§127.0302 When Previously Conforming Advertising Display Sign Procedures Apply — San Diego Zoning Code

This division shall not apply to the following advertising display signs :

(a) Any advertising display sign that is acquired by a governmental entity through the use of eminent domain.
(b) Advertising display signs that meet all of the criteria of California Business and Professions Code Section 5412, as set forth below. These displays may be removed without compensation, as specified in California Business and Professions Code Section 5412.1.
- (1) The display is located within an area shown as residential in an adopted community plan.
- (2) The display is located within an area zoned for residential use.
- (3) The display is not located within 660 feet from the edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway with its copy visible from the highway, nor is it placed or maintained beyond 660 feet from the edge of the right-of-way of an interstate or primary highway with the purpose of its message being read from the main traveled way.

Ch. Art. Div. 12 7 3 1

San Diego Municipal Code

Chapter 12: Land Development Reviews

(6-2000)

(4) The display is not required to be removed because of an overlay zone or any other special zoning district whose primary purpose is the removal or control of signs .
(5) The display is allowed to remain in existence for a period of 7 years after July 19, 1983, or the date upon which it becomes applicable to the display, and after giving notice of the removal requirement to the display owner and the owner of the underlying property.
(Added 12-9-1997 by O-18451 N.S.; effective 1-1-2000.)