City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/10/2017
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Regulation of Signage Advertising Cannabis
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FROM:
Erica Vega, Assistant City Attorney
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Receive information and provide direction on how to regulate cannabis signage in the City.
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BACKGROUND:
The City Council has not adopted any regulations on commercial signage specific to cannabis businesses. Therefore, cannabis businesses are subject to the same sign regulations as all other businesses, as set forth in Chapter 9.62 of the Code. As a general rule, a sign permit is required for all signage except for the those signs that are exempt (listed in Section 9.62.040). For cannabis businesses, window signs, wall signs, and flags that are on-site and meet the standards of the Code are exempt. Off-site signage is generally prohibited, but billboards are permitted pursuant to Section 9.62.070(A) of the Cathedral City Code. The City's sign billboard regulations do not apply to billboards on Tribal land. Signs that rotate or move, including human-held signs, are prohibited.
State law places some additional restrictions on cannabis signage in the City. Proposition 64 included an entire chapter on advertising and marketing restrictions applicable to non-medical cannabis (Business & Professions Code ?? 26150 et seq.). These provisions include restrictions on "advertising signs," which is defined to mean billboards and other off-site advertising signs. There are no regulations on on-site signage. Proposition 64 prohibits billboards and other off-site advertising signs from being located along an "Interstate Highway or State Highway which crosses the border of any other state" and within "1,000 feet of a day care center, school providing instruction in kindergarten or any grades 1 through 12, playground, or youth center." Business & Professions Code ? 26152. In addition, Proposition 64 contains a provision that prohibits advertising in "broadcast, cable, radio,...
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