Hawaiian Gardens Municipal Code Ch. 9.48 Posting Gasoline Prices

As a part of the energy crisis, there is a shortage of gasoline and other motor vehicle fuel and prices have risen dramatically. Motorists are often forced to wait in lines for long periods of time before reaching fuel pumps at service stations, consuming scarce fuel in the process. If fuel prices are not conspicuously posted so that they are visible from the street, motorists may be misled, and may not wish to pay the fuel prices being charged even after waiting in line. In addition, stations often run out of one or more grades of gasoline. If motorists have no way of knowing this in advance, additional time, money and fuel will be wasted.

(Ord. 151 § 4, 1974)

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 adjacent to such place of business, and which indicates the actual price per gallon, including all taxes, at which each grade of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel is currently being offered for sale or sold.

(Ord. 151 § 1, 1974)

No person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation shall advertise, either in connection with the sign required by Section 9.48.020 or otherwise, any grade of gasoline, motor fuel, or other similar product which is not immediately available for sale to the public on the business premises.

(Ord. 151 § 2, 1974)

Any sign posted or displayed pursuant to Section 9.48.020 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.

(Ord. 151 § 3, 1974)