follows:

Section 1.
The

City

Council

following findings:
1. Council
The

hereby
of

makes

the

City complaints from the citizens of Oakland, and from many neighborhood and community organizations that the City' s current sign regulations have not eliminated the presence of signs posted on public property.
have

Mayor

and

the

members

the

received

numerous

posting signs public property has throughout the City. Citizens have complained that their neighborhoods are being blighted by signs posted on public property. The and Council Mayor members have City personally observed the posting of signs on public property anal
the
effect 3.
creates
recent

2. The and the members of Mayor the City Council have received additional complaints regarding the detrimental impact that the of on

thereof.
The

constitutes

posting of signs on public property visual blight in the City of Oakland and clutter and litter adverse to the
to

efforts

make

City' s

Oakland

cleaner that the

City.

4. The City on signs public quality of life in

on

Council the in

finds

property

property values

adversely City and has an the City.

presence of affects the adverse impact

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on

The

prohibition
a

of

the

placement
and

of

signs

public property is lation the affecting expression.

Section
2.

reasonable

municipal

time,

place

regumanner of

Section

502 3.of

the

Posters) is hereby rescinded.

Section Code (
3.

Municipal

Code

Article

of

Sections 1101 4. through hereby rescinded.

Section
Code

Chapter 11 of the Municipal 1106, 4. Political Signs) is

4.

new

Section

502 3. of

the

is

hereby

enacted.

Municipal

SECTION

502. 3. REGULATIONS OF SIGNS. otherwise be

GOVERNING

THE

POSTING

a.

Except as Code, it
candidate

provided
unlawful

in
for

the

shall
or

Municipal
person,

political committee City of Oakland, except a public officer or employee, in the performance of his or her duty, to post, stick, stamp, paint, mark, staple, or otherwise affix any sign, banner, billboard, pennant, flyer, poster, notice, handbill, or advertisement

any in the

of

any

kind:

1,

upon

sion

any in

private

property, without
from the
owner,

permis-

writing

trustee

or

agent, occupant of such premises; or

which

2.

upon any public property, but is not limited to:

A.

includes,

any

sidewalk, crosswalk,
street

curb, curb-

stone,

lamp

post,

public

hydrant,

tree,

tree stake or electric light

or

public shrub, public guard, railroad trestle,

or

power

or

telephone

wire pole, or wire appurtenance thereof or upon any fixture of the fire alarm or police
or

telegraph

trolley

telegraph system or upon any public lighting system, public bridge, public drinking fountain, public ornamental life fountain, public buoy, public life preserver, public life boat or other life saving equipment, street

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sign, traffic sign, public improvement or facility; or

B,
on

building,

any

tacle,
3.
to

or

public trash or garbage parking meter; or

banner, sign
or

recep-

suspend

any

notice from, wire or other

advertising
to, any
or

or

attach the device crossing

same

ing any public street, thoroughfare or right of way, without written permission of the City.
b.

overhangsidewalk, park,
the

Nothing contained
the

in

this

Section

shall

installation
of
of

apply

to
or

of

terrazzo

sidewalks
in

sidewalks

similar
colored

construction, by
an

sidewalks
the

permanently
material

admixture
a

which

the
has

same

are

constructed, and
written

for
c.

which

the

City

granted

permit.
to

Nothing in this painting of house permits issued by

Section
numbers the

shall
upon

apply

the
under

curbs

done

City.

d.

Any sign, banner, billboard, pennant, flyer, or handbill found poster placed, painted, written marked, upon, posted, stapled, taped,

glued
section
e.

or

otherwise

affixed
the

property

contrary
may be in

to

removed

upon any public of this provisions immediately by the City.

As

defined
not

but

be
or

influence candidate
the

this Section, sign shall include, limited to, any sign designed to
to

voters

support

or

ballot

measure

proposed

oppose any at any of

following:
Elections

1.

specified

in

the

Charter

of

the

City
2.

of

Oakland.
measures

Ballot Charter

to

amend

or

revise

the

of

the

City

of

Oakland.
on

3.

Elections

called
or

by

or

behalf

of

any

Oakland.

district whose boundaries public agency are entirely coterminous with the City of

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