[Adopted 9-7-1993[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance repealed former Art. IV, Encumbrances in Streets, adopted as Ch. 107, Art. V, of the 1970 Code.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.