California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 2.5 — On-Premises Advertising Displays, Section 5498.2
(a) During the amortization period for a nonconforming legally in place on-premises advertising display’s continued use, a city or county may not deny, refuse to issue, or condition the issuance of a permit for modification or alteration to the display upon change of ownership of any existing business if the modification or alteration does not include a structural change in the display.
(b) Subdivision (a) of this section does not apply to any ordinance introduced or adopted prior to March 12, 1983, or adopted pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 5497, if the ordinance contains no specific amortization schedule, but instead requires conformity upon change of ownership.
Notes
Prohibits a city or county, during the amortization period of a legally placed nonconforming on-premises display, from denying or conditioning a nonstructural modification permit because an existing business changes ownership. Exempts specified ordinances introduced or adopted before March 12, 1983, or under the referenced authority, when they require conformity upon ownership change without a specific amortization schedule.
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