§ 21.54 — Long Beach Zoning Code

21.54.010 - Purpose. ¶

Billboards are recognized as a legitimate form of commercial use in the City. However, the size, number, location and illumination of billboards can have significant influence on the City's visual environment, and can, without adequate control, create or contribute to blighted conditions. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide reasonable billboard control, recognizing that community appearance is an important factor in ensuring the general community welfare. Additionally, it is the purpose of this Chapter to eventually eliminate nonconforming billboards from the City, especially in residential zoning districts and other sensitive areas, through the creation of incentives for the development of conforming billboards linked to requirements for removal of nonconforming billboards in exchange.

(ORD-14-0006 § 1, 2014)

21.54.020 - Definition of terms. ¶

A.

The terms "billboard" and "off-premises sign" may be used interchangeably to mean the same thing. The term "billboard," when used generally, shall also include electronic billboards and any other form of offpremises advertising;

B.

"Mixed-use districts," when referenced in this Chapter, shall include Planned Development (PD) Districts, or sub-areas thereof, allowing residential and/or commercial uses;

C.

"Residential districts," when referenced in this Chapter, shall include those Planned Development (PD) Districts, or sub-areas thereof, allowing residential uses;

D.

"Adjacent," when used to refer to a billboard adjacent to a freeway, shall mean located within, either in whole or in part, an area formed by measuring six hundred sixty feet (660') laterally from the edge of the right-of-way of a landscaped freeway section along a line perpendicular to the centerline of the freeway (as defined in California Code of Regulations, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 2242);

E.

"Freeway-oriented" shall mean any billboard that is adjacent to a freeway, as set forth in Subsection D above, and designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on the main-traveled way of the freeway.

(ORD-14-0006 § 1, 2014)

21.54.030 - Consistency with the Outdoor Advertising Act. ¶

To the extent that there is any conflict between the provisions of this Chapter and the provisions of the Outdoor Advertising Act, California Business and Professions Code Sections 5200 et seq., the Outdoor Advertising Act shall prevail.

(ORD-14-0006 § 1, 2014)

21.54.040 - Severability clause. ¶

If any provision or clause of this Chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional or to be otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect other Chapter provisions or clauses or applications, and to this end the provisions and clauses of this Chapter are declared to be severable.