AMENDED ORDER

Pending before the Court is Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. After considering the arguments raised by the parties in their briefing and during oral argument, the Court now issues the following rulings.

BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background

Plaintiff Get Outdoors II, LLC (hereinafter “Get Outdoors”) is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Nevada, and qualified to do business in California. Get Outdoors has been issued the necessary licenses to operate outdoor advertising signs throughout the State. Defendant City of San Diego, California (hereinafter “City”) is a political subdivision of the State of California.

Get Outdoors mostly operates outdoor advertising signs. Get Outdoors has signs throughout the nation. In the past, they have used their sign space to display messages of both commercial and noncommercial nature. In addition to leasing space to commercial advertisers, Get Outdoors has provided advertising space to noncommercial advertisers free of charge or at reduced rates.

Get Outdoors is currently “pursuing opportunities in the outdoor advertising in-- dustry in Southern California.” To that end, Get Outdoors investigates possible sign locations, reviews municipal sign regulations and negotiates with landowners regarding the possibility of posting signs on their property. In an effort to break into the San Diego market, Get Outdoors negotiated with owners of various land parcels and arranged to lease space for the display of twenty four (24) signs. The parcels of land on which they hope to display signs are each located in heavily commercial and industrial areas and are adjacent to major roads or highways.

B. The Denial Letter

On June 5, 2003, pursuant to the City’s sign regulations, Get Outdoors submitted twenty three (23) completed applications for permits to post signs. By letter dated June 9, 2003, the authorized city official denied the applications. The letter stated:

C. The Sign Ordinance

The Sign Ordinance is contained in San Diego Municipal Code (“SDMC”) Chapters 11, 12 and 14. The Court will briefly summarize those provisions of the City’s Sign Ordinance whose constitutionality Get Outdoors is challenging.

D. The Plaintiff’s Claims for Relief

On January 30, 2004, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint containing fourteen Claims for Relief. Many of the Claims contain similar or identical allegations. The Court will list each of the claims below.

E. Procedural Background

On July 21, 2003 Get Outdoors filed suit against the City of San Diego. Shortly thereafter, Get Outdoors filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Defendant filed a Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiffs Amended Complaint. On December 30, 2003, the Court denied Get Outdoors’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, and Denied in Part and Granted in Part the Defendant’s Motion to Strike portions of the First Amended Complaint. On January 30, 2004, Get Outdoors filed a Second Amended Complaint. On August 31, 2004 Get Outdoors filed a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. After a series of extensions were granted, the Defendant filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on October 22, 2004. On November 19, 2004, the Court heard oral arguments on both Motions. Since oral argument, both parties have filed several Motions for Leave to file Notices of Subsequent Authority. On each occasion, the Court has granted the parties leave to file the Notices of Subsequent Authority.

STANDARD OF REVIEW

Summary judgment is appropriate under Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure where the moving party demonstrates the absence of a genuine issue of material fact and entitlement to judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c); See Also Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 , 106 S.Ct. 2548 , 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986). A fact is material when, under the governing substantive law, it could affect the outcome of the case. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 248 , 106 S.Ct. 2505 , 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986). A dispute over a material fact is genuine if “the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party.” Id.

A party seeking summary judgment always bears the initial burden of establishing the absence of a genuine issue of material fact. Celotex, 477 U.S. at 323 , 106 S.Ct. 2548 . The moving party may meet this burden in two ways: (1) by presenting evidence that negates an essential element of the nonmoving party’s case or (2) by demonstrating that the nonmoving party failed to make a showing sufficient to establish an element essential to that party’s case on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial. Id. at 322-23 , 106 S.Ct. 2548 . If the moving party fails to discharge this initial burden, summary judgment must be denied and the court need not consider the nonmoving party’s evidence. Adickes v. S.H. Kress & Co., 398 U.S. 144, 159-60 , 90 S.Ct. 1598 , 26 L.Ed.2d 142 (1970).

If the moving party satisfies its initial burden, the nonmoving party cannot defeat summary judgment merely by demonstrating “that there is some metaphysical doubt as to the material facts.” Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586 , 106 S.Ct. 1348 , 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986); see also Anderson, 477 U.S. at 252, 106 S.Ct. 2505 (“The mere existence of a scintilla of evidence in support of the nonmoving party’s position is not sufficient.”). Rather, the nonmoving party must “go beyond the pleadings and by her own affidavits, or by the depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, designate specific facts showing that there is a genuine issue for trial.” Celotex, 477 U.S. at 324, 106 S.Ct. 2548 (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(e)) (internal quotations omitted).

In ruling on a motion for summary judgment, “[t]he district court may limit its review to the documents submitted for purposes of summary judgment and those parts of the record specifically referenced therein.” Carmen v. San Francisco Unified Sch. Dist., 237 F.3d 1026 , 1030 (9th Cir.2001). Therefore, the court is not obligated to “scour the record in search of a genuine issue of triable fact.” Keenan v. Allan, 91 F.3d 1275, 1279 (9th Cir.1996) (citing Richards v. Combined Ins. Co., 55 F.3d 247, 251 (7th Cir.1995)). The court must view all inferences drawn from the underlying facts in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 587 , 106 S.Ct. 1348 . “Credibility determinations [and] the weighing of evidence ... are jury functions, not those of a judge, [when] he [or she] is ruling on a motion for summary judgment.” Anderson, 477 U.S. at 255 , 106 S.Ct. 2505 .

DISCUSSION

The Defendant argues that the Second Amended Complaint must be dismissed in its entirety because the Get Outdoors does not have standing to bring suit. Specifically, the Defendant argues that Get Outdoors cannot meet constitutional standing requirements because Get Outdoors has not suffered any actual injury, and because it is not likely that a favorable decision will redress Get Outdoors’ injury. First, the Court will address whether Get Outdoors has standing to bring each of its claims in this matter.

