[Code 1974 §§ 5-19, 5-24, 5-25(a); Code 1985
§ 3-3; Code 2005 § 6-61]
A.
No sign shall be erected over any sidewalk, street, alley or attached
to any wall lying on the sidewalk, street or alley without a permit
from the City code official. No person shall erect any billboard without
obtaining a permit from the City code official. A permit shall be
issued pursuant to this section if the proposed sign or billboard
will comply with all ordinances of the City and if the applicant pays
to the City the fee established by resolution. No fee shall be required
of:
B.
As used in this section, the term "sign" shall include any fixture
attached to a wall or building for advertising purposes.
[Code 1974 § 14-34; Code 1985 §§ 3-5,
15-16; Code 2005 § 6-62]
A.
No unauthorized person shall erect and/or place any sign in a public
right-of-way.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any person to suspend any sign, banner or
other thing on, over or across any street, alley, right-of-way or
public property without a permit issued by the City Manager. The City
Manager shall grant such a permit if the public safety will not be
endangered thereby.
[Code 1974 § 5-19; Code 1985 § 3-21;
Code 2005 § 6-81]
This division shall not apply to billboards or signboards which
are attached to the surface of a permanent building and designed to
give publicity to any business carried on in such building or to billboards
which do not exceed 36 square feet in area used to advertise the sale
or lease of the property upon which they are erected, provided such
billboards or signboards shall be erected in an approved and substantial
manner.
[Code 1974 §§ 5-14, 5-20, 5-21, 5-23, 5-26;
Code 1985 § 3-22; Code 2005 § 6-82]
A.
It is unlawful for any person to construct or maintain, or cause
to be constructed or maintained, any billboard without first securing
an annual license from the City and paying to the City for the license
the fee established by resolution.
B.
No license shall authorize any billboard to be erected on any private
property without the owner's consent or on any place where the
erection of a billboard is prohibited by ordinance.
C.
Each billboard erected in the City shall have the license number
of the person who erected it marked on the front side thereof in a
plain and conspicuous place in letters not less than one inch high,
followed by the words, "city license."
D.
Any person who shall put an unauthorized name or license number on
a billboard shall commit an offense.
[Code 1974 § 5-15; Code 1985 § 3-23;
Code 2005 § 6-83]
Every person engaged in the business of constructing and maintaining
billboards shall file with the clerk a bond with sufficient surety
to be approved by the Board of Commissioners in the sum of $1,000,
conditioned that he shall hold the City free from all damages, loss,
expenses or decrees which may be secured against the City on account
of the construction of any billboard.
[Code 1974 § 5-7; Code 1985 § 3-24; Code
2005 § 6-84]
Whenever any papers or bills shall become loose from any billboard,
they shall be taken to some convenient place and immediately destroyed
by the owner of such billboard.
[Code 1974 § 5-17(1); Code 1985 § 3-25;
Code 2005 § 6-85]
No person shall construct or maintain, or cause to be constructed
or maintained, any billboard which obstructs the free use of streets,
alleys or sidewalks.
[Code 1974 § 5-17(7); Code 1985 § 3-26;
Code 2005 § 6-86]
No person shall construct or maintain, or cause to be constructed
or maintained, any billboard with posts or supports which are more
than seven feet apart.
[Code 1974 § 5-17(8); Code 1985 § 3-27;
Code 2005 § 6-87]
No person shall construct or maintain, or cause to be constructed
or maintained, any billboard which obstructs the view of railroad
or street crossing.
[Code 1974 § 5-17(12); Code 1985 § 3-28;
Code 2005 § 6-86]
No person shall construct or maintain, or cause to be constructed
or maintained, any billboard which is nearer than six feet to any
building or to the side of any lot, or nearer than two feet to any
other billboard.
[Code 1974 § 5-22; Code 1985 § 3-29;
Code 2005 § 6-89]
It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to throw objects
at, or mark, cut or otherwise deface, impair or damage any billboard.
