Editor's Note: Ord. 16-991 repealed §§ 7.12.010, 7.12.030 and 7.12.035 and renumbered §§ 7.12.020, 7.12.050 and 7.12.060 to be 7.12.010, 7.12.020 and 7.12.030.
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Advertising display"
means any sign, billboard, signboard, poster, placard, pennant, banner, graphic display, mural, or similar device that is used to advertise or promote a product.
"Sign,"
as defined in the Zoning Definitions section of the West Hollywood Municipal Code, shall mean any object, device, display or structure, or part thereof, situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to identify, display, or direct or attract attention to an object, person, institution, organization, business, product, service, event or location by any means, including words, letters, figures, design symbols, fixtures, colors, illumination or projected images, and includes a structure and/or the content of a structure.
"Tobacco products"
shall include any tobacco, cigarette, cigarette smoking papers, or any other instruments or paraphernalia that are designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco, or products prepared from tobacco.
(Prior code § 5501; Ord. 92-324 § 1, 1992; Ord. 98-527 § 4, 1998; Ord. 16-991 § 5, 2016)
This chapter shall not apply to:
a. 
On-site business identification signs and on-site business window signs or interior advertising displays on or inside any premises where tobacco products are legally sold;
b. 
Signs or advertising displays on commercial vehicles used for transporting tobacco products;
c. 
Signs or advertising displays on any public bus or taxicab;
d. 
Signs or advertising displays which educate the public about tobacco products and do not propose a commercial transaction;
e. 
Advertising display or promotion that is worn as clothing by an individual.
(Prior code § 5504; Ord. 98-527 § 5, 1998; Ord. 16-991 § 8, 2016)
(a) 
A violation of this chapter is subject to the administrative penalty provisions of Sections 1.08.030 through 1.08.070 of this code. Where the violation is of a continuing nature, each day or portion thereof wherein the violation continues constitutes a separate and distinct violation.
(b) 
A violation of this chapter is hereby declared to constitute a public nuisance. In addition to other remedies provided by this chapter, a violation of this chapter may also be enforced by a civil action brought by the City Attorney, including, but not limited to, administrative or judicial nuisance abatement proceedings, civil or criminal code enforcement proceedings, and suits for injunctive relief. The remedies provided by this section are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.
(Prior code § 5505; Ord. 98-527 § 5, 1998; Ord. 16-991 § 9, 2016)
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall place or maintain, or cause or allow to be placed or maintained, an advertising display which advertises tobacco products on any billboard or off-site sign in the city; provided, however, that advertising displays which advertise tobacco products may be displayed on any billboard or other off-site sign located on Sunset Boulevard (in accordance with the Sunset Specific Planning Zone, and in accordance with all applicable provisions of the code regulating signs), located not closer than 1,000 feet from any public or private school containing grades kindergarten through twelfth grade or any public playground.
(Prior code § 5503; Ord. 98-527 § 5, 1998)