CHAPTER 2.
ADVERTISING
Sections:
5-2.01 Displaying on Private Premises and in Public Places
5-2.02 Displaying: Locations Limited
5-2.03 Carrying and Distributing
5-2.01 Displaying on Private Premises and in Public Places.
It shall be unlawful for any person to post, stick, stamp, paint, or otherwise affix, or cause to be posted, stuck, stamped, painted, or otherwise affixed, any bill, poster, notice, or advertisement to or upon any building, structure, wall, fence, gatepost, or tree upon:
(a) Private premises without permission in writing from the owner, agent, or occupier of the premises;
(b) Telegraph, telephone and electric light poles;
(c) Sidewalks; and
(d) Trees in public streets, sidewalks, and squares.
It shall be unlawful for any person to suspend any banner, sign, or advertising notice from, or attach the same to, any wire or other device crossing or overhanging any public street without permission in writing from the Council.
(Sec. 1, Ord. 158, thereafter codified in Secs. 15.2 and 15.3, E.T.C.)
5-2.02 Displaying: Locations Limited.
Unless a variance is first obtained pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4 of Title 9 of this Code, it shall be unlawful for any person owning, possessing, occupying, or having the control of any premises or real property in the City to put, place, construct, erect, build, or maintain, or permit to be or remain thereon or thereover, any sign or advertisement, or any fence, framework, board, or material on which any sign, advertisement, bill, or notice is painted, printed, made, or fastened, and which sign, advertisement, fence, framework, board, or material is supported, maintained, or kept up by a post, within a distance of fifty feet (50') from any dwelling or residence, or any structure or building partially or wholly used as a dwelling or residence, or which is more than fifteen feet (15') above the ground or more than fifteen feet (15') above the level of the street adjoining such premises or real property, and it shall be unlawful to suspend or permit the same to be suspended thereon or thereover more than fifteen feet (15') above the ground.
(Sec. 1, Ord. 254, thereafter codified in Sec. 15.1, E.T.C., as amended by Ord. 67-011)
5-2.03 Carrying and Distributing.
It shall be unlawful for any person upon any sidewalk, street, or other public place in the City to:
(a) Carry, bear, or support any banner, sign transparency, framework, device, or emblem used, or purporting to be used, or intended as an advertisement of any trade, profession, business, place of business, office, store, or occupation; or
(b) To distribute, by hand or otherwise, or to throw any advertisement, bill, poster, flyer, notice, or advertising device or emblem used, or purporting to be used, or intended as an advertisement or notice of any article or merchandise or of any trade, profession, business, office, store, or occupation of any person.
(Sec. 2, Ord. 158, thereafter codified in Sec. 15.4, E.T.C.)
5-2.04 Powell Street Overpass.
Any sign in the vicinity of the Powell Street overpass which must be moved because of interference with the construction of the Powell Street overpass may be relocated upon property involved and may be placed up to thirty feet (30') above the ground upon an application to the City Engineer approved by the Council. The provisions of this section shall not in any way be construed to allow an increase in the size of any sign.
(Sec. 1, Ord. 254, thereafter codified in Sec. 15.1, E.T.C., as amended by Ord. 67-08)