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Any lawfully existing general advertising sign in an R District shall be removed within five years after the effective date of this Article 6 or such later date as the sign becomes nonconforming.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65)
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65; repealed by Ord. 217-16, File No. 160424, App. 11/10/2016, Eff. 12/10/2016)
Any lawfully existing sign which does not conform to Section 608.3 of this Code shall be removed or altered to conform therewith within the period of time specified below after the effective date of this Article 6 or such later date as the sign becomes nonconforming:
(a) In Civic Center Special Sign Districts Numbers 1 and 2, one year for painted wall signs;
(b) In Civic Center Special Sign District No. 1, one year for general advertising signs;
(c) In Civic Center Special Sign District No. 2, five years for general advertising signs other than painted wall signs.
Provided, however, that within these Special Sign Districts, except as stated otherwise in Section 609.10 of this Code, a lawfully existing sign which does not conform to Section 608.3 need not be removed or altered to conform therewith prior to the end of its normal life if located on the north side of Market Street and within 60 feet of the north line of Market Street and primarily viewed from Market Street, or if located on the north line of Hayes Street (between Market Street and a point 100 feet east of the east line of Van Ness Avenue) and within 60 feet of the north line of Hayes Street and primarily viewed from Hayes Street.
(Amended by Ord. 125-70, App. 4/17/70)
Any lawfully existing sign which is now or hereafter near a nonlandscaped portion of a freeway and which does not conform to the provisions of Section 608.5 of this Code shall be removed or altered to conform therewith within 10 years after the effective date of this Article 6, or within 10 years after such date as the precise route of the freeway has been determined and designated but not before such route has been opened to traffic, whichever date is later; provided, however, that any lawfully existing sign near the James Lick Freeway if located west of Fifth Street, north of Division Street, and east of 10th Street, or near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge approach east of Fifth Street need not be removed or altered to conform to Section 608.5 prior to the end of its normal life if located within the area exempted from the prohibition of freeway signs by Section 4721.D(2) of the San Francisco Building Code as that Section was in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Article 6.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65)
Any lawfully existing sign which is now or hereafter near a landscaped portion of a freeway and which does not conform to the provisions of Section 608.5 of this Code shall be removed or altered to conform therewith within three years after the effective date of this Article 6, or three years after the date when the landscaping project has been completed, whichever is later; unless an earlier date for removal or alteration of the sign has been established by Section 4721.C of the San Francisco Building Code, as that Section was in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Article 6, in which case the date for removal or alteration shall be two years following the date so established by the Building Code.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65)
Any lawfully existing sign which does not conform to Section 608.6 of this Code shall be removed or altered to conform therewith within five years after the effective date of this Article 6 or such later date as the sign becomes nonconforming; unless such sign was made subject to removal or alteration within five years after February 18, 1960, by Section 4722.D of the San Francisco Building Code, as that Section was in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this Article 6, in which case such earlier date shall prevail. Provided, however, that any lawfully existing sign within the Special Sign District along Nineteenth Avenue between Lincoln Way and Sloat Boulevard and on a lot in a C-1 or C-2 District need not be removed or altered to conform to Section 608.6 prior to the end of its normal life or until such earlier date, if any, by which it must be removed or altered to qualify said street for designation as a part of the State scenic highway system in accordance with the applicable provisions of State law.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65)
Any lawfully existing wind sign in any zoning district shall be removed within one year after the effective date of this Article 6.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65)
Any lawfully existing sign at an automobile service station in an R District (other than those signs covered by Paragraph 606(d)(1)(A) of this Code) which does not conform to Paragraph 606(d)(1)(B) of this Code shall be removed or altered to conform therewith within one year after the effective date of this Article 6 or such later date as the sign becomes nonconforming.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65; amended by Ord. 20-15, File No. 110548, App. 2/20/2015, Eff. 3/22/2015)
AMENDMENT HISTORY
Section amended; Ord. 20-15, Eff. 3/22/2015.
Any lawfully existing sign which is now or hereafter near a rapid transit route or portion thereof and which does not conform to the provisions of Section 608.7 of this Code shall be removed or altered to conform therewith within five years after the effective date of this Article 6, or within five years after such date as the precise rapid transit route or portion has been determined and designated but not before such route or portion has been opened to traffic, whichever date is later.
(Added by Ord. 263-65, App. 10/22/65)
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