Editor's Note: Ord. 6 S+FA, 8-3-1994 placed responsibility for enforcement of this chapter under the Department of Neighborhood and Recreational Services, now the Department of Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services. See Section 2:12-1. See Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016 for the revision of the Department name and reorganization.
[R.O. 1966 § 22:21-1; Ord. 6 S+FA, 9-2-1998; Ord. 6 S+FA, 10-21-1998; Ord. 6PSF-F, 6-15-2016]
No person shall place, cause to be placed, or suffer or permit to remain any banner or streamer or article of like description across or over the roadway or sidewalk of any street in the City; provided, however, that this section shall not apply when, at the discretion of the Director of the Department of Engineering, or his designated agent, a permit shall be granted to a civic or charitable organization for the temporary purpose of displaying on a neat and sufficient banner any advertising of a civic, religious, benevolent or charitable nature. Moreover, the City of Newark, its agents, servants and administrators shall be held harmless from any and all complaints claiming liability and damages for injuries and/or property damage arising from installation and placement for any banners. Banners may not be secured to any trees, utility poles and street/traffic lights. Permission must be obtained from the property owner before banners may be attached to any structure. The minimum vertical clearance for banners across any roadway shall be 14 feet or 4.3 meters in height. No fee shall be collected for such permit.
Further, the City of Newark heretofore imposes a prohibition against all alcohol and tobacco product advertisements adorning any banner or streamer or article of like description across or over the roadway or sidewalk of any street in the City and further requiring that the entity responsible for installing the banner remove the same within 48 hours after the conclusion of the event.
[R.O. 1966 § 22:21-2]
No person shall erect or cause to be erected, placed or maintained on any building, structure, post or other placement, any lamp from which a flashing revolving light shall project on or into or over any roadway or sidewalk.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the placing of lamps or lights to indicate an unsafe condition or obstruction of the roadway or sidewalk or to prohibit the placing of lights on any authorized emergency vehicle as such phrase is defined in N.J.S.A. 39:1-1.
[R.O. 1966 C.S. § 22:21-3]
a. 
No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind, shall paste, post, paint, print, nail, fasten or attach upon any curb, gutter, flagstone, pavement, sidewalk, tree, lamppost, awning post, telegraph or telephone pole, utility pole, barrel, trash container, box or hydrant, or other article, in any street or public place, any handbill, poster, notice, sign or advertisement, under any and all circumstances except as permitted in Chapter 22 of this Title.
b. 
The presence of such a handbill, poster, notice, sign or advertisement affixed in violation of this ordinance shall be deemed prima facie evidence of the violation by the person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization named or indicated on the handbill, poster, notice, sign or advertisement.
[R.O. 1966 § 22:21-5]
No person shall remove, mutilate, deface, alter or destroy any sign, signpost, billboard or other marker designating street names, parking regulations or traffic directions, City railway or subway stops, bus stops or stations, and similar signs put up by, or under authority of the Council or of any City agency or City officer.
[R.O. 1966 § 22:21-6]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as provided in Section 1:1-9 of these Revised General Ordinances.