Section 5440 - Prohibited placement of advertising display on property adjacent to landscaped freeway(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, no advertising display may be placed or maintained on property adjacent to a 1,000-foot or greater section of a freeway that has been landscaped with at least an average width of 20 feet of landscaping or that includes trees, on department-owned property at the same or elevated grade of the main-traveled way if the advertising display is designed to be viewed primarily by persons traveling on the main-traveled way of the landscaped freeway.(b) The department shall determine the average width by dividing the square footage of a landscaped area by its length.(c)(1) All existing classifications shall remain in effect until the department receives a request for a new classification review in accordance with applicable regulations.(2) The department may charge a fee in an amount not to exceed the reasonable costs incurred by the department in conducting a classification review and not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).(d) For purposes of this section, "average width of 20 feet" means that over any 1,000-foot section freeway there averages at least 20 feet of total property contiguous to all sides of the main traveled way between the outer edge of the shoulders and the freeway right-of-way boundaries, including median plantings, that otherwise meets the definition of a landscaped freeway in Section 5216.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 5440
Amended by Stats 2018 ch 926 (AB 3168),s 2, eff. 1/1/2019.Amended by Stats 2003 ch 725 (AB 762), s 1, eff. 1/1/2004.Amended by Stats 2001 ch 825 (SB 290), s 1, eff. 1/1/2002.Previously Amended September 1, 1999 (Bill Number: AB 396) (Chapter 280).This section was also amended by Stats 2001 ch 54 (SB 190), s 1, eff. 7/11/2001, but that act was superseded. See Ca. Gov't Code § 9605.