Get Outdoors’ claims implicate three types of constitutional challenges. First, Get Outdoors challenges the Ordinance on the basis that it could never be validly applied, because it impermissibly burdens noncommercial speech and imposes content-based restrictions on both commercial and noncommercial speech. When a plaintiff argues that the Ordinance could never be applied in a valid manner because it is unconstitutionally vague or it impermissibly restricts a protected activity, the litigant only has standing to vindicate his own constitutional rights. Foti v. City of Menlo Park, 146 F.3d 629, 635 (9th Cir.1998). Get Outdoors’ claims arising under this theory will be discussed at length in section II of this Order.

Next, Get Outdoors challenges the Ordinance on the basis that it is overbroad, and therefore seeks to assert the rights of third parties through its overbreadth claim. These claims will be discussed in section I below. Last, Get Outdoors asserts separate claims regarding procedural safeguards and the City officials’ level of discretion. These claims will be discussed in section III of this Order.

I. Get Outdoors’ Overbreadth Claims

Article III of the Constitution requires that there be a case or controversy before a federal court may decide a case. U.S. Const, art. Ill, § 2. One component of the case or controversy requirement is the doctrine of standing. See Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 , 119 L.Ed.2d 351 (1992). To prove standing under Article III, a plaintiff must show (1) injury in fact, (2) a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of and (3) a likelihood that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision. Id. at 560-61 , 112 S.Ct. 2130 . As a general rule, a party may assert only his or her own rights and cannot raise claims on behalf of parties not before the court. See Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co., Inc., 467 U.S. 947, 955 , 104 S.Ct. 2839 , 81 L.Ed.2d 786 (1984).

Under certain circumstances, a party is permitted to prosecute claims on behalf of outside parties.

Horizon Outdoor, LLC v. City of Industry, 228 F.Supp.2d 1113, 1123 (C.D.Cal.2002). As noted above, an ordinance may be facially unconstitutional in one of two ways: “[ejither [ ] it is unconstitutional in every conceivable application, or [] it seeks to prohibit such a broad range of protected conduct that it is unconstitutionally over-broad.” Members of City Council v. Taxpayers for Vincent, 466 U.S. 789, 796 , 104 S.Ct. 2118 , 80 L.Ed.2d 772 (1984). “The second type of facial challenge is an exception to [the] general standing requirements: the plaintiff argues that the statute is written so broadly that it may inhibit the constitutionally protected speech of third parties, even if his own speech may be prohibited.” Foti v. City of Menlo Park, 146 F.3d 629, 635 (9th Cir.1998). A successful challenge to the facial constitutionality of a law invalidates the law itself. Id.

Applying the Lujan test, the Court finds that Get Outdoors does not have standing to assert its overbreadth facial challenge. Without commenting on whether Get Outdoors can show injury in fact, the Court will consider the second and third Lujan factors requiring a causal connection and redressability.

The Court finds that Get Outdoors cannot satisfy the second and third Lujan factors requiring the Plaintiff to show a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of and a likelihood that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision. With respect to the causal connection factor, the City denied the permit applications because Get Outdoors sought to erect billboard advertising displays, which are prohibited under the Ordinance. The City submitted evidence to show that it denied the permits because it does not allow new advertising display signs. While Get Outdoors argues that the City denied the permits based on content-based restrictions, the Court is persuaded otherwise. The City issued a letter stating its reason for denying the applications and, as discussed below, the Court finds the proffered reason is constitutional. Thus, the Court finds that the Plaintiff cannot show a causal connection between the injury and the conduct complained of and thus, cannot show that the requisite causal nexus exists.

Additionally, the Court also finds that the third Lujan element undermines Get Outdoors’ standing to bring this lawsuit. To satisfy the third element of the Lujan test, Get Outdoors would have to show a likelihood that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision. However, the City has presented evidence to show that the permit applications do not comply with the size restrictions contained in the Ordinance. The Plaintiff argues that these “post hoc” justifications should be rejected, as they were not offered until some 16 months after the denial letter was issued.

In support of its Motion for Summary Judgment, the Defendant submitted the Declaration of Mr. Didion, Assistant Deputy Director for the Land Development Review Division of the Development Services Department of the City of San Diego. In his Declaration, Mr. Didion sets forth the deficiencies in each of Plaintiffs 24 applications. Each of Plaintiffs applications failed to meet standards required by the San Diego Municipal Code and California Building Code. Additionally, the permit applications seek approval for ground signs that do not comply with the Ordinance’s sign size restrictions. The plans for Get Outdoors’ billboards are included with each permit application. Each proposed billboard is a “ground sign” within the meaning of the Ordinance, and their dimensions are as follows: fifty feet in height, with a sign face area of 672 square feet. The billboards would all be located in commercial and/or industrial zones. Under the Ordinance, the sign face area for ground signs in such zones cannot exceed 300 square feet. The sign height in such zones cannot exceed fifty feet, and only freeway-oriented signs may be fifty feet tall. It is unclear which of Get Outdoors’ proposed billboards, if any, are freeway-oriented. The addresses on the permit applications indicate that most of them would be located on surface streets. Further, the proposed billboards’ sign face area exceeds the maximum allowed dimensions by over 300 square feet. Thus, Get Outdoors’ sign permit applications would never be approved, regardless of the constitutionality of the Ordinance’s sign copy regulations.

