Division 3. Other Businesses
Chapter 5.30
ADVERTISERS – OUTDOOR
Sections:
5.30.010 Outdoor advertiser defