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Wherever in this chapter the following words are used, they shall have the following meanings or definitions:
FREEWAY means a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right to easement or access to or from their abutting lands, or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted easement or access, and which is declared to be such in compliance with the Streets and Highways Code of the State of California.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING DISPLAY means any card, paper, cloth, metal, wooden or other display or device of any kind or character placed for outdoor advertising purposes, on or to the ground or any tree, wall, rock, fence, building, structure or thing.
OUTDOOR ADVERTISING STRUCTURE means a structure of any kind or character erected or maintained for outdoor advertising purposes upon which any outdoor advertising display may be placed.
SIGN means either an outdoor advertising display or outdoor advertising structure, or both.
PERSON includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation. (Ord. 1279 § 2; September 10, 1958.)
No advertising structure, accessory sign, post sign or other advertising sign shall be erected, constructed, located or maintained regardless of the district or zone in which it is located, except as provided in Section 18.44.100 (Freeway-Oriented On-Site Signs), or in Section 4.04.400 (Transit Special Sign District), Section 4.04.401 (Stadium Special Sign District) or Section 4.04.402 (Arena Special Sign District) of this Code:
.010 If such structure is designed to have or has the advertising thereon maintained primarily to be viewed from a main traveled roadway of a freeway; or
.020 If such structure or sign, because of its location, size, nature or type, constitutes, or tends to constitute, a hazard to the safe and efficient operation of vehicles upon a freeway, or create a condition which endangers the safety of persons or property thereon. (Ord. 1279 § 3; September 10, 1958: Ord. 5766 § 1; May 1, 2001: Ord. 6320 § 3; April 7, 2015: Ord. 6543 § 1; October 4, 2022.)
No person shall erect, construct or relocate, or cause or permit to be erected, constructed or relocated, any outdoor advertising structure, accessory sign, post sign or other advertising sign within the City of Anaheim without first securing a written permit from the Building Inspector of said City so to do. (Ord. 1279 § 4 (part); September 10, 1958.)
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