OMCSEC 5.06.020

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17th St betw Harrison & Webster

Oakland Municipal Code, Section 5.06.020:

"Regulations governing the posting of signs.
A. Except as otherwise provided in this code, it is unlawful for any person, candidate or political committee, except a public officer or employee in the performance of his or her duty, to post, stick, stamp, paint, mark, staple, or otherwise affix any sign, banner, billboard, pennant, flyer, poster, notice, handbill, or advertisement of any kind:
1. Upon any private property, without permission in writing from the owner, agent, trustee or occupant of such premises; or
2. Upon any public property, which includes, but is not limited to:
a. Any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, curbstone, street lamp post, hydrant, public tree, public shrub, public tree stake or guard, railroad trestle, electric light or power or telephone or telegraph or trolley wire pole, or wire appurtenance thereof or upon any fixture of the fire alarm or police telegraph system or upon any public lighting system, upon bridge, public drinking fountain, public ornamental fountain, public life buoy, public life preserver, public life boat or other life saving equipment, street sign, traffic sign, public building, improvement or facility, or
b. On any public trash or garbage receptacle, or parking meter; or
3. To suspend any banner, sign, or advertising notice from, or attach the same to, any wire or other device crossing or overhanging any public street, sidewalk, park, thoroughfare or right-of-way, without the written permission of the city.
B. Nothing contained in this section shall apply to the installation of terrazzo sidewalks or sidewalks of similar construction, sidewalks permanently colored by an admixture in the material of which the same are constructed, and for which the city has granted a written permit.
C. Nothing in this section shall apply to the painting of house numbers under curbs done under permits issued by the city.
D. Any sign, banner, billboard, pennant, flyer, poster or handbill found, placed, painted, marked, written upon, posted, stapled, taped, glued or otherwise affixed upon any public property contrary to the provisions of this section may be removed immediately by the city.
E. As defined in this section, “sign” shall include, but not be limited to, any sign designed to influence voters to support or oppose any candidate or ballot measure.
F. As defined in this section, “candidate” shall include any person who seeks nomination or election to an office at any election.
G. As defined in this section, “political committee” shall include any committee, organization, association, or corporation organized for the purpose of charged with the duty of conducting the election campaign in support of or in opposition to any candidate or ballot measure at any election.
H. As defined in this section, the term “public” shall include any facility, structure, building, property activity or object which is owned, leased, or otherwise operated, controlled or managed by the city of Oakland, Redevelopment Agency of the city, any department, office, agency or sub-agency of the city. (Prior code § 5-3.02)"