§ 19-304. Limitations on advertising in public rights-of-way

(a) Advertising shall be limited to product or service identification and to businesses which are not located on adjacent properties. Copy which includes arrows or directions to a location shall be prohibited.

(b) No advertising of tobacco products or alcoholic beverages shall be permitted.

(c) No advertising shall display or depict any specified sexual activity or specified anatomical area which are obscene matters as defined in California Penal Code sections 311 through 312.5, inclusive, and determined by a court.

(d) The maximum allowable advertising copy shall be two (2) twenty-four-square foot panels maximum six (6) feet in height for bus benches/shelters.

(e) Public service items located on streets denoted in city's general plan as landscape corridors shall not contain advertising for private businesses or services.

(f) No advertisement or sign on any shelter shall display any word, phrase, symbol or character likely to interfere with, mislead or distract traffic, or conflict with any traffic control device.

(g) Any advertising in violation of this section may be summarily removed by city at expense of franchisee.

(Ord. No. 92-9, § 3, 5-4-92)