The Seventh Circuit found lack of standing on similar facts. See Harp Advertising Illinois, Inc. v. Village of Chicago Ridge, Illinois, 9 F.3d 1290 (7th Cir.1993). Harp Advertising sought to erect billboards in Chicago Ridge, but could not obtain permits under portions of the village’s zoning and sign ordinances. Harp filed suit against the village, challenging the ordinances on the basis that they violated the First Amendment. However, the Seventh Circuit held that because the billboards Harp sought to erect exceeded the maximum size allowed under the relevant municipal code, Harp lacked standing.

Id. at 1291 (internal citations omitted). Harp argued that because it was presenting a facial challenge to the ordinance, it did not need to show that a victory would redress its injury as required under Lu-jan. The court clarified the relationship between standing and facial challenges and concluded that Harp did not have standing to bring a facial challenge under the facts presented.

Id. at 1292 (emphasis in original; internal citations omitted).

Here, the Plaintiff argues that the Court should not be persuaded by Harp, but instead should allow Plaintiff to challenge an entire Ordinance, without regard to whether Plaintiff was injured by a particular provision, or to whether the alleged harm can be redressed. However, the Court finds that under Plaintiffs theory, the exception to the standing requirements would swallow the constitutional rule. The Court therefore rejects Plaintiffs arguments and finds that Plaintiff cannot meet the Article III standing requirements because Plaintiff cannot meet its burden to establish the redressability and a causal connection.

To satisfy the Lujan test, Get Outdoors must show that a decision in its favor would redress the injury by preventing the City from enforcing the Ordinance’s sign copy regulations, thereby allowing Get Outdoors to secure permits. See 4805 Convoy, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 183 F.3d 1108, 1111 (9th Cir.1999). Here, even if Get Outdoors were to prevail on each of its overbreadth claims, it nonetheless could not get its permit applications approved. Accordingly, the Court finds that Plaintiff lacks standing to bring its overbreadth challenges and that Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on those claims.

By way of reminder, the City denied Plaintiffs applications because they were for new advertising display signs. Thus, the Court will discuss the constitutionality of a ban on new advertising display signs below. However, because the Plaintiff cannot utilize the Overbreadth exception to the standing requirements as discussed above, the Court will grant Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant on the claims relying on the Overbreadth exception. Accordingly, the Court will list the claims that must be dismissed for lack of standing, below.

However, the inquiry does not end here. Because the Plaintiff does have standing to challenge the provision of the Ordinance that its applications were denied under, the Court will consider the validity of those claims in light of the pending Motions for Summary Judgment.

II. Get Outdoors’ Claims that the Ordinance Impermissibly Burdens Noncommercial Speech and Imposes Content-based Restrictions on Both Commercial and Noncommercial Speech.

When a plaintiff argues that the ordinance could never be applied in a valid manner because it is unconstitutionally vague or it impermissibly restricts a protected activity, the litigant only has standing to vindicate his own constitutional rights. See Foti v. City of Menlo Park, 146 F.3d 629, 635 (9th Cir.1998); See also Vincent 466 U.S. at 796 , 104 S.Ct. at 2124 . Here, Get Outdoors argues that the sign Ordinance has a chilling effect on speech, severely limits or restricts speech, and violates the First Amendment rights of citizens in San Diego and beyond. Get Outdoors challenges the Ordinance on the basis that it could never be validly applied, because it impermissibly burdens noncommercial speech and imposes content-based restrictions on both commercial and noncommercial speech.

In Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Pub. Serv. Comm’n, 447 U.S. 557 , 100 S.Ct. 2343 , 65 L.Ed.2d 341 (1980), the Supreme Court articulated a four-part test for determining the validity of governmental restrictions on commercial speech. “The First Amendment protects commercial speech only if (1) that speech concerns lawful activity and is not misleading. A restriction on otherwise protected commercial speech is valid only if it (2) seeks to implement a substantial government interest, (3) directly advances that interest, and (4) reaches no further than necessary to accomplish the given objective.” See Ackerley Communications v. Krochalis, 108 F.3d 1095 , 1097 fn. 3 (9th Cir.1997) citing Metromedia 453 U.S. at 507, 101 S.Ct. 2882 (summarizing Central Hudson, 447 U.S. at 563-66 , 100 S.Ct. 2343 .)

Billboard regulation is a distinct area of the law and has been referred to as “the law of billboards.” See Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490, 501 , 101 S.Ct. 2882 , 69 L.Ed.2d 800 (1981). As noted by the Supreme Court, “[w]hile signs are a form of expression protected by the Free Speech Clause, they pose distinctive problems that are subject to municipalities’ police powers. Unlike oral speech, signs take up space and may obstruct views, distract motorists, displace alternative uses for land, and pose other problems that legitimately call for regulation. It is common ground that governments may regulate the physical characteristics of signs — just as they can, within reasonable bounds and absent censorial purpose, regulate audible expression in its capacity as noise.” City of Ladue v. Gilleo, 512 U.S. 43, 48 , 114 S.Ct. 2038 , 129 L.Ed.2d 36 (1994) citing Ward v. Rock Against Racism, 491 U.S. 781 , 109 S.Ct. 2746 , 105 L.Ed.2d 661 (1989); Kovacs v. Cooper, 336 U.S. 77 , 69 S.Ct. 448 , 93 L.Ed. 513 (1949). By way of background, the Court will set forth the law that serves as a backdrop for this litigation.

