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ORDINANCE NO. /3';:; -
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARROYO GRANDE TO ESTABLISH
LANDSCAPED FREEWAYS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIO-
TION THEREOF.
The City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande does ordain as
fo llows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
For the purpose of this Ordinance, the terms, "advertising
structure," "signs," "advertising display," "freeway," shall be de-
fined herein as specifically set forth and defined in Division 3,
Chapter 2, Article 1 of the Business and Professional Code of the
State of California, and the same are adopted herein by reference.
SECTI ON 2. PROHIBITION.
No advertising display shall be placed or maintained on property
adjacent to a section of freeway Which has been or hereafter may be
landscaped as defined herein by reference if the advertising display
is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on such land-
scaped section of a freeway.
SECTION 3. REMOVAL REQUIRED.
Any advertising structure or sign which is now, or hereafter shall
be in violation of the provisions of Section 2 hereof, shall be removed
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within one (1) year from the effective date of this Ordinance, or within
one (1) year from the date when the project for the landscaping of the
particular section or sections of a freeway shall have been completed
or accepted, and the character of said section or sections shall have
been changed from a freeway to a landscaped freeway, whichever is later.
SECTION 4. EXCEPTIONS.
The provisions of Section 2 shall not apply to any advertising
structure or sign if the same is used exclusively as follows:
( 1) To advertise the sale or lease of the property upon which
such advertising display is placed.
(2) To designate the name of the owner or occupant of the
premises upon which such advertising display is placed,
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or to identify such premises.
(3) To advertise goods, manufactured, produced or
services rendered, on the property upon which
such advertising display is placed.
SECTION 5. PENALTIES.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed
Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail
for not to exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This ordinance within fifteen (15) days after its passage and
approval shall be published once in the Arroyo Grande Herald Recorder,
a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City
of Arroyo Grande, and shall be in full force and effect thirty (30)
days from and after its passage and approval.
On motion of Councilman ~ , seconded by Council-
man tt2D , and on the following roll call vote, to-wit:
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the foregoing Ordinance is adopted this /1- day of ,
1959.
Mayor
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