San Fernando Municipal Code Art. I In General

It shall be unlawful for any person except a public officer or employee in the performance of a public duty to paint, post, paste, print, nail, stand, tack or otherwise fasten any card, banner, handbill, sign, sticker, poster or advertisement, notice or advertisement device of any kind calculated to attract the attention of the public or cause the same to be done on any curbstone, curb, lamp-post, telephone booth or pole, hydrant, bridge, wall, tree or upon any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public place except as may be required by ordinance or law.

The provisions of this section shall not impact the city's ability to display holiday messages or advertise civic events on or within city-owned rights-of-way, or to otherwise use said rights-of-way for other municipal purposes as it sees fit. This section shall also not impact the city's right to permit commercial sponsor signs to be posted on the city owned little league fields pursuant to regulations adopted by the city council.

(Code 1957, § 3.1; Ord. No. 1513, § 1, 1-18-2000)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 1513, adopted Jan. 18, 2000, amends § 6-1 with the provision that pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, the amendment is categorically exempt under article 19, section 15311(a), accessory structures, on-premise signs.

Editor's note— Ord. No. U-1563, § 1, adopted Feb. 7, 2005, repealed §§ 6-2 and 6-3 in their entirety. Former §§ 6-2 and 6-3 pertained to posting and removal on private property, and penalty for violation, respectively. Former §§ 6-2 and 6-3 derived from Ord. No. 1561, §§ 1, 2, adopted Jan. 3, 2005.