Cal. BPC § 5498
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 5498, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
(a) Sections 5491 and 5495 do not apply to redevelopment project areas created pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code), planned commercial districts, or to areas listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historical Places, or areas registered by the Department of Parks and Recreation as a state historical landmark or point of historical interest pursuant to Section 5021 of the Public Resources Code, or areas created as historic zones or individually designated properties by a city or county, pursuant to Article 12 (commencing with Section 50280) of Chapter 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(b) As used in this section, “planned commercial districts” means areas subject to binding agreements, including, but not limited to, conditions, covenants, restrictions, which do all of the following:
(1) Affect on-premise advertising displays.
(2) Are at least as restrictive as any ordinance of a city or county, which affects on-premise advertising displays at the time the agreement was entered into.
(3) Contain a binding financing commitment sufficient to carry out the agreements.
(b) As used in this section, “planned commercial districts” means areas subject to binding agreements, including, but not limited to, conditions, covenants, restrictions, which do all of the following:
(1) Affect on-premise advertising displays.
(2) Are at least as restrictive as any ordinance of a city or county, which affects on-premise advertising displays at the time the agreement was entered into.
(3) Contain a binding financing commitment sufficient to carry out the agreements.
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