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DIVISION 1. STATE HIGHWAYS 50-897›CHAPTER 3. The Care and Protection of State Highways 660-759.3›ARTICLE 2. Permit Provisions 670-695

§ 686

California Streets and Highways Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The department shall approve any franchise submitted for approval pursuant to Section 683 or 684 unless the department finds on the facts of the particular case that the exercise of the privilege proposed to be granted is incompatible with the primary use of the freeway or other State highway for vehicular traffic or with its improvement to serve its primary use.

(Added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 977.)

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