SEC. 609.4. SIGNS NEAR NONLANDSCAPED FREEWAYS.
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)
SEC. 609.5. SIGNS NEAR LANDSCAPED FREEWAYS.
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)
SEC. 609.6. SIGNS NEAR CERTAIN SCENIC STREETS.
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 Specia