A.
License to engage in business of hanging awnings required. No person
shall engage in the business of installing, hanging or repairing adjustable
awnings which project over public streets or highways of the City
unless licensed to do so as provided in this chapter.
B.
Application for license to engage in business of hanging awnings. Application for the license required by Subsection A shall be made to the Director of Public Works on forms furnished by him and shall set forth the name and place of business of the applicant and such other information as he may require.
C.
Issuance of license to engage in business of hanging awnings; bond
required; duration; fee.
(1)
The license shall be signed by the Director of Public Works, and
no such license shall be issued until the licensee has paid to the
City Collector the license fee provided in this chapter and has filed
with the City Treasurer a bond, with sureties satisfactory to him
and in the sum of $5,000 to indemnify the City against any and all
claims for personal injury or damage to property in any way resulting
from negligence of the licensee in the construction, installation
or repairing of any such awning.
(2)
Every such license, unless sooner revoked, shall continue in effect
until the first day of May next succeeding the date thereof.
(3)
The fee for such license shall be $100.
Every such awning shall be safely and securely attached to the
building and be so located and constructed as in nowise to incommode
pedestrians. The lowest part of the awning shall be at least seven
feet above the sidewalk, and no part thereof shall extend beyond the
outer line of the sidewalk.
It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to inspect
all such awnings from time to time to determine whether they comply
with the provisions of this article.
