As used in this article, certain terms are defined as follows:
structure refers to a structure of any kind or character
erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes on which any
poster, bill printing, painting or other advertisement of any kind
whatsoever may be placed, including statuary.
refers to any card, cloth, metal, painted or wooden sign
of any character, placed for outdoor advertising purposes on or in
the ground or any tree, wall, bush, rock, fence, building, structure
or thing, either publicly or privately owned, other than an advertising
structure.
Exceptions.
Neither "advertising structure" nor "sign" as used in this
article includes:
refers to advertising structures and to signs.
means a divided arterial highway for through traffic, with
full or partial control of access, and which may or may not have grade
separations at intersections.
The verb "to place" and any of its variants as applied to
advertising displays includes the maintaining and the erecting, constructing,
posting, painting, printing, tacking, nailing, gluing, stitching,
carving or otherwise fastening, affixing or making visible any advertising
display on or to the ground, or any tree, bush, rock, fence, post,
wall, building, structure or thing.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9041)
No advertising displays shall be placed or maintained on property adjacent to a sign controlled freeway as defined in section 33-990, if the advertising display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on such freeway.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9042)
The provisions of section 33-991 shall not apply to any of the following listed advertising structures or signs which are used exclusively:
(a)
To advertise the offering for sale or for lease of the property on
which said advertising display is placed;
(b)
To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the premises upon
which said advertising display is placed or to identify such premises;
(c)
To advertise the business conducted or goods manufactured or produced,
or services rendered upon the property upon which said advertising
display is placed;
(d)
To direct the public to historical places or points of interest as
approved and recorded in the Register of Historical Places or State
of California Department of Parks and Recreation as a "point of historical
interest."
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9043)
Any advertising structure or sign which is now, or hereafter may be, in violation of the provisions of section 33-991 shall be removed within three years from the effective date of this article.[1]
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9044)
[1]
Editor's Note: The effective date of this article is July
23, 1965.
All advertising displays which are placed or which exist in
violation of the provisions of this article are public nuisances and
may be removed by any public employee after 10 days written notice
posted on the structure or sign and a copy forwarded by mail to the
display owner at his last known address.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9045)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article the city
manager or any authorized employee may summarily and without notice
remove and destroy any advertising display placed in violation of
this article which, because of the materials of which it is constructed,
or because of the nature of the copy thereon, is temporary in nature.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9046)
For the purpose of removing or destroying any advertising display
placed in violation of the provisions of this chapter, the city manager
or his authorized agent may enter upon private property without incurring
any liability for trespass therefor.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9047)
Every person as principal, agent or employee violating any of
the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9048)
The remedies provided in this article for the removal of illegal
advertising displays are cumulative and not exclusive of any other
remedies provided by law.
(Zoning Code, Ch. 90, § 9049)
