Brisbane Municipal Code Ch. 5.52 Outdoor Advertising

For the purposes of this chapter, certain terms used in this chapter are defined as follows:

A. "Advertising structure" means any structure erected exclusively for advertising purposes, upon which any poster, bill, printing, painting, device or other advertisement of any kind whatsoever may be placed, posted, painted, fastened or affixed, including any spectacle, display, appliance or advertising statuary.

B. "Outdoor advertising business" means the business or occupation of placing, erecting, constructing or maintaining advertising structures or signs.

C. "Sign" means any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted or wooden sign of any character, placed for outdoor advertising purposes, on or to the ground or any tree, wall, bush, rock, fence, building, structure or thing, either privately or publicly owned, other than an advertising structure, as defined in subsection A of this section.

(Ord. 82 § 1, 1965).

No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in or carry on the business or occupation of outdoor advertising without paying the license fee provided for in Section 5.20.220.

(Ord. 232 § 5, 1977: Ord. 82 § 3, 1965).

Every application for a license required by Section 5.52.020 shall be , made on a form to be furnished by the city manager-clerk and shall state the full name of the applicant and the post office address of the fixed place of business thereof. The issuance of such license shall entitle the holder thereof to engage in or carry on the business or occupation of outdoor advertising and to make application for permits as provided in this section.

(Ord. 82 § 4, 1965).

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed or construed to apply to advertising structures or signs used exclusively to display official notices issued by any court or public office, or posted by any public officer in performance of a public duty, or a private person in giving a legal notice; nor shall it be held to include or apply to any advertising structure or sign not exceeding six (6) feet in length and four (4) feet in height, or its equivalent in area, used exclusively to advertise the sale or lease of the property, or to advertise the business conducted or goods sold upon the property where such advertising structure or sign is located.

(Ord. 82 § 2, 1965).