9.40.030 - Posting in certain places prohibited.

It is unlawful for any person to post, place, or affix a political campaign sign: (1)

On any building owned, operated, or leased by a public agency;

(2)

On or within the confines of any public park, recreation area, or other type of landscaped or non-landscaped grounds or medians or developed or undeveloped real property owned or operated by the city or other governmental agency, or upon any flagpole or tree owned by a public agency;

(3)

On any traffic control sign or device, such as stoplights and their standards, stop signs, yield signs, street name signs, one-way street signs, or any other type of sign or device which directs traffic, or on the supporting post of such sign;

(4)

Which in any way blocks the view of a traffic control sign or device by motorists or pedestrians in such a manner as to create a hazard;

(5)

Which in any way poses a hazard to motorists, pedestrians or cyclists using the public right-of-way, such as not being high enough to allow pedestrians or cyclists to pass by unobstructed, or protruding into a street or sidewalk in such a manner as to interfere with the safe passage of the public;

(6)

On any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, curbstone, street lamp post, hydrant, tree, shrub, tree stake or guard, or wire appurtenance thereof or upon any lighting system, public bridge or drinking fountain located within the public right-of-way.

(Ord. 416 §1(part), 1988).

(Ord. No. 646, § 1, 10-2-2012)