Planning and Building Agency
www.santa-ana.org/pb
Item # 26
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
September 16, 2025
TOPIC: A-Frame Sign Ordinance – Second Reading
AGENDA TITLE
Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025-02 to Amend Portions of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Relating to A-Frame Signs Legal notice published in the OC Reporter on August 20, 2025.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
1. Conduct a second reading and adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025-02 to amend several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) relating to A-frame signs; and ORDINANCE NO. NS-3085 entitled ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 2025-02 — AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING PORTIONS OF CHAPTER 41 (ZONING) OF THE SANTA ANA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO A-FRAME SIGNS AND FINDING THE
ACTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) AND 15061(b)(3)
2. Determine that, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No
DISCUSSION
At the August 19, 2025 meeting, the City Council conducted a first reading of an ordinance, Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2025-02, amending several sections of Chapter 41 (Zoning) of the Santa Ana Municipal Code relating to A-frame signs. The ordinance, approved 7:0, requires a second reading and adoption to become effective on October 16, 2025.
ZOA No. 2025-02 (A-frame Sign Ordinance)
September 16, 2025
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No changes to the ordinance were made by the City Council. A copy of the ordinance for second reading and adoption is attached to this report as Exhibit 1.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the CEQA Guidelines, the adoption of this Ordinance (“Project”) is exempt from CEQA review pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The Project is also exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed ordinance allows certain temporary signage, only providing standards to regulate such signage and does not authorize any new development or cause changes in density or intensity of land use.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no direct fiscal impact associated with this action.
EXHIBITS
1. Ordinance for ZOA No. 2025-02
2. Public Works Agency A-Frame Sign Guidelines
Submitted By: Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP, Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency
Approved By: Alvaro Nuñez, City Manager