The CCSD owns street lights along Main Street and has installed brackets to hang banners from them.  Requests have also been received about placing decorations on the street lights.  The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines regarding the placement of banners or decorations on Main Street Light Lamp Posts by qualified organizations. 

Banners or decorations may be placed on the Main Street Light Lamp Posts, subject to the following guidelines and restrictions:

1. Only non-profit community groups or charitable organizations (hereinafter referred to as a “Sponsoring Organization”) that desire to promote a special event or activity of community-wide interest, or to commemorate a community institution located within the boundaries of the Cambria Community Services District, may place banners or decorations on the Main Street Light Lamp Posts.

2. Applications for placement of banners or decorations shall include all of the following information. Such applications shall be subject to fees, as established by the Board of Directors:

a. The name of the Sponsoring Organization.

b. A brief description of the event or activity to be advertised on the banners, along with a sketch showing the design of the banner or decorations.

c. The dates of the event or activity to be advertised, the date of proposed installation of the banners or decorations and the time period that the banners or decorations are to be displayed.

3. Upon approval by the CCSD, the completed application, signed by the CCSD and the Sponsoring Organization, shall constitute a binding agreement pursuant to which the Sponsoring Organization agrees to pay all costs for production, installation, removal and any ongoing maintenance of the banners or decorations.

4. Upon approval of the application, the CCSD shall issue an “Authorization to Use” letter in support of the required San Luis Obispo County Encroachment Permit.  The Sponsoring Organization is responsible for securing the required Encroachment Permit from the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department, payment of any required County fees, and compliance with any conditions of the Encroachment Permit.  Banners or decorations may not be installed until the County has issued the Encroachment Permit

5. Banners or decorations may only be installed by persons or entities that are approved by the CCSD.  At the end of the time period authorized by the Application and Agreement the Sponsoring Organization shall arrange for the installation company to remove the banners or decorations.

6. The Sponsoring Organization shall be responsible for monitoring the condition of the banners or decorations and for replacement, cleaning and repair as needed.  Upon notification by the CCSD that a banner or decorations condition is such that it needs replacement, cleaning or repair the Sponsoring Organization shall take immediate steps to correct any identified problems.  In the event the banner or decoration is not replaced, cleaned or repaired the CCSD may arrange to have the banner or decoration removed and any costs incurred to do so shall be the responsibility of the Sponsoring Organization.

7. All banners or decorations shall be installed and maintained by the Sponsoring Organization in a good, safe and workmanlike manner and in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations.

8. The Sponsoring Organization shall provide, at its own cost and expense, and maintain in force policies of comprehensive public liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000.  The CCSD shall be named as additional insured and the policy shall provide that it will not be cancelled, modified or lapse without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the CCSD. A Certificate of Insurance must be on file with the CCSD prior to installation of banners or decorations.

9. The Sponsoring Organization shall also hold harmless and indemnify the CCSD against all losses, expenses, claims, actions, causes of action, damages, costs or liabilities, including court costs and attorney fees, arising out of or resulting in any manner whatsoever from the attachment, installation, maintenance, and/or removal of banners or decorations on CCSD street lights.

10. Sponsoring Organizations shall also be responsible for any damage to street lights as a result of attachment of banners or decorations, and shall reimburse the CCSD for any expenses for corrective action that the CCSD determines is required, including, but not limited to the replacement of the street light.

11. By permitting banners on street lights it is not the intent of the CCSD to create a public forum and banners shall not be used as a public forum for first amendment expression.

To submit a request to place banners or decorations on Main Street Light Lamp Posts, please review the policy and submit an application submittal in the sidebar.