Madera Municipal Code Ch. 5 Signs

Section

Freeway Structures

Cross-reference:

Sign regulations, see §§ 10-6.01 et seq.

FREEWAY STRUCTURES

For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

ADVERTISING STRUCTURE, SIGNS, ADVERTISING DISPLAY, FREEWAY, and LAND- SCAPED FREEWAY. As specifically set forth and defined in the Outdoor Advertising Act, and amendments thereto, of the Business and Professions Code of the state, and the same are adopted by reference thereto.

('61 Code, § 9-5.101) (Ord. 285 N.S., passed - - )

No advertising structure or sign shall be placed or maintained on property adjacent to a section of freeway which has been or hereafter may be landscaped if the advertising display or sign is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on such landscaped section of a freeway.

('61 Code, § 9-5.102) (Ord. 285 N.S., passed - - )

Any advertising structure or sign which is or shall be in violation of the provisions of § 9-5.102 of this subchapter shall be removed within one year from the date when the project for the landscaping of the particular section of a freeway shall have been completed or accepted, and the character of such section shall have been changed from a freeway to a landscaped freeway, whichever is later.

('61 Code, § 9-5.103) (Ord. 285 N.S., passed - - )

The provisions of § 9-5.102 of this chapter shall not apply to any advertising structure or sign if the same is used exclusively as follows:

(A) To advertise the sale or lease of the property upon which such advertising display is placed;

(B) To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which such advertising display is placed, or to identify such premises; or

(C) To advertise goods manufactured, produced, or sold, or services rendered, on the property upon which such advertising display is placed.

('61 Code, § 9-5.104) (Ord. 285 N.S., passed - - )