The leading case in the field of billboard regulation is Metromedia v. City of San Diego. In Metromedia , the Court considered the constitutionality of San Diego’s sign Ordinance. Seven of the Justices agreed that San Diego’s legislative judgment, that billboards contribute to traffic hazards and visual blight, sufficed to justify a complete ban on offsite commercial billboards. See Ackerley Communications v. Krochalis, 108 F.3d 1095 , 1099 fn. 5 (9th Cir.1997) quoting Metromedia, 453 U.S. at 510 , 101 S.Ct. at 2893-94 (plurality), id. at 549-53, 101 S.Ct. at 2913-16 (Stevens, J., dissenting in part); id. at 560-61, 101 S.Ct. at 2919-20 (Burger, C.J., dissenting); id. at 570, 101 S.Ct. 2882 . A summary of Metromedia follows.

In 1972, the City of San Diego enacted a new sign ordinance which prohibited all offsite commercial advertising displays and provided for the abatement of all such existing displays. Metromedia, a billboard advertising company, challenged the ordinance’s constitutionality under the First Amendment. The California Supreme Court ruled that the entire ordinance was constitutional. See Metromedia v. City of San Diego, 23 Cal.3d 762 , 154 Cal.Rptr. 212 , 592 P.2d 728 (1979). The United States Supreme Court reversed in what remains a landmark decision in First Amendment jurisprudence in the context of commercial speech. See Metromedia v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 , 101 S.Ct. 2882 , 69 L.Ed.2d 800 (1981) (plurality).

In the plurality opinion, Justices White, Stewart, Marshall and Powell held that it was constitutionally permissible to ban offsite commercial messages even though onsite commercial messages were allowed. Justices Stevens, Burger and Rehnquist each wrote separate opinions validating the entire ordinance. However, the plurality also held that other provisions of the ordinance rendered it unconstitutional. First, because onsite commercial messages were permitted, the fact that onsite noncommercial messages were banned resulted in favoring commercial over noncommercial speech. Second, because the ordinance contained several exceptions to the ban, allowing certain types of noncommercial messages to be displayed both onsite and offsite, the ordinance unconstitutionally favored some noncommercial messages over others. Justices Blackmun and Brennan filed a separate opinion in which they found the entire ordinance unconstitutional.

On remand, the California Supreme Court invalidated the entire ordinance, concluding that the provision banning off-site commercial messages was not severa-ble from the provisions deemed unconstitutional. See Metromedia v. City of San Diego, 32 Cal.3d 180 , 185 Cal.Rptr. 260 , 649 P.2d 902 (1982). The City then amended the ordinance such that offsite commercial messages are still banned, but noncommercial messages are permitted both onsite and offsite. The City also added a substitution clause, under which owners of existing signs are permitted to change sign copy without having to obtain approval from the City. Finally, the present ordinance also includes a grandfather clause, which allows offsite commercial messages on signs erected prior to July 1983.

In at least four instances since Me-tromedia, the Ninth Circuit has expressly upheld the total ban on billboards announced in Metromedia. See Ackerley Communications v. Krochalis, 108 F.3d 1095 (9th Cir.1997); Outdoor Sys., Inc. v. City of Mesa, 997 F.2d 604, 610 (9th Cir.1993); National Advertising Co. v. City of Orange, 861 F.2d 246, 248 (9th Cir.1988); Desert Outdoor Advertising v. Moreno Valley, 103 F.3d 814 (9th Cir.1996). Additionally, the Supreme Court itself reaffirmed its holding in Metromedia in Members of City Council of the City of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent, 466 U.S. 789, 807 , 104 S.Ct. 2118 , 80 L.Ed.2d 772 , (1984).

In short, the Plaintiff argues that Me-tromedia does not support a total ban on off-premises signs. However, the Court notes that the Ordinance here does not impose a total ban on billboards, but rather, bans new advertising display signs. The Ordinance also allows for billboards built before a particular date, and allows on-site billboards.

Next, the Court will consider the Plaintiffs arguments that the on-site/off-site restriction is content-based, because it only allows particular messages depending on their location. Plaintiffs third, fourth and fifth claims read,

Plaintiff argues that the Ordinance provisions restrict more speech than necessary, and that the City is required to justify its ban on billboards. The Plaintiff also argues that the ban restricts too much speech, and leaves “virtually no avenue for communication.”

In Metromedia, the Court stated: “[i]f the city has a sufficient basis for believing that billboards are traffic hazards and are unattractive, then obviously the most direct and perhaps the only effective approach to solving the problems they create is to prohibit them. The city has gone no further than necessary in seeking to meet its ends.” Metromedia at 508, 101 S.Ct. at 2892-93 .

Additionally, several Ninth Circuit opinions rely on Metromedia to uphold both on-site/off-site distinctions and to affirm the constitutionality of a ban on billboards. See Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 340 F.3d 810, 814 (9th Cir.2003) citing Outdoor Systems, Inc. v. City of Mesa, 997 F.2d 604 (9th Cir.1993) (relying on Metromedia to uphold sign ordinances that distinguish between on-site and off-site signs when that distinction does not also prevent the erection of onsite noncommercial signs); Ackerley Communs. of the Northwest v. Krochalis, 108 F.3d 1095, 1099-1100 (9th Cir.1997) (holding that Metromedia continues to control the regulation of billboards and finding as a matter of law that Seattle’s sign ordinance, enacted to further the city’s interest in esthetics and safety, is a constitutional restriction on commercial speech without detailed proof that the billboard regulation will in fact advance the city’s interests); Outdoor Sys., Inc. v. City of Mesa, 997 F.2d 604, 610 (9th Cir.1993) (noting that Metromedia remains the leading decision in the field and upholding a restriction on offsite billboards); National Advertising Co. v. City of Orange, 861 F.2d 246, 248 (9th Cir.1988) (holding that city may prohibit commercial billboards entirely in the interests of traffic safety and aesthetics); cf. Desert Outdoor Advertising v. Moreno Valley, 103 F.3d 814 (9th Cir.1996) (relying on Metromedia but overturning summary judgment in favor of city that made no effort to show that it enacted its billboard ordinance to further any interest in aesthetics or safety).

