeking to install or maintain the sign and a written consent to the application shall be signed by the owner of the property on which the sign is to be located, if the applicant is not the owner.

The application shall contain a description by address and assessor's parcel number of the property on which the sign is to be located, and such plans, elevations, descriptions, or other data as the planning and development department may require.

(Ord. No. 2077, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, § 10)

A fee, as set by the board of supervisors, shall be paid with the application to cover the cost of processing.

(Ord. No. 2077, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, § 10)

The zoning administrator shall consider the application at a noticed public hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered and a general description of the property affected shall be given by mail, with postage prepaid, at least ten days before the hearing to the applicant; the owner of the property, if not the applicant; and all persons owning property located within three hundred feet of the property on which the proposed sign is to be located. Names and addresses of property owners shall be taken from the last equalized assessment roll or such other records of the assessor as contain more recent addresses.

(Ord. No. 2077, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, § 10)