California Business and Professions Code

§ 5497

BPC § 5497Div. 3 · Ch. 2.5

Statute text

A city or county, whose ordinances or regulations were introduced or adopted after March 12, 1983, or any amendments to those ordinances and regulations, is not in violation of Section 5491 if it elects to require the removal, without compensation, of any on-premise advertising display which meets any of the following criteria:

(a)Any advertising display erected without first complying with all ordinances and regulations in effect at the time of its construction and erection or use.

(b)Any advertising display which was lawfully erected anywhere in this state, but whose use has ceased, or the structure upon which the display has been abandoned by its owner, for a period of not less than 90 days. Costs incurred in removing an abandoned display may be charged to the legal owner.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 991, Sec. 1.