Alteration or removal of certain nonconforming signs.
Sacramento City Code § 15.148.790
in effect15.148.790 Alteration or removal of certain nonconforming signs.
A. At no cost to the city, signs existing in 1970 and rendered nonconforming by Ordinance No. 2868 shall be removed, or altered so as to comply with the provisions of this chapter, within the following time limits:
1. Within one year from the effective date of Ordinance No. 2868:
a. Canvas signs, banners, flags, pennants, streamers, bunting and wind signs;
b. "A" frame signs, portable signs on advertising vehicles;
c. Statuary or representative figures used for advertising purposes;
d. Signs emitting sound, odor, or visible matter and exposed neon tubing, incandescent lighting or other artificial lighting or an equivalent effect used for the purpose of outlining a building.
2. Within three years after the effective date of Ordinance No. 2868:
a. Animated signs;
b. Moving signs, except as otherwise provided in Section 15.148.290 of this chapter.
3. Within ten (10) years from the date such signs were erected, or within five years from the effective date of Ordinance No. 2868, whichever occurs last:
a. Off-site signs or billboards in zones where not allowed;
b Off-site signs or billboards in civic improvement districts, in accordance with the provisions of prior code Section 3.12.205;
c. Roof signs except as otherwise provided in Section 15.148.300 of this chapter;
d. Signs in excess of the number specified by Ordinance No. 2868;
e. Sidewalk clocks.
4. Any off-site sign or billboard existing on the effective date of Ordinance No. 2868 which is within six hundred sixty (660) feet of a freeway and the copy of such sign is readily visible by persons traveling on such freeway, shall, without cost to the city, be removed within ten (10) years from the effective date of Ordinance No. 2868 or within three years from the date when the project for the landscaping of a section or sections of a freeway shall have been completed and accepted, whichever is earlier.
B. Off-site signs and billboards existing on October 29, 1981, and rendered nonconforming by Ordinance No. 81-093, may remain. However, the structure of such signs may not be modified or replaced except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (Ord. 2016-0010 § 34; prior code § 3.10.181)
Source: City of Sacramento, Sacramento City Code (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/sacramentoca/latest/sacramento_ca/0-0-0-32228Fetched: 10/24/2026