[Adopted 9-7-1993[1]]
No person shall place or cause to be placed in a highway any building or other material or grass, leaves or rubbish from adjoining premises or place or project into a highway any sign or encumbrance whatever, except merchandise for sale as permitted by Article II of this chapter and except signs permitted in highways by § 240-10.3B(9) of Chapter 240 and by § 203-10 of this article, without the prior written permit, revocable at any time, of the Commissioner of Public Works.
No person shall place, project or allow any such material or
encumbrance to remain in a highway contrary to the terms or conditions
of such permit.
A.
Applications for a permit must be in writing, particularly describing
the structure and place and such other information as the Commissioner
of Public Works may require. The consent shall be in writing and shall
state the character of the structure, the place, the manner of securing
the same and such other conditions as the Commissioner of Public Works
may impose.
B.
The Commissioner of Public Works may, upon public notice and hearing,
establish fees for permits issued pursuant to this article.
A.
In addition to and not in limitation of the other provisions of this article, no person shall place or cause to be placed in a highway or other public way any sandwich board sign, except as permitted in highways by § 240-10.3B(9) of Chapter 240, and except as specifically permitted by this section. For purposes of this article, the term "sandwich board sign" shall mean any sign or advertising device designed to be portable and intended for temporary, periodic or intermittent use.
B.
Sandwich board signs on Broadway. The Commissioner of Public Works
shall have the authority to issue, upon application, written permits
for sandwich board signs to be located in a public sidewalk, highway
or right-of-way on Broadway between Van Dam Street and The Avenue
of the Pines. An application for such a sandwich board sign shall
be accompanied by a sketch, drawing or photograph of the proposed
sandwich board sign and its proposed location. Such sandwich board
signs shall not be larger than 30 inches in width and 36 inches in
height, and shall be located not more than 30 inches from the exterior
building wall of the applicant's business establishment. The Commissioner
of Public Works shall have the authority to refuse a permit for any
such sandwich board sign which he finds will have or is likely to
have an adverse impact upon public health, safety and welfare and
shall also have the authority to impose upon a permit reasonable conditions
which he may deem necessary to safeguard public health, safety and
welfare. All applications for such sandwich board signs shall be accompanied
by a fee of $15. All sandwich board signs permitted shall have attached
thereto the permit number and telephone number of the permit holder.
C.
Locator signs. The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the authority
to establish, from time to time, locator or directional signs on Broadway.
Such signs shall be available for business establishments located
on streets off Broadway and shall be designed and installed by the
Department of Public Works. The Commissioner shall also have authority
to establish fees for advertising space on such signs.
A.
The Commissioner of Public Works may cause any encumbrance or structure,
including sandwich board signs, existing in violation of this article
to be removed. Such removal may be effected without notice to any
person when the Commissioner of Public Works determines, in his sole
discretion, that a danger to the public health, safety and welfare
exists. The Commissioner of Public Works shall, to the extent practicable,
notify the owner or owners of all encumbrances or structures so removed.
If such owner or owners cannot be located despite reasonable efforts,
or if such owner or owners fail or refuse to claim the removed encumbrances
or structures within a reasonable time, the Commissioner of Public
Works may cause such removed encumbrances or structures to be discarded
or destroyed or sold at public auction.
B.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article may,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding $250. Each day
that such violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.
