(a) Cigarette Advertisements. No person may place or display any sign, poster, placard, device, graphic display, or other form of advertising that advertises cigarettes in a publicly visible location or at any location visible from a sidewalk, street, or highway. As used in this section, “Publicly Visible Location” includes outdoor billboards, sides of buildings, roofs of buildings, and freestanding signboards.
(b) This section shall not apply to the following:
(1) The placement or display of signs, including advertisements:
A. Inside any building used by a holder of cigarette business “license” as prescribed in RC 5743.15 and intended to be read from inside the building; or
B. On commercial vehicles used for transporting cigarettes.
(2) Any banners, inflatable signs, or pennants located at a special event, for which a temporary sign permit has been issued by the Division of Building and Housing, provided that the temporary sign permit limits the display of said banners, inflatable signs, or pennants to no more than fourteen (14) calendar days.
(3) Any sign other than a neon or electrically charged sign that only displays the word “cigarette(s)” without listing a brand name or price and without use of accompanying artwork, photographs or other graphics.
(4) Any sign located:
A. In the Central Business District;
B. In the Flats-Oxbow Business Revitalization District;
C. In such manner that the advertisement on the sign is visible only from the rights-of-way of Interstate Routes 71, 77, 90, 480 and 490; or
D. In an Unrestricted Industry District located more than one thousand (1,000) feet from the boundary of any zone other than the Central Business District, the Flats-Oxbow Business Revitalization District, or an Unrestricted Industry District.
(Ord. No. 988-97. Passed 2-23-98, eff. 3-4-98)
Note: Pursuant to Section 2 of Ord. No. 988-97, the provisions of Chapter 680A of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, as enacted by this ordinance, shall be effective as follows:
From and after the effective date of this ordinance, no advertisement shall be placed or displayed contrary to the provisions of this chapter, except that:
(a) For any advertisement placed or displayed pursuant to a contract executed prior to the effective date of this ordinance, the provisions of this chapter shall require the removal of such advertisement upon the expiration of the current term of the contract, or one year after the effective date of this ordinance, whichever is sooner.
(b) For any advertisement placed or displayed prior to the effective date of this ordinance that is not being displayed pursuant to an existing contractual commitment, the advertisement shall be removed within sixty (60) days of the effective date of this ordinance.