Here, despite the clear law allowing a ban on billboards in these exact circumstances, the Plaintiff argues that the ban is unconstitutional. The Court rejects Plaintiffs arguments and finds that Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on Plaintiffs third, fourth and fifth claims.

Next, the Plaintiff argues that the City has not shown a legitimate state interest in regulating the billboards. However, the Court has already ruled on that issue. In its Order denying Plaintiff a Preliminary Injunction, the Court held that the City did not need to present evidence that the Ordinance furthers a legitimate state interest. Regardless, Plaintiff reasserts many of the same arguments here.

Plaintiffs Seventh and Fourteenth Claims read:

The City argues that its stated policy of preventing construction of new billboards has already been authorized by the Supreme Court in Metromedia, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 453 U.S. 490 , 101 S.Ct. 2882 , 69 L.Ed.2d 800 (1981). In denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction, this Court considered the applicability of Metromedia and held that the City’s total ban on new advertising display signs was constitutional under Metromedia. Additionally, as detailed below, the case law on point clearly allows the type of provision in question, and does not require the Defendant to come forward with evidence to show that the restrictions serve a legitimate interest. Rather, many courts have already found the City’s stated interest to be legitimate, and the City need not present detailed proof that the billboard regulation will in fact advance the city’s interests. See Ackerley Communs. of the Northwest v. Krochalis, 108 F.3d 1095, 1100 (9th Cir.1997) (holding that Metrome-dia continues to control the regulation of billboards and finding as a matter of law that Seattle’s sign ordinance, enacted to further the city’s interest in esthetics and safety, is a constitutional restriction on commercial speech without detailed proof that the billboard regulation will in fact advance the city’s interests).

The Court finds that Get Outdoors cannot prevail on its claims alleging unconstitutionality based on the City’s failure to submit proof of a legitimate government interest. In Metromedia, the Supreme Court approved of the City’s stated reason for a billboard ban, based on traffic safety and community aesthetics. The Court stated, “[n]or can there be substantial doubt that the twin goals that the ordinance seeks to further — traffic safety and the appearance of the city — are substantial governmental goals.” Metromedia, 453 U.S. at 507-08 , 101 S.Ct. 2882 . Cf. Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent, 466 U.S. 789, 807 , 104 S.Ct. 2118 , 80 L.Ed.2d 772 (1984) (“[t]he visual assault on the citizens of Los Angeles presented by an accumulation of signs posted on public property constitutes a significant substantive evil within the City’s power to prohibit.”). The Court went on to hold that the City’s regulation of commercial speech through its sign ordinance meets the constitutional requirements set forth in Central Hudson .

Nonetheless, Get Outdoors argues that the City is required to present evidence that justifies its regulation of speech through the sign ordinance. The Ninth Circuit recently addressed this precise issue, holding that a similar ordinance in Seattle, Washington, passed constitutional muster under Central Hudson even though Seattle did not present “detailed proof that the billboard regulation will in fact advance the city’s interests.” Ackerley Communications of the Northwest, Inc. v. Krochalis, 108 F.3d 1095, 1099-1100 (9th Cir.1997).

Get Outdoors disregards Ackerley, relying instead on several inapposite cases. In fact, Plaintiff does not address Ackerley in its Opposition, although Ackerley is Ninth Circuit law directly on point. In Ackerley, the Ninth Circuit held that “[a]s a matter of law Seattle’s ordinance, enacted to further the city’s interest in esthetics and safety, is a constitutional restriction on commercial speech without detailed proof that the billboard regulation will in fact advance the city’s interests.” Ackerley, 108 F.3d at 1099-1100 (emphasis supplied).

In addition, the Ninth Circuit has discussed how aesthetics and safety serve as legitimate reasons for sign regulations in other cases. For example, in Desert Outdoor Advertising v. Moreno Valley, the Ninth Circuit relied on Metromedia but found against a city that made no effort to show that it enacted its billboard ordinance to further any interest in aesthetics or safety. The Ninth Circuit held:

See Desert Outdoor Advertising v. Moreno Valley 103 F.3d 814 , 819 fn. 2 (9th Cir.1996). Here, the purpose of the Ordinance, the concern for aesthetics and safety, is clearly stated in the Ordinance language. The applicable provision reads:

Accordingly, the Court finds that the City is not required to present any additional evidentiary justification for its restriction on billboards. Thus, the Court finds that Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on Plaintiffs seventh and fourteenth claims.

Next, Plaintiffs eighth and ninth claims allege that the Ordinance is unconstitutional in that it favors certain speech, namely, commercial speech, and favors speech by certain groups without proof of a legitimate government interest for doing so. The claims read:

Here, Plaintiffs claims fail for two main reasons. First, in Clear Channel, the Ninth Circuit clarified and reaffirmed what was decided by the Supreme Court in Me-tromedia, that off-site/on-site distinctions were not content-based restrictions. The Clear Channel court said,

Clear Channel Outdoor Inc., a Delaware Corp. v. City of Los Angeles 340 F.3d 810, 813-814 (9th Cir.2003). Thus, despite Plaintiffs repeated efforts to argue that the restrictions are unconstitutional, the Court finds that the on-site/off-site distinction is a permissible and constitutional regulation.

