Tulare's old political-sign rule at Municipal Code § 10.188.050(J) imposed time limits the City stopped enforcing after Reed v. Town of Gilbert (2015), and staff began rewriting Chapter 10.188 to be content-neutral. In practice political signs on private residential property are treated like other temporary signs, and on highway frontage Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 5405.3 controls.
Per a 2018 Valley Voice report on the City's pending sign-ordinance amendment, Tulare Municipal Code § 10.188.050(J) ('Temporary Political Signs') was flagged as unconstitutional under Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 576 U.S. 155 (2015), which held that content-based sign restrictions are subject to strict scrutiny. City enforcement staff were instructed not to enforce § 10.188.050(J), and Planning began drafting a content-neutral rewrite of Chapter 10.188. On classified state highways and landscaped freeways (Hwy 99, Hwy 137, Hwy 198 frontage), Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 5405.3 exempts temporary political signs from Outdoor Advertising Act permits if they (1) urge a vote in a scheduled election, (2) are posted no more than 90 days before and removed within 10 days after the election, (3) do not exceed 32 sq ft, (4) have a Statement of Responsibility filed with Caltrans, and (5) are not in the highway right-of-way or within 660 ft of and visible from a landscaped freeway.
Signs in the Caltrans right-of-way or visible within 660 ft of a landscaped freeway may be removed by the state at the responsible party's cost (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 5405.3). Code Enforcement may abate signs on public property or right-of-way under Title 12. Content-based time limits in § 10.188.050(J) are not being enforced per City policy.
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