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Division 3 — MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS

San Bernardino County Municipal Code Ch. 7 Sale of Motor Vehicle Fuels

San Bernardino County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Bernardino County

Cite as: San Bernardino County Municipal Code Chapter 7 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 53.0701 Sign Required.

Every person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation offering for sale or selling any gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel to the public from any place of business in the unincorporated area of the County of San Bernardino, shall post or display a sign which is clearly visible from any street or highway, except from freeways, adjacent to such place of business, and which indicates the actual price per gallon, including all taxes, at which all grades of gasoline or diesel fuel are currently being offered for sale or sold.

(Repealed by Ord. 1772, passed - -1972; Ord. 1894, passed - -1974; Am. Ord. 1911, passed - -1974)

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§ 53.0702 Availability of Fuel.

Where any of the grades of motor fuel, whose prices have been posted pursuant to § 53.0701 are not immediately available for sale, there shall also be posted on each motor fuel pump, which is without fuel, a sign of at least one and one-half inches high with letters in contrasting color, stating: “OUT OF GAS,” or “NO FUEL AVAILABLE,” or words of similar meaning.

(Repealed by Ord. 1772, passed - -1972; Ord. 1894, passed - -1974; Am. Ord. 1911, passed - -1974)

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§ 53.0703 Compliance with Business and Professions Code.

Any sign posted or displayed pursuant to § 53.0701 of this Chapter shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of Business and Professions Code §§ 13531 and 13532, and shall be in compliance with the provisions of this County Code regulating size and construction of signs.

(Repealed by Ord. 1772, passed - -1972; Ord. 1894, passed - -1974)

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§ 53.0704 Optional Posting of Prices.

Any other sign used for the posting of prices for grades of motor fuel other than the posting of prices required by § 53.0701, shall be optional, but any such sign shall be in compliance with Business and Professions Code §§ 20880 et seq.

(Repealed by Ord. 1772, passed - -1972; Am. Ord. 1911, passed - -1974)

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