Title 2 ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 2.132 COMMERCIAL MARKETING--PROMOTION AND ADVERTISING
Part 1 PROMOTION
2.132.010 Commercial use.
2.132.020 Requirements for agreements.
2.132.030 Restriction against impersonation.
2.132.040 Interpretation of Part 1 provisions.
Part 2 ADVERTISING
2.132.110 Definitions.
2.132.120 Authorization.
2.132.130 Limitations.
2.132.140 Use regulations.
Part 1 PROMOTION
2.132.010 Commercial use.
The board of supervisors may provide for the following commercial
use of county property, consistent with the county marketing plan including
without limitation:
A. The licensing, for a fee or other consideration, of
the private commercial use of the county name, logo, or other intellectual
property, or the depiction of county property;
B. The donation of facilities
or informational brochures, messages, or broadcasts which publicize
acknowledgment of a sponsor’s financial assistance. (Ord. 91-0039 § 2
(part), 1991.)
2.132.020 Requirements for agreements.
Agreements to confer any of the rights enumerated in this Part 1
and acknowledgment of donated moneys, goods, or services may be made in the
manner and under terms and conditions approved by the supervisors. Any agreement
which the county seeks to enter into pursuant to Section 26110 of the Government
Code shall be presented at a duly noticed public hearing in strict compliance
with the requirements of Section 54954.2 of the Government Code. (Ord. 91-0039
§ 2 (part), 1991.)
2.132.030 Restriction against impersonation.
No commercial arrangement may be entered into under which the logo
of the county or any of its departments can be reproduced and distributed in a
manner to enable impersonation of a county official or safety employee. (Ord.
91-0039 § 2 (part), 1991.)
2.132.040 Interpretation of Part 1 provisions.
A. This Part 1 shall be interpreted to enable the county to market its
assets, identified in the part, to the greatest extent possible, subject only to
the limitations imposed by the laws and regulations of the state of California
and of the county of Los Angeles.
B. Nothing in this section is intended to
vest in any person the right to enter into a marketing agreement with the
county. (Ord. 91-0039 § 2 (part), 1991.)
Part 2 ADVERTISING
2.132.110 Definitions.
A. The terms “advertise” and any of its variants, and
“advertising display” mean the presentation on a sign of a name,
word, statement, message, drawing, picture, painting, mark, motto, symbol or
figure for the purpose of calling attention to a business engaged in commerce or
trade and/or inducing, directly or indirectly, the purchase or use of any
specific item of commerce or trade.
B. The term “bulletin or special
event sign” means a changeable copy sign on which bulletins, notices,
messages or displays are placed.
C. The term “directional and/or
information sign” which indicates the route to, direction of, or location
of a given goal, or which provides regulatory or service information.
D. The
term “freestanding sign” means a sign which is placed on the ground
and has as its primary structural support one or more columns, poles, uprights
or braces in or upon the ground.
E. The term “sign” means any
card, cloth, paper, metal, painted or wooden sign of any character, other than
an advertising structure as defined in the California Outdoor Advertising Act,
placed for advertising purposes on or to the ground on any wall, fence, building
or structure or any item of goods, wares or merchandise.
F. The verb
“to place” and any of its variants, as applied to advertising
displays, includes the maintaining and erecting, constructing, posting,
painting, printing, tacking, nailing, sewing, gluing, sticking, carving or
otherwise affixing or making visible any advertising display on or to the ground
or any wall, fence, building or structure or any item of goods, wares or
merchandise. (Ord. 91-0039 § 2 (part), 1991.)
2.132.120 Authorization.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Los Angeles County Code,
the board of supervisors is authorized to sell the right to advertise on
property that is owned or operated by the county of Los Angeles, and, in
determining the adequacy of the consideration to be paid by the purchaser, may
provide for payment to the county in money and/or goods or services furnished to
a county department. (Ord. 91-0039 § 2 (part), 1991.)
2.132.130 Limitations.
A. The right to advertise that may be conferred under this part shall not
include the right to place an advertising display on an “advertising
structure” as that term is defined in the California Outdoor Advertising
Act, or any legislative amendments or reenactment of the definition in the
act.
B. The type, location, size, content and duration of the advertising
display that may be placed by the purchaser under the right conferred shall be
specified by the board of supervisors in a written contract of sale.
C. No
advertising for alcohol or tobacco products is permitted.
D. A person on
whom the right to advertise is conferred shall exercise the terms and conditions
of the contract of sale, the regulations of the California Outdoor Advertising
Act, or any legislative amendments or reenactment of the regulation provided in
the Act, and the provisions of this code. (Ord. 91-0039 § 2 (part),
1991.)
2.132.140 Use regulations.
The right to place advertising displays on county owned or operated
property, under a contract of sale executed by the board of supervisors, shall
be subject to the following regulations in lieu of the regulations set forth in
the Zoning Ordinance of the Los Angeles County Code:
A. An advertising
display secured to a wall, fence, building or structure shall be installed on
the same plane as the surface to which it is attached, shall not project more
than 16 inches from this surface, and shall not extend or be mounted above the
top of the wall or fence or the parapet or eave of the building or
structure.
B. The location of an advertising display on an interior wall of
a building shall be approved by the department head prior to its
placement.
C. An advertising display may be placed on a freestanding sign
that serves the primary purpose of providing a public service, such as a
bulletin or special event sign or a directional and/or informational
sign.
D. An advertising display may be placed on the uniform prescribed by a
department head to be worn by personnel of the department, so long as it does
not obstruct any county badge or emblem affixed to the uniform. (Ord. 91-0039
§ 2 (part), 1991.)
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