California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 2 - Advertisers

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5200. - 5200. This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes...

Section 5201. - 5201. Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions set...

Section 5202. - 5202. “Advertising display” refers to advertising structures and to signs....

Section 5203. - 5203. “Advertising structure” means a structure of any kind or...

Section 5204. - 5204. “Bonus segment” means any segment of an interstate highway...

Section 5205. - 5205. “Business area” means an area within 1,000 feet, measured...

Section 5206. - 5206. “Centerline of the highway” means a line equidistant from...

Section 5208. - 5208. “Collier-Z'berg Act” refers to Chapter 128, Statutes of 1964...

Section 5208.6. - 5208.6. “Department” means the Department of Transportation. (Added by Stats....

Section 5209. - 5209. “Director” refers to the Director of Transportation of the...

Section 5210. - 5210. “Federal Aid Highway Act of 1958” refers to Section...

Section 5211. - 5211. “Flashing” is a light or message that changes more...

Section 5212. - 5212. “Freeway,” for the purposes of this chapter only, means...

Section 5213. - 5213. “Highway” includes roads, streets, boulevards, lanes, courts, places, commons,...

Section 5214. - 5214. “Highway Beautification Act of 1965” refers to Section 131...

Section 5215. - 5215. “Interstate highway” means any highway at any time officially...

Section 5216. - 5216. (a) “Landscaped freeway” means a section or sections of...

Section 5216.1. - 5216.1. “Lawfully erected” means, in reference to advertising displays, advertising...

Section 5216.3. - 5216.3. “Main-traveled way” is the traveled way of a highway...

Section 5216.4. - 5216.4. “Message center” is an advertising display where the message...

Section 5216.5. - 5216.5. “Nonconforming advertising display” is an advertising display that was...

Section 5216.6. - 5216.6. (a) “Officially designated scenic highway or scenic byway” is...

Section 5218. - 5218. “Penalty segment” means any segment of a highway located...

Section 5219. - 5219. “Person” includes natural person, firm, cooperative, partnership, association, limited...

Section 5220. - 5220. “Primary highway” means any highway, other than an interstate...

Section 5221. - 5221. “Sign” refers to any card, cloth, paper, metal, painted...

Section 5222. - 5222. “660 feet from the edge of the right-of-way” means...

Section 5222.1. - 5222.1. “State highway system” means the state highway system as...

Section 5223. - 5223. “Unzoned commercial or industrial area” means an area not...

Section 5224. - 5224. “Visible” means capable of being seen (whether or not...

Section 5225. - 5225. The verb, “to place” and any of its variants,...

Section 5226. - 5226. The regulation of advertising displays adjacent to any interstate...

Section 5227. - 5227. It is the intention of the Legislature to occupy...

Section 5228. - 5228. It is declared to be the intent of the...

Section 5229. - 5229. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed...

Section 5230. - 5230. The governing body of any city, county, or city...

Section 5231. - 5231. The governing body of any city or city and...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 5250. - 5250. The director may make orders and regulations for the...

Section 5251. - 5251. Regulations promulgated by the director prior to November 8,...

Section 5252. - 5252. The director shall prescribe the form of all applications,...

Section 5253. - 5253. The director shall furnish requisite forms for applications, licenses...

Section 5254. - 5254. The director may enforce the penalties for failure to...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of Chapter

Section 5270. - 5270. The regulation of the placing of advertising displays by...

Section 5271. - 5271. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions...

Section 5272. - 5272. (a) With the exception of Article 4 (commencing with...

Section 5272.1. - 5272.1. (a) With the exception of Article 4 (commencing with...

Section 5272.2. - 5272.2. (a) With the exception of Article 4 (commencing with...

Section 5273. - 5273. (a) Notwithstanding the dissolution of a state redevelopment agency,...

Section 5273.1. - 5273.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5273 and the dissolution of a...

Section 5273.5. - 5273.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5273, for the purposes of this...

Section 5274. - 5274. (a) None of the provisions of this chapter, except...

Section 5275. - 5275. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director...

ARTICLE 4 - Licenses

Section 5300. - 5300. (a) A person engages in the business of outdoor...

Section 5301. - 5301. No person shall engage in or carry on the...

Section 5302. - 5302. All licenses issued on or after the first day...

Section 5303. - 5303. Every application for a license shall be made on...

ARTICLE 6 - Permits

Section 5350. - 5350. No person shall place any advertising display within the...

Section 5351. - 5351. Every person desiring a permit to place any advertising...

Section 5353. - 5353. The application shall be filed on a blank to...

Section 5354. - 5354. (a) The applicant for any permit shall offer written...

Section 5355. - 5355. An application for a permit to place a display...

Section 5357. - 5357. If the applicant for a permit is engaged in...

Section 5358. - 5358. When the application is in full compliance with this...

Section 5359. - 5359. (a) The issuance of a permit for the placing...