In the alternative, it also appears that Plaintiffs arguments regarding these claims are now moot. In January 2004, the City amended the sign code by adding the following provision:

Provisions such as the one above are commonly referred to as “message substitution clauses.” The Plaintiff argues that the message substitution provision makes disfavored noncommercial speech depen-dant upon the existence of favored commercial or noncommercial messages. Plaintiffs argument is that the owners of the onsite premises would have to choose to place noncommercial copy on their premises. However, this does not constitute content-based regulation as Plaintiff contends. If the owner wants to display the message, the owner has that right. The City does not limit the speech, except for to only allow the owner of the premises to make the decision. The Plaintiff has not shown that noncommercial speech has been “chilled” by the provision. While the Plaintiff may speculate that an owner may not choose to display an onsite sign containing a noncommercial message, the Plaintiff has offered nothing more than mere speculation. However, as discussed below, mere speculative injury will not suffice.

In Major Media of the Southeast v. City of Raleigh, 792 F.2d 1269, 1273 (4th Cir.1986) the Fourth Circuit said,

The Ninth Circuit adopted that ruling in Outdoor Systems Inc. v. City of Mesa 997 F.2d 604, 612 (9th Cir.1993), and again in Clear Channel Outdoor v. City of Los Angeles, 340 F.3d 810, 814 (9th Cir.2003).

In Outdoor Systems, the Ninth Circuit stated,

Outdoor Sys., Inc. v. City of Mesa, 997 F.2d 604, 611 (9th Cir.1993).

Additionally, in Clear Channel, the Ninth Circuit found that “[u]nder Outdoor Systems, the key consideration is whether a sign ordinance is neutral with respect to noncommercial messages, and that neutrality is maintained by the substitution clause which allows noncommercial messages on either on-site or off-site signs.” Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles, 340 F.3d 810, 814 (9th Cir.2003).

Therefore, the Court finds that the restrictions in the Ordinance are not unconstitutional as the on-site/off-site distinction is not content-based. Furthermore, the “savings clause” further proves that the City does not intend to favor either commercial nor noncommercial speech. Thus, the Court finds that Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on Plaintiffs eighth and ninth claims.

III. Plaintiffs Claims Regarding a Lack of Adequate Procedural Safeguards and Unbridled Discretion.

In addition, the Ninth Circuit has previously observed that “facial challenges under the First Amendment are permitted ‘when the legislation allegedly vests government officials with unbridled discretion’ and ‘when there is a lack of adequate procedural safeguards necessary to ensure against undue suppression of protected speech.’ ” 4805 Convoy, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 183 F.3d 1108, 1111 (9th Cir.1999) citing Baby Tam & Co., Inc. v. City of Las Vegas, 154 F.3d 1097, 1100 (9th Cir.1998).

Additionally, the Supreme Court has held that in the First Amendment context, adequate procedural safeguards are necessary “to avoid undue delay result[ing] in the unconstitutional suppression of protected speech.” See City of Littleton v. Z.J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C., 541 U.S. 774 , 124 S.Ct. 2219 , 159 L.Ed.2d 84 (2004) citing FW/PBS v. City of Dallas, 493 U.S. 215, 228 , 110 S.Ct. 596 , 107 L.Ed.2d 603 . “The basis for the procedural safeguards... is the danger of ‘undue delay’ which ‘compels the speaker’s silence,’ and ‘results in the unconstitutional suppression of protected speech’ as well as ‘the principle that the freedoms of expression must be ringed about with adequate bulwarks.’ ” 4805 Convoy, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 183 F.3d 1108, 1114 (9th Cir.1999) citing FW/PBS, 493 U.S. at 226, 228, 230 , 110 S.Ct. 596 . Thus, setting standing issues aside, the Court will consider whether the Ordinance presents a danger of undue delay which compels the speaker’s silence, and results in the unconstitutional suppression of protected speech.

Before January of 2004, the Ordinance did not contain a timing provision. Plaintiff argues this renders the Ordinance unconstitutional. First, the Court notes that Plaintiff cannot show that it suffered any injury in fact as a result of this provision, or that there was any unreasonable delay involved it the application process.

Rather, the facts show just the opposite. Here, Get Outdoors was notified that its applications would be denied on the very same day they were submitted. In addition, the City issued a formal denial letter within seven days of Plaintiffs applications being submitted. Thus, Get Outdoors cannot show that it waited an extraordinary amount of time for its applications to be reviewed, nor that it suffered any delay or injury as a result of the timing provision in the Ordinance. The Court notes that the lack of injury in fact undermines Plaintiffs standing to bring this overbreadth claim. See 4805 4805 Convoy, Inc. v. City of San Diego, 183 F.3d 1108, 1112 (9th Cir.1999) (holding that according to the Supreme Court in Munson, 467 U.S. at 958 , 104 S.Ct. 2839 , the crucial issues in determining overbreadth standing “are whether [the plaintiff] satisfies the requirement of ‘injury-in-fact,’ and whether it can be expected satisfactorily to frame the issues in the case”).

However, assuming arguendo that Plaintiff has standing to assert its claim, the Plaintiff has not submitted evidence to show that the lack of a timing provision renders the Ordinance unconstitutional. In Outdoor Systems Inc. v. City of Mesa, the Ninth Circuit considered a similar issue and found “[t]hat the codes lack a time limit for the processing of applications is not fatal. [Plaintiffs] have not cited one case, nor have we found any, which suggests that the failure to specify the time period for processing permit applications renders a statute or ordinance invalid.” Outdoor Sys., Inc. v. City of Mesa, 997 F.2d 604, 613 (9th Cir.1993).

Regardless, in January 2004, the City amended the sign code to add a time period provision for review of permit applications. However, instead of requiring that sign permit applications be reviewed within a 45 day time period, the amendment read that the applications should be reviewed in no less than a 45 day time period.

