Part 1 — General Provisions

This article shall be known as the "Sign Ordinance of the City of Los Banos." (§ II, Ord. 771, eff. December 4, 1987, as amended by § 1, Ord. 937, eff. February 6, 1998)

The purpose of the sign regulations is to provide minimum standards for signage (not to include murals) to safeguard life, health, property, and the public welfare in keeping with the character of the City by regulating and controlling the size, height, structural design, quality of materials, construction, location, electrification, and maintenance of all signs and sign structures and to accomplish the following results:

• (a) To protect and enhance the character of residential neighborhoods and property values by prohibiting obtrusive and incompatible signs; and

• (b) To promote and maintain healthy commercial centers and property values, to effectively communicate the nature of goods and services, and to avoid wasteful, ugly, and unsightly competition in signs; and

• (c) To provide a reasonable and comprehensive system of control of signs; and

• (d) To encourage signs which are well designed and pleasing in appearance and to provide incentive and latitude for variety, good design relationship, spacing, and location; and

• (e) To encourage a desirable urban character which has a minimum of overhead clutter; and

• (f) To attract and direct persons to various activities and enterprises in order to provide for the maximum public convenience; and

• (g) To enhance the economic value of the community, and each area of it, through the regulation of the size, location, design, and illumination of signs.

• (§ II, Ord. 771, eff. December 4, 1987, as amended by § 221, Ord. 1095, eff. November 20, 2010)

Every sign in existence on December 4, 1987, which conforms to the provisions of this article, shall be a legal conforming sign.

(§ II, Ord. 771, eff. December 4, 1987)