Article VIII — Prohibited Signs Or Advertising

All of the following signs and advertising are expressly prohibited:

• A. Signs on Public Property. No person, firm or corporation except a duly authorized public officer or employee, shall erect, construct or maintain, paste, paint, print, nail, tack or otherwise fasten any card, banner, handbill, poster, sign, advertisement or notice of any kind, or cause or suffer the same to be done, on any curbstone, lamppost, pole, bench, hydrant, bridge, wall, tree, sidewalk, or structure in, upon or across any public street, alley, place or property, except as required or permitted by ordinance or law;

• B. Unlawful Sign Projection. No sign shall project into a public right-of-way or into an established setback unless reviewed and approved by the department of public works. For encroachments on state rights-of-way, an encroachment permit from CalTrans is required prior to permit issuance;

• C. Roof Signs. All roof signs are prohibited; however, a projecting sign with its main supports on the roof may be permitted through design review;

• D. Portable signs, advertising structures or merchandise displays placed upon or attached to the ground on any portion of the public street, sidewalk or right-of-way. For temporary use, see MMC § 10.10.300;

• E. Snipe signs, or sniping;

• F. Rotating, animated, moving or flashing signs. No sign shall rotate, move or flash; however, a barber pole, certain electronic changeable copy signs and time, date and temperature devices may be permitted through design review;

• G. Outdoor advertising signs or structures in any zoning district; however, a sign erected and maintained by public authority, or any third party authorized by the public authority, on property owned or controlled by the public authority may be permitted through design review and a use permit consistent with MMC § 10.10.350(B);

• H. Permanent pennants, flags, balloons, streamers, spinners and ribbons, except those displayed on parcels of land used for the sale, lease or rental of motor vehicles. For temporary use, see MMC § 10.10.300;

• I. Advertising displayed as a sign or upon any advertising structure for any activities prohibited within this code or any other laws or regulations of the county, state or federal government; and

• J. Signs in residential zones unless specifically permitted by this chapter; however, signs may be permitted through design review and a use permit for conditionally approved uses which would benefit from site identification.

(1976 Code § 10-2.801; Ord. 626 § 2; Ord. 757 § 2)

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City of Millbrae, CA

PLANNING AND ZONING

§ 10.10.350

§ 10.10.350