Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 5 — BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Grand Terrace Municipal Code Ch. 5.52 Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuels
Grand Terrace Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Grand Terrace
Cite as: Grand Terrace Municipal Code Chapter 5.52 · Text as of 2026-10-04
5.52.010 - Posting of prices required.¶
Every person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation offering for sale or selling any gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel to the public from any place of business in the City shall post or display a sign which is clearly visible from any street or highway, except from freeways, adjacent to such place of business, and which indicates the actual price per gallon, including all taxes, at which all grades of gasoline or diesel fuel are currently being offered for sale or sold.
(Ord. 1 § 1(part), 1978: county code § 53.071)
5.52.020 - Posting lack of availability.¶
Where any of the grades of motor fuel, whose prices have been posted pursuant to Section 5.52.010 are not immediately available for sale, there shall also be posted on each motor fuel pump, which is without fuel, a sign of at least one and one-half inches high with letters in contrasting color, stating, "OUT OF GAS," or "NO FUEL AVAILABLE," or words of similar meaning.
(Ord. 1 § 1(part), 1978: county code § 53.072)
5.52.030 - Legal conformance of signs.¶
Any sign posted or displayed pursuant to Section 5.52.010 shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 7 of Division 8 (Sections 20880, et seq.) of the California Business and Professions Code, and shall be in compliance with the provisions of this code regulating the size and construction of signs.
(Ord. 1 § 1(part), 1978: county code § 53.073)
5.52.040 - Optional signs.¶
Any other sign used for the posting of prices for grades of motor fuel other than the posting of prices required by Section 5.52.010 shall be optional, but any such sign shall be in compliance with Article 8 of Chapter 7 of Division 8 (Sections 20880, et seq.) of the California Business and Professions Code.
(Ord. 1 § 1(part), 1978: county code § 53.074)
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