Burbank Municipal Code Art. 1 Advertising Licenses

Every person engaging in advertising goods or entertainment by means of music, speech, or sound device from or upon any street, doorway or vacant lot, shall pay a license fee of five dollars ($5.00) per day. This section shall not apply to vehicles used or operated on the street with sound amplifying equipment in operation. [Formerly numbered Section 3-1; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

[Deleted by Ord. No. 3837, eff. 4/19/13; Formerly numbered Section 3-2; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 3828, eff. 8/24/12; 3623, 3538, 2194.]

A. Definitions: As used in this section, unless the context otherwise clearly indicates:

BILLPOSTING: Posting, pasting, sticking, affixing, tacking or otherwise fastening any banner, handbill, poster, sign or notice upon any fence, enclosure, bulkhead, post or structure other than an advertising structure.

OUTDOOR ADVERTISING: Advertising on an advertising structure.

B. License Fee: Every person engaging in the business of outdoor advertising or billposting shall pay a license fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per year; provided, however, that any person who places, erects, constructs or maintains an advertising display used exclusively to advertise the sale, lease or exchange of any real property upon which such display is placed, or to designate the name of the owner or occupant of any premises, or to identify any premises upon which such display is placed, or to advertise the business conducted or services rendered or the goods produced or sold upon the property upon which such display is placed, shall not be required to obtain a license or pay a license fee therefor.

C. Noncombustible Surface Required: No person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising or billposting shall post, paste, stick, affix, tack or otherwise fasten any cloth, paper or cardboard banner, handbill, poster, sign or notice upon any wooden faced advertising structure, fence, enclosure, bulkhead, or other frame structure, except where a surface of metal or other noncombustible material has been provided by them. [Formerly numbered Section 3-3; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

Every person engaging in the business of erecting signs on buildings or erecting advertising structures for which a permit is required by Article 4 of this chapter shall pay an annual license fee in the amount set forth in the Burbank Fee Resolution. This section shall not apply to persons employed by a contractor or owner under an employer employee relationship. [Formerly numbered Section 3-105; Renumbered and Amended by Ord. 3623, eff. 6/28/03; Formerly numbered Section 3-5; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]