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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES - 11041929 - 0198 Q f t 0 In7tnCe No. 198 t An Ordinance Prohibiting the Eree- tion and Maintenance of Signs, Pie- tures, Transparencies, Advertise- ments and Mechanical Advertising Devices Upon the Public Highways In the County of Contra Costa Under the Jurisdiction of the Board of Su- pervisors of the County of Contra Costa' and Providing the Punish- nient for a Violation of This Ordi- nanee. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, State of Cal- ifornia, do ordain as follows: Section 1: 1`+,"o person, firm, or cor- poration shall erect, post, place, dis- play, or maintain any sign, picture, advertisement, transparency or any me- chanical advertising device of any kind. or nature upon any public highway, street,road,alley,lane,court,place,trail or bridge in the County of Contra Costa, State of California, which said j public highway, street, road, alley, lane, court, place,trail or bridge is under the jurisdiction or control of the Board of Supervisors of the Coun- ty of Contra Costa; provided, how- f­ver, that this Ordinance shall not effect any public highway or road or place in the said County of Con- tra: Costa belonging to the State of California, or under the jurisdiction or control of the State Department of Engineering, or the Department of the State of California, having jurisdic- tion over state highways; provided, further, that nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed as to prevent the posting of any notice provided by Iaw or by the order of any Court to b.- posted. Section 2: Any sign, picture, adver- tisement, transparency or any mechan- ical advertising device of any kind or nature, so placed in violation of this ordinance, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance and may be forthwith removed from any such public highway, street, road, alley, lane, court, place', trail, or bridge by any Peace Officer of the County of Contra Costa. Section 3: Any person, firm or cor- poration violating any of the provi- sions of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- tion thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County Jail of the County of Contra Costa, State of California, for a period of not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprison- ment. Section 4: The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it passes this Ordinance in the interest of public safety and for the protection of the traveling public upon said highways under the general police. power grant- et? to the said Board. Section 5: If any section of said sec- tion, sentence, clause, phrase or words of this Ordinance for any reason is held unconstitutional or invalid, the decision holding the same unconstitu- tional or invalid shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The Board of Super- visors hereby declare that they have passed this Ordinance and each sec- tion, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sec- tions, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words be declared uncon- stitutional or invalid. Section 6: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the 5th day of December, 1929, and 1_)efore the expiration of fifteen (15) days after the passage hereof, it shall be published with the, names of the members voting for and against it i'or one (1) week in the Contra Costa Standard, a newspaper of general circulation published in the said County of Contra Costa, State of Cal- ifornia. Passed and adopted this 4th clay of November, 1929, by the following Vote: Ayes: Supervisors Knott, Olsson, lla.yden, Buchanan and Trembath. Nees: None. Absent: None. (Seal of Board) W. J. BUCHANAN, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, State of California. Attest: J. H. WELLS, County Clerk. Pub. Nov. 16, 1929.