HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 9356RESOLUTION NO. 9356
RESOLUTION OPPOSING SECTION 131 (G) OF PUBLIC LAW
89-285 OF THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ACT OF
1965
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has
heretofore enacted the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 for
the purpose of providing for scenic development and road beau-
tification of the federal -state highway systems and that such
Act contemplates and requires action by the several States,
and
WHEREAS, Section 131 (g) of the Act requires pay-
ment of compensation upon the removal of certain outdoor ad-
vertising signs, displays and devices, such compensation to
be shared by the federal government and the States, and
WHEREAS, with respect to the State of California,
payment of compensation for such removal is unnecessary and
wasteful because such removal and the consequent securing of
"effective control", as defined in the Act, can better be ac-
complished under the police power of this State, and
WHEREAS, over a period of many years the police
power of the States has become and now is the well established
and judicially recognized means of enforcing zoning and simi-
lar land use controls, and, accordingly, the compensation pro-
vision in the Act is likely to confuse and undermine established
practices and procedures;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of National City, California, that this body here-
by declares its opposition to Section 131 (g) of Public Law
89-285, the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, and urges the
Congress to delete said provision by appropriate amendment to
the Act;
AN IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk be, and
she is hereby, directed to prepare a certified copy of this
resolution and forward them to United States Senators Thomas
H. Kuchel and George Murphy and to Honorable Lionel Van Deerlin,
Representative in Congress.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of May, 1967.
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