Section 5360. - 5360. (a) The director shall establish a permit renewal term...

Section 5361. - 5361. Each permit provided in this chapter shall carry an...

Section 5362. - 5362. No person shall place any advertising display unless there...

Section 5363. - 5363. Identification number plates shall be furnished by the director....

Section 5364. - 5364. The provisions of this article shall apply to any...

Section 5365. - 5365. When a highway within an incorporated area is designated...

Section 5366. - 5366. The issuance of a permit pursuant to this chapter...

ARTICLE 7 - Regulations

Section 5400. - 5400. No advertising structure may be maintained unless the name...

Section 5401. - 5401. No advertising structure shall be placed unless it is...

Section 5402. - 5402. No person shall display or cause or permit to...

Section 5403. - 5403. No advertising display shall be placed or maintained in...

Section 5404. - 5404. No advertising display shall be placed outside of any...

Section 5405. - 5405. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no advertising...

Section 5405.3. - 5405.3. Nothing in this chapter, including, but not limited to,...

Section 5405.5. - 5405.5. In addition to those displays permitted pursuant to Section...

Section 5405.6. - 5405.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no outdoor advertising...

Section 5406. - 5406. The provisions of Sections 5226 and 5405 shall not...

Section 5407. - 5407. The provisions of Sections 5226 and 5405 shall not...

Section 5408. - 5408. In addition to the advertising displays permitted by Section...

Section 5408.1. - 5408.1. (a) No advertising display shall be placed or maintained...

Section 5408.2. - 5408.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an advertising...

Section 5408.3. - 5408.3. Notwithstanding Section 5408, a city or a county with...

Section 5408.5. - 5408.5. In addition to the advertising displays permitted by Sections...

Section 5408.7. - 5408.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 5410. - 5410. Any advertising display located within 660 feet of the...

Section 5412. - 5412. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no advertising...

Section 5412.1. - 5412.1. A city, county, or city and county, whose ordinances...

Section 5412.2. - 5412.2. A city or city and county, whose ordinances or...

Section 5412.3. - 5412.3. A county whose ordinances or regulations are otherwise in...

Section 5412.4. - 5412.4. Section 5412 shall not be applied in any judicial...

Section 5412.6. - 5412.6. The requirement by a governmental entity that a lawfully...

Section 5413. - 5413. Prior to commencing judicial proceedings to compel the removal...

Section 5414. - 5414. Proceedings to compel the removal of displays and to...

Section 5415. - 5415. The director shall prescribe and enforce regulations for the...

Section 5416. - 5416. The director shall seek, and may enter into, agreements...

Section 5417. - 5417. From state funds appropriated by the Legislature for such...

Section 5418. - 5418. The California Transportation Commission is authorized to allocate sufficient...

Section 5418.1. - 5418.1. When allocating funds pursuant to Section 5418, the commission...

Section 5419. - 5419. (a) The director shall seek agreement with the Secretary...

ARTICLE 8 - Landscaped Freeways

Section 5440. - 5440. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, no...

Section 5440.1. - 5440.1. Except as provided in Section 5442.5, no advertising display...

Section 5441. - 5441. Any advertising display which is now, or hereafter becomes,...

Section 5442. - 5442. Section 5440 does not apply to any advertising structure...

Section 5442.5. - 5442.5. Section 5440.1 does not apply to any advertising display...

Section 5442.7. - 5442.7. (a) Section 5440 does not apply to any freestanding...

Section 5442.8. - 5442.8. Section 5440 does not apply to any advertising structure...

Section 5442.9. - 5442.9. (a) Notwithstanding Section 5440, a city described in subdivision...

Section 5442.10. - 5442.10. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Section...

Section 5442.11. - 5442.11. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Section 5440...

Section 5442.13. - 5442.13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, Section...

Section 5443. - 5443. Nothing in this article prohibits either of the following:...

Section 5443.5. - 5443.5. Nothing in this article prohibits the Department of Transportation...

ARTICLE 9 - Crimes and Penalties

Section 5460. - 5460. It is unlawful for any person to place or...

Section 5461. - 5461. All advertising displays which are placed or which exist...

Section 5463. - 5463. The director may revoke any license or permit for...

Section 5464. - 5464. Every person as principal, agent or employee, violating any...

Section 5465. - 5465. The remedies provided in this chapter for the removal...

Section 5466. - 5466. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as to...

ARTICLE 10 - Revenue

Section 5480. - 5480. The fees for licenses and permits prescribed by this...

Section 5481. - 5481. All license, permit, application, and renewal fees, and all...

Section 5482. - 5482. Any display owner who does not remove an advertising...

Section 5483. - 5483. The expense of administering this chapter is under the...

Section 5484. - 5484. (a) The license fee is two hundred fifty dollars...

Section 5485. - 5485. (a) (1) The annual permit fee for each advertising...

Section 5486. - 5486. In addition to the fees set forth in Section...