The Court acknowledges that an ordinance provision prohibiting review within the first 45 days may have presented a danger of undue delay. However, the Court finds that the issue is now moot. On Monday, February 14, 2005, the City passed an additional amendment correcting the drafting error in the January 2004 sign Ordinance amendments. The change took effect on March 16, 2005. Plaintiff argues that its claims survive despite the most recent amendment. For many reasons, the Court disagrees.

First, it is clear to the Court that the City attempted to pass an amendment that would pass constitutional muster, and that it inadvertently drafted a provision prohibiting review within 45 days. The City has submitted evidence to show that the City has been continuously and actively enforcing the provision as if it read correctly, that is, as if it imposed a 45 day maximum time constraint on permit applications. Additionally, as noted during oral argument, the legislative history indicates that the City was attempting to limit the time for review of applications, not enlarge the time.

Last, it appears the issue is now moot. As noted above, on Monday, February 14, 2005, the City passed an additional amendment correcting the drafting error in the January 2004 sign ordinance amendments. The change took effect on March 16, 2005. However, because the Plaintiff argues that the recent amendment does not render the issue moot, the Court will next turn to a discussion of the mootness doctrine.

A case is moot “when the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” See Clark v. City of Lakewood, 259 F.3d 996 (9th Cir.2001). See also Jacobus v. Alaska, 338 F.3d 1095, 1102 (9th Cir.2003). It is well established that a party moving for dismissal on mootness grounds bears a heavy burden. See, e.g., Coral Construction Co. v. King County, 941 F.2d 910, 928 (9th Cir.1991) citing Halet v. Wend Investment Co., 672 F.2d 1305 , 1308 (9th Cir.1982). Furthermore, in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, the Supreme Court clarified that dismissal of a case on grounds of mootness would be justified only if it were “absolutely clear that the litigant no longer had any need of the judicial protection that it sought.” See Jacobus v. Alaska, 338 F.3d 1095, 1102-03 (9th Cir.2003) citing Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater, 528 U.S. 216, 224 , 145 L.Ed.2d 650 , 120 S.Ct. 722 (2000).

In determining whether a case is moot, the Court must determine whether the alleged harm is likely to reoccur. Normally, voluntary cessation of allegedly illegal conduct, standing alone, does not necessarily render a case moot. See Id., citing e.g., City of Mesquite v. Aladdin’s Castle, Inc., 455 U.S. 283, 289 , 102 S.Ct. 1070 , 71 L.Ed.2d 152 (1982). Here, the Defendant has a heavy burden and must show that the amendments to the provisions make it so that it is “absolutely clear that allegedly wrong behavior could not reasonably expect to recur.” Friends of the Earth v. Laidlaw Environmental Services 528 U.S. 167, 190 , 120 S.Ct. 693 , 145 L.Ed.2d 610 (2000).

In terms of offending legislation, “one factor to consider in deciding if a case is moot as a result of subsequent statutory amendments is whether the governmental entity is likely to reenact the offending provision.” Coral Constr. Co. v. King County, 941 F.2d 910, 928 (9th Cir.1991) citing Barilla v. Ervin, 886 F.2d 1514, 1521 (9th Cir.1989).

The Plaintiff argues that the statutory amendments cannot render this case moot in as much as the legislature may later decide to repeal them. In support of this proposition, they cite City of Mesquite v. Aladdin’s Castle, Inc., 455 U.S. 283, 288-89 , 102 S.Ct. 1070 , 71 L.Ed.2d 152 (1982), in which the Court held that a void-for-vagueness challenge to a city ordinance had not been mooted by the repeal of the offending language.

Mesquite is easily distinguished from this case. In Mesquite, the city had expressly announced its intention to reenact the offending language if the case was dismissed as moot. City of Mesquite v. Aladdin’s Castle, Inc., 455 U.S. at 289 n. 11, 102 S.Ct. 1070 .

Furthermore, in Barilla v. Ervin the Ninth Circuit held that the amendment of an offending law mooted the case absent any “indication whatsoever” that the legislature intended to repeal the amendments. Barilla v. Ervin, 886 F.2d 1514, 1521 (9th Cir.1989) citing Hall v. Beals, 396 U.S. 45, 48 , 90 S.Ct. 200 , 24 L.Ed.2d 214 (1969).

Here, the Court finds that there is no indication that the City intends to repeal the amended provision in question. As noted above, the City has been operating as if the provision placed a time limit upon the City. Given (1) the initial efforts of the City to add a provision containing a time limit, (2) the City’s effort to then amend the provision so that it correctly imposed a time limitation for review, and (3) the fact that the City has been operating as if a time limitation existed all along, the Court finds that the Defendant has met its heavy burden. The Defendant has shown that the governmental entity is unlikely to reenact the offending provision, and that therefore, it is clear that the allegedly wrong behavior is unlikely to recur. Thus, the Court finds that Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on Plaintiffs first claim.

Next, the Court will consider the Plaintiffs claim that the Ordinance is unconstitutional because it grants City officials an impermissible level of discretion. The Court finds that this claim warrants only minimal attention in light of the Court’s rulings above. Plaintiffs second claim for relief reads,

First, the Court finds that the Plaintiff has not shown that an impermissible level of discretion has been vested in government officials here. While Plaintiff alleges that the officials have unbridled discretion, the City’s proffered reason for denying the application permits was constitutional, as noted above. Additionally, a broad allegation will not suffice here as the officials are bound by judicial precedent in determining what constitutes commercial speech.

Outdoor Systems v. Mesa, 997 F.2d 604, 613 (9th Cir.1993).

