Amerco Real Estate Co. v. City of West Sacramento

Opinion

BUTZ, J.

Business and Professions Code section 5499 (hereafter, section 5499) “grandfathers” (i.e., legalizes) on-premises business signs that do not conform to a subsequently enacted local sign law as to height or size if a conforming sign’s (1) visibility or (2) communicative effectiveness would be materially impaired by special topographic circumstances.

In this administrative mandate action (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1094.5, 1094.6), we conclude the trial court properly used the substantial evidence test, rather than the independent judgment test, to review an administrative decision…