Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 35-30 Fee

Wall signs and menu board for drive-through restaurants that exceed the sizes permitted in division 3 may be permitted in commercial, heavy commercial, industrial, heavy industrial, and shopping centers, when the zoning administrator finds that the proposed size is architecturally harmonious in relation to the size and location of the building on which it will be placed and the size and location of the area on which the building is constructed.

Freestanding signs that exceed the sizes, heights and numbers permitted in division 3 may be permitted in shopping centers, when the zoning administrator finds that the proposed size, height or number is architecturally harmonious in relation to the size and location of the shopping center.

(Ord. No. 2077, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, § 11; Ord. No. 4207, § 5)

Applications for approved modification shall be made to the planning and development department and shall contain a statement specifying (1) the street address and assessor's parcel number of the property on which the proposed sign is to be located, (2) the proposed location of the sign on the property, (3) the specific approved modification sought, (4) such plans, elevations, descriptions, or other data as the zoning administrator may require, and (5) the grounds upon which such approved modification is sought.

Applications shall be signed by the owner of the property on which the sign is to be located or by the tenant of said property with a statement of consent to the approved modification signed by the owner of the property.

(Ord. No. 2077, § 1; Ord. No. 3235, § 11)

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, § 11)

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, § 11)