[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
All signs, advertising devices and marquees covered by any permit
issued pursuant to this division shall be constructed of metal or
other incombustible material, and shall be attached to buildings or
other structures and so constructed as not to be or become dangerous
to property or persons. In addition thereto, each marquee shall be
constructed to meet the following requirements:
(a) It shall be equipped with gutters and conductors for the purpose
of draining water toward the building to which it is attached, and
shall not discharge ice, water or snow onto the street or the walk;
(b) If such marquee shall be glazed, it shall be glazed with wire glass
not less than one-quarter of an inch in thickness and be safely supported;
and
(c) It shall safely support its own weight plus a superimposed load of
30 pounds per square foot, equally distributed, in addition to any
concentrated load to which it may be subjected.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
No sign or advertising device regulated by this division (except
those integrally assembled as a part of, on, or supported by a marquee)
so projecting into or placed over a public way shall project over
or into such public way more than 18 inches beyond the street line;
but in no case shall it extend beyond the inner face of the curbstone
on the same side of such way.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
No sign or advertising device regulated by this division shall
extend more than 10 feet above the building to which it is attached
or upon which it is placed nor more than 45 feet above the surface
of a public way, whichever is lower, nor shall any part thereof or
connected therewith be located less than nine feet above the surface
of the public way.
[Ord. No. 489, § 1]
A time and/or temperature telling device erected on, or attached
to, a building at the time of the adoption of this section which extends into, or projects over, a public way, may
be replaced by a time and/or temperature telling device which projects
into or over the public way a distance of not more than eight feet
beyond the line of the building but, in no case, shall such device
project beyond the inner face of the curbstone of such public way;
provided, however, that the time and temperature telling device shall
contain, in addition to the time and temperature, only such lettering,
figuring, material or printing as shall identify:
(a) The owner or occupant of the premises to which such sign is attached
or upon which it is located.
(b) The business conducted thereon, and
(c) Noncommercial informational material relating to matters of a general
community or public interest;
And provided, further, that such device and such lettering,
figuring, material or printing shall, in any event, be approved prior
to the installation of the device, in accordance with the procedures
established by this division.
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[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
In the case of public ways 70 feet or over in width, all signs
or advertising devices regulated by this division (except those integrally
assembled as a part of, on, or supported by a marquee) shall be erected
and placed in a horizontal position and parallel to the street line.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
No individual reflector shall be used to illuminate the face
of any sign or advertising device regulated by this division.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1; Ord. No. 392, § 1]
No part of a sign or advertising device integrally assembled
as a part of, on or supported by a marquee shall be located less than
10 feet or extended more than 15 feet above the curb level or public
way; nor shall any part extend over or beyond the extreme edge of
such a marquee, but such sign or advertising device shall be permitted
to be installed only on or supported by a marquee located over an
entrance to a church, assembly hall, lodge room, theater, bank, savings
and loan association or hotel, and such advertising device shall designate
only the name and the use, or either, of such building.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
No marquee shall project beyond the street line further than
to within 12 inches of the outside face of the curb on the same side
of the street.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
No marquee or part thereof shall be built or maintained at a
height of less than 10 feet or more than 13 feet above the curb level
or public way.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
Any sign, advertising device or marquee, the permit for which
has expired, or has been revoked or cancelled shall be removed after
five days' notice to remove the same has been given. Such removal
shall be accomplished by the permittee, by the owner of such sign,
advertising device or marquee, or by the owner of the building or
premises upon which the same is placed or constructed or to which
it is attached.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
If a sign, advertising device or marquee, erected or maintained
under a permit issued under the provisions of this division, is to
be taken down or removed, notice to do so shall first be given in
writing to the inspector of buildings, and the taking down and the
removal of the same shall be made in accordance with his reasonable
regulations from the standpoint of public safety. The inspector of
buildings, after completion of such taking down or removal, shall
notify the city clerk in writing that a sign, advertising device or
marquee, erected under the terms of a particular permit, has been
taken down or removed.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1; Ord. No. 592, § 1]
The inspector of buildings shall inspect annually each sign,
advertising device or marquee covered by a permit issued under this
division, or erected or placed prior to August 16, 1940, and projecting
over a public way for a distance of at least 12 inches. He shall report
to the city council any such object whose position or condition renders
it dangerous to public safety, whereupon the city council may order
the immediate alteration or removal thereof; provided, however, that
neither this section nor any other provisions of this article shall
be held to diminish the power and discretion of the city council heretofore
existent to direct the alteration or removal of any such sign, advertising
device, marquee or other structure. The inspector of buildings shall
have the power and authority to order the immediate alteration or
removal of any such sign, advertising device or marquee if he shall
deem such summary action necessary for the public safety. The inspector
of buildings shall order the removal of any sign, advertising device
or marquee when the city clerk shall notify him that the permit therefor
has been cancelled, revoked or otherwise terminated.
[Ord. No. 46, § 1]
The foregoing sections of this division shall not be so construed
as to compel the alteration or removal of any sign, advertising device
or marquee, projecting over a public way for a distance of at least
12 inches, which was legally erected or placed prior to the effective
date of this article. If a sign, advertising device or marquee
projecting over a public way for a distance of at least 12 inches,
though legally erected or placed prior to the effective date hereof,
is subsequently to such date, by reason of damage, destruction, rearrangement
or change of letters, words or device thereon, or for any other reason,
obliged to be substantially repaired, reconstructed or altered, then
such repaired, reconstructed or altered sign, advertising device or
marquee is to be regarded as placed subsequent to the effective date
hereof, and subject to the provisions of this division applying to
signs, advertising devices or marquees placed or maintained subsequent
to the effective date hereof.