(a) Every person or business organization offering for sale or selling any gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel to the public from any place of business shall erect a sign which indicates the actual price per gallon, including all taxes at which such gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel is currently being offered for sale or sold. Such sign shall be clearly visible from any street or highway adjacent to such place of business. If more than one grade of gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel is offered for sale or sold, the price of at least two grades of such gasoline or fuel shall be indicated on such sign.
(b) The sign required by this section shall conform to the requirements of Article 8 (commencing with Section 20880), Chapter 7, Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code and the other requirements of this chapter, but is exempt from architectural review approval pursuant to Chapter 18.76 (Permits and Approvals) and the requirements of Chapter 18.82 (Site and Design Review) of this code. The permit required by Section 16.20.020 shall be issued without fee.
(c) If compliance with this section would cause the total area of lawfully erected signs to exceed the area allowed by other provisions of this chapter, one freestanding sign not over five feet in height and three feet by four feet in dimension may be erected, but only in order to comply with this section. Such sign may have two faces if both faces are back-to-back in approximately parallel planes.
(Ord. 4826 § 13, 2004: Ord. 3559 § 1 (part), 1984)