(a) Alcoholic Beverage Advertisements. No person may place or display any sign, poster, placard, device, graphic display, or other form of advertising that advertises alcoholic beverages 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 any liquor permit as prescribed in RC Chapter 4303 and intended to be read from inside the building; or
B. On commercial vehicles used for transporting alcoholic beverages; or
C. In conjunction with a one (1) day liquor permit or a temporary permit granted by the Liquor Control Commission.
(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 placed in conformity with division (F) of OAC 4301:1-1-44. Nothing in this section, however, shall abrogate any ordinance, rule or regulation of the City concerning the total area of window space that may be devoted to interior signs;
(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. 989-97. Passed 2-23-98, eff. 3-4-98)
Note: Pursuant to Section 2 of Ord. No. 989-97, the provisions of Chapter 680B 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.