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Chapter 19 — Signs and Advertising Structures

Compton Municipal Code § 19-3 Advertising Structures Prohibited in Certain Places

Compton Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Compton

Cite as: Compton Municipal Code § 19-3 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 19-3.1. Permitted Projections.

[Added by Ord. #884, § 8602; Ord. #976; Ord. #1170]

No person shall erect, construct, place or maintain any advertising structure in the following locations except as projections may be permitted by subsection 19-3.2:

a. Upon or above an alley which is less than 16 feet in width; nor upon or above any alley 16 feet or wider, except as may be permitted by subsection 19-3.2 of this Code;

b. Upon or over any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public places;

c. So that any portion of such advertising structure will not interfere in any way with the free use of any fire escape, exit, standpipe, ventilator, door or window.

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§ 19-3.2. Projection of Advertising Structures.

[Added by Ord. #884, § 8603]

No advertising structure or portion thereof shall extend or project over any building line, public sidewalk, street, alley, or other public property, or any private property used or intended to be used by the general public as a sidewalk or street, a greater distance than permitted on Diagram 86A as the same was approved by the Council on the 4th day of March, 1952, and which such diagram is on file in the office of the City Clerk, nor at a height above grade less than as shown on said Diagram 86A.

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