[Amended 10-6-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1005921A]
No person shall construct, erect, place, establish or maintain any shade or awning over any part of a public street or sidewalk, unless the same shall be securely and safely supported and the lowest part thereof shall be not less than seven feet above the level of such street or sidewalk, nor shall any person have the right to maintain any such shade or awning as aforesaid until the Building Commissioner shall have certified to the City Council that the same is securely fastened so as not to endanger persons on the sidewalk or street.
A. 
No person shall construct, erect, establish or maintain, or cause to be constructed, erected, established or maintained, in or over any part of the public street or sidewalk, any sign, signpost, inscription or advertising device without permission from the City Council.
B. 
Bond.
(1) 
The permit required by § 551-32 shall not be effective so as to authorize the establishment or maintenance of any such sign, until the person to whom such permit is granted has furnished a bond with sufficient sureties, in a penal sum of $4,000, unless otherwise determined by the City Council, or has furnished an indemnity insurance policy issued by a reliable insurance or indemnity company in like sum; the obligation of such bond or insurance policy shall save the City harmless from all liability of any nature whatsoever caused directly or indirectly by the erection or maintenance of such sign.
(2) 
The bond or indemnity insurance policy shall be subject to the approval of the City Solicitor as to form and also subject to the approval of the City Treasurer as to sufficiency and acceptance by the City Council. Upon acceptance by the City Council of such bond or indemnity insurance policy, it shall be filed with the City Treasurer.
(3) 
A person to whom a permit has been granted to erect or maintain such a sign shall annually thereafter file a bond or indemnity insurance policy in renewal or extension of the bond or insurance policy filed at the time such permit was granted.
No projecting sign erected shall extend closer than two feet to the roadway or be less than 15 feet above the level of the sidewalk.
A. 
No person shall erect, maintain or use any projecting or bracket arm or similar device, or any other swinging device, the principal use and purpose of which is to extend over any street or sidewalk for the sale of gasoline; provided, however, that the use of such projecting or bracket arms or other device may be permitted by the City Council upon the filing of a bond or indemnity insurance policy in the manner set out in the following section.
B. 
Bond.
(1) 
The applicant for a permit required by the preceding section shall file a bond with sufficient sureties and in a penal sum of $4,000 or the maximum amount of liability, which may be asserted against the City under the provisions of MGL Chapter 84, or in such other sum as otherwise determined by the City Council, or an indemnity insurance policy issued by a reliable insurance or indemnity company, the principal sum of which shall be in like sum. The obligation of such bond or insurance policy shall save the City harmless from all liability of any nature whatsoever caused directly or indirectly by the erection, use or maintenance of such projecting bracket or arm or other swinging device.
(2) 
The bond or indemnity insurance policy required to be filed shall be subject to the approval of the City Solicitor as to form and also subject to the approval by the City Treasurer as to sufficiency and acceptance by the City Council. Upon acceptance by the City Council, such bond or indemnity insurance policy shall be filed with the City Treasurer.
(3) 
A person to whom a permit has been granted to erect, use or maintain any projecting or bracket arm or other swinging device, as described in the preceding section, shall annually thereafter file a bond or indemnity insurance policy in renewal or extension of the bond or insurance policy filed at the time such permit was granted.
The City Council may order any shade, awning, sign or signpost within the limits of any street to be removed at any time, and the same shall thereupon be forthwith removed by the person maintaining the same.
[Amended 10-6-2014 by Ord. No. 14-1005921A]
No permit to erect or maintain any sign as required under the provisions of this chapter shall become effective until the Building Commissioner shall have certified to the City Council that such signs are securely fastened so as not to endanger persons or property upon the sidewalks or streets.