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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 958 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE 18, CHAPTER 2, TITLE II OF THE ORDINANCE CODE OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON REGARD- ING TEMPORARY AND POLITICAL SIGNS BY ADDING ARTICLE 18.5 AND REPEALING EXISTING REGULATIONS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative Findin s. The City Council of the City of Pleasanton makes the ~ollowing legislative finding regard- ing political and temporary community event signs: a. Persons seeking elective office and those wishing to support or oppose candidates or ballot measures are possessed of a fund'amental~right to communicate. their ~iews to the pub!'ic. b. Persons sponsoring events of a patriotic, religious, civic, or community nature also wish to communicate to the public the nature and timing of those events. c. The public has significant rights of safe and unob- structed travel over public rights-of-way, of an attractive and uncluttered evnironment and a community free of litter. d. Buildings and grounds owned by public agencies ought to maintain a strict appearance of neutrality during political and electoral campaigns. e. The unregulated proliferation of temporary signs during elections over extended periods of time, have resulted in hazards of traffic safety, litter, structural hazards, aesthetic blight and ultimately, loss of mean- ing of the message sought to be conveyed. f. The City's existing political sign regulations have not eliminated the problems listed above. g. Therefore, this ordinance amendment is adopted in order to avoid the hazards and blight noted above while preserving the rights of those wishing to communicate their political or community message. Section 2. Repeal of Existing Regulations. Section 2-5.28(f) (Signs, 'political) of Article 2, (Definitions), Chapter 2 (Zoning), Title II (Zoning and Development) of the Pleasanton Ordinance Code is hereby repealed. Section 2-9.40 (e) and (j) (Exemp- tions for Temporary and Political Signs), Article 18 (Signs), Chapter 2 (Zoning), Title II (Zoning and Development) of the Pleasanton Ordinance Code is hereby repealed.