Perris Municipal Code Ch. 5.16 Advertising Along Freeways

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State Law reference— Regulating the erection of advertising displays adjacent to landscaped freeways, Business and Professions Code §§ 5440—5443; authorizing municipal regulation of advertisements generally, Government Code § 38774.

No outdoor commercial advertising sign, display or structure shall be erected, placed or maintained:

(1) If such display, structure or sign is designed to have, or has, the advertising thereon maintained primarily to be viewed from any part of any freeway located within the city and open for public use; or

(2) If such display, structure or sign because of its location, size or nature constitutes or tends to constitute a hazard to the safe or efficient operation of vehicles upon any such freeway within the city, or creates a condition which endangers the safety of person or property thereon.

(Code 1972, § 5.16.010; Ord. No. 172, § 1, 1952)

The provisions of section 5.16.010(1) shall not apply to any advertising display, including advertising structure and sign, used exclusively to:

(1) Advertise the sale or lease of the property on which said advertising display is placed;

(2) Designate the name of the owner or occupant of the premises upon which said advertising display is placed or to identify such premises;

(3) Advertise the activity or business conducted or goods manufactured or produced, or services rendered, or property offered for sale, upon the premises upon which said advertising display is placed.

(Code 1972, § 5.16.020; Ord. No. 172, § 1.1, 1952; Ord. No. 256, § 1, 1962)

(a) In the event any person should place any such sign in violation of the provisions of this chapter, such sign is unlawful and a public nuisance, and upon order of the city council the city attorney shall commence proceedings for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court or courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such sign and restrain and enjoin any such person from maintaining such sign or placing any such sign contrary to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Any person, whether as principal, agent, independent contractor, employee, or otherwise, violating any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof is punishable by a fine of not more than $300.00 or by imprisonment in the city jail for a term of not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and shall be punishable as herein provided.

(c) The remedies provided herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

(Code 1972, § 5.16.030; Ord. No. 172, § 2, 1952)