Turlock, CA Sign Regulations: Digital Billboards (2026)

Billboard and electronic message board policy. New billboards or electronic message boards are prohibited. The City completely prohibits the construction, erection or use of any billboards or electronic message boards, other than those which legally exist in the City at the time the ordinance codified in this article is enacted. No permit shall be issued for any billboard or electronic message board which violates this policy, and the City will take immediate enforcement or abatement action against any billboard or electronic message board constructed or maintained in violation of this policy. In adopting this provision, the City Council affirmatively declares that it would have adopted this policy even if it were the only provision in this article. The City Council intends for this policy to be severable and separately enforceable even if other provision(s) of this article may be declared, by a court of competent jurisdiction, to be unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable.

(f) Noncommunicative aspects. All rules and regulations concerning the noncommunicative aspects of signs, including, but not limited to, location, size, height, illumination, setback, scale, spacing, materials, orientation and mass of the structure, stand enforceable independently of any permit or approval process.

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