Accordingly, the Court finds that the City denied Get Outdoors’ applications because they were for new advertising display signs. There is no proof that the officials denying the applications used discretion. Rather, as indicated in the denial letter, the City denied all applications for advertising display signs as they are not allowed in San Diego. The Plaintiff has failed to show how the Ordinance is unconstitutional because it grants unbridled discretion, and thus, the Court will enter Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant on Plaintiffs second claim.

IV. Plaintiffs Claims and Severability

Next, after each claim, Get Outdoors includes an argument reading: “[b]eeause these elements of the City’s sign restrictions are constitutionally invalid and inseparable from the remainder of the regulations, this Court should declare the sign regulations invalid in their entirety.” Plaintiffs Claims for Relief 1-14. As discussed above, the Court has found that the portions of the Ordinance that Plaintiff has standing to challenge are constitutional.

Whether one portion of an ordinance is severable from another is a question of state law. See Valley Outdoor, Inc. v. County of Riverside, 337 F.3d 1111, 1114 (9th Cir.2003) (finding unconstitutional grandfather clause severable from legal, content-neutral zoning, size and height provisions); see also Leavitt v. Jane L., 518 U.S. 137, 139 , 116 S.Ct. 2068 , 135 L.Ed.2d 443 (1996). There are three criteria for severability under California law: the provision must be grammatically, functionally, and volitionally severable. Calfarm Ins. Co. v. Deukmejian, 48 Cal.3d 805, 821 , 258 Cal.Rptr. 161 , 771 P.2d 1247 (1989).

Id. The Court finds that the challenged provisions could be severed from the provisions that Get Outdoors challenges. Get Outdoors’ claims primarily focus on SDMC § 142.1210, the general sign regulations. This section has two subsections: copy regulations and locational regulations. Sections 142.1225, 142.1230, 142.1235 and 142.1240 set forth the sign location and sign size regulations for primary signs in commercial and industrial zones.

Section 142.1240 is the provision under which Get Outdoors’ proposed billboards would be prohibited because of their size. These sections do not purport to regulate copy, and they represent content-neutral time, place and manner restrictions of the kind upheld in other commercial speech cases. See Valley Outdoor, 337 F.3d at 1115 . These sections therefore may function independently of the sections in the Ordinance that regulate sign copy or that regulate signs posted in residential or agricultural areas. In sum, valid provisions of the Ordinance would bar Get Outdoors from erecting its signs, because the signs are far too large to comply with these provisions. In other words, Get Outdoors’ permits would not get approved even if it prevailed in this lawsuit.

V. Get Outdoors’ Remaining Claims

Last, the Court finds that Plaintiffs tenth and twelfth claims for relief are merely duplicative of other claims in Plaintiffs Complaint. Consequently, arguments relating to each of these claims have already been addressed by the Court in other portions of this Order. For example, Plaintiffs tenth and twelfth claims challenge the Ordinance based on inadequate “procedural safeguards” and because the Ordinance “favors certain businesses and organizations over Plaintiff without adequate justification for doing so.” Furthermore, Plaintiff again argues that the “City’s interests in aesthetics and traffic safety are not compelling governmental interests,” and states that “[fjor these and other reasons, the sign Ordinance was unconstitutional as it was applied to Plaintiff.” The Court, having discussed each of the allegations in claims ten and twelve above, need not reiterate its findings here. Accordingly, Plaintiffs tenth and twelfth claims for relief, listed below, must fail.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, the Court finds that Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on all claims. Summary Judg ment in favor of Defendant is appropriate on Get Outdoors’ Overbreadth claims because Get Outdoors can neither show a causal connection nor redressability as required. Additionally, the Plaintiff has failed to show that there is any genuine material issue regarding the constitutionality of the Ordinance. As discussed at length above, the Supreme Court has affirmed the constitutionality of a total ban on new offsite commercial billboards. Since then, at least four Ninth Circuit opinions have expressly affirmed and adopted the findings of that case, and the Supreme Court has since reaffirmed its decision.

Here, each of the Plaintiffs claims fail. Accordingly, the Court will enter Summary Judgment in favor of Defendant on all claims. Additionally, the Court will deny Plaintiffs Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as moot, as each of the issues raised in Plaintiffs Motion are discussed within this Order.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

ORDER

On July 13, 2005, the Court issued an Order granting Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment and denying Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment in this matter. In an effort to correct clerical errors inadvertently contained in that Order, the Court now issues an Amended Order, attached.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

. The applications Get Outdoors submitted to the City for its billboards were Sign Permits submitted through Process One. “When an applicant seeks a permit for a new sign structure, the application is reviewed without regard to the proposed message content. The application form does not ask the applicant to disclose the proposed sign copy, and the City does not request such information. The only qualification to this routine is when the site plan, submitted with the permit application, indicates that the sign is likely to be used for off-premise commercial advertising — a billboard. When it appears that the proposed sign is likely to be used for off-premises commercial displays ... then the City inquires as to whether the proposed sign will be used for off-premise commercial advertising.” Def.’s Opp’n to Mtn for Preliminary Injunction at 20 (citing Didion Decl. §§ 2-3). . The Plaintiff has failed to cite any law requiring the City to list in its denial letter all of the reasons why an application is deficient. Here, the City denied the permit applications because they were for new advertising display signs, and submitted additional reasons why the permits do not comply in support of its standing arguments contained in its Motion for Summary Judgment. . As a matter of efficiency, the Court will refer to its prior rulings throughout this Order. . The Defendant also lists Lombardo v. Warner, 353 F.3d 774 (9th Cir.2003) in support of this argument. However, that opinion has been vacated, and rehearing en banc granted, by the Ninth Circuit, which has said that the case shall not be cited to, or by any Court in this Circuit.