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18.100.010 Sections: 18.100.010 Purpose. 18.100.020 Exemption. 18.100.030 Definitions. 18.100.040 Posting of political campaign signs, community event signs and religious holiday banners — Private property. 18.100.050 Posting of political campaign signs— Certain public property prohibited. 18.100.060 Removal of political campaign signs —Time limits. 18.100.070 Community event signs —Time and size limits. 18.100.080 Removal of illegal signs. 18.100.090 Authority of city manager. 18.100.100 Removal procedure. 18.100.110 Storage — Notice — Return. 18.100.120 Sign removal charge. 18.100.130 Persons responsible. 18.100.140 Exception. 18.100.010 Purpose. In order to protect the rights of political candidates and those wishing to support or oppose candidates or ballot measures (and those wishing to announce community events), while protecting the public from traffic safety hazards, structural sign hazards, aesthetic blight, litter and loss of meaning of the message of such signs, the regulations pro- vided in this chapter are adopted. (Prior code § 2 -9.60) 18.100.020 Exemption. No permit shall be required of any political campaign sign or community event sign which does not exceed the size limitations provided in this chapter so long as such signs are placed on private property. Political campaign signs and community event signs which are within the size and placement requirements of this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 18.96 of this title. (Prior code § 2 -9.61) 18.100.030 Definitions. Unless it appears from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following words shall have the mean- ings given them in this chapter: A. "City" means the city of Pleasanton, a municipal corporation in the state of California. B. "Community event sign" means any signs, banners or displays of a patriotic, civic or community nature. C. "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, committee for support or oppo- sition of candidates or ballot measures or organizations of any kind. D. "Political campaign sign" means any sign urging the election or defeat of any candidate seeking any political office, or urging the passage or defeat of any ballot measure but does not mean or include any billboard owned or maintained by a commercial firm or advertising company. E. "Public property" means all property owned by the city or other public agency within city boundaries, including but not limited to any building owned, operated or leased by a public agency; any street, bicycle or pedestrian right -of -way owned or controlled by the city; and public park recreation area, parkway, planter strip or other pub- (Pleasanton Supp. No. 3, 1 -I1)) Chapter 18.100 POLITICAL SIGNS, SIGNS ANNOUNCING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY BANNERS 660