[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Boonville 7-5-1950 (Ch. 3 of
the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person, association, organization or corporation shall erect or cause to be erected or maintained upon any public street or highway, or adjacent to any public street or highway in the Village of Boonville, any billboards or advertising signs except in conformance with § 380-27, Signage, of Chapter 380, Zoning.
No person shall place upon, fasten or affix to any telegraph
or telephone pole, lamppost, tree or fence any advertisement, placard,
poster, letter or device stating, referring to, advertising, or intending
to state, refer to or advertise, any meeting, business, exhibition,
dance or amusement of any kind, or the sale or manufacture of any
article or thing whatsoever; except, however, that on special occasions
or in emergencies the Mayor may sanction, by written permit to be
filed in the office of the Village Clerk, the use of certain lampposts,
telephone posts and trees for such advertisement for a limited period
of time.
No person shall place, hang out or suspend, or suffer to be
placed, hung out or suspended, or placed over or above any street
in front of his building within the Village of Boonville, any board,
roof, sign or other fixture which shall extend into or over said street,
without first obtaining a written permit from the Mayor of the Village
and having filed with the Village Clerk a liability insurance policy
indemnifying the Village against any loss or damage which might arise
from accident or injury resulting directly or indirectly from said
board, roof, sign or other fixture; and all such signs, boards, roofs
or other fixtures shall be at least seven feet above the sidewalk.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the erection
of awnings constructed of cloth or canvas and properly supported by
iron rods, except that every part of any such awning and support shall
be at least seven feet above the sidewalk; and nothing in this section
shall be construed to prohibit the ordinary business signs attached
to the building occupied by a mercantile establishment in this Village
which are at least seven feet above the sidewalk and extend into the
traveled portion of the sidewalk a distance of not more than three
feet.
[Amended 12-29-1971;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be punished, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $250 or imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or both, for each violation. In addition,
each violation of this enactment shall constitute disorderly conduct,
and each person violating the same shall be a disorderly person. Each
day that a violation or failure to comply with any provision of this
enactment or any regulation promulgated hereunder by the Board of
Trustees occurs shall constitute a separate and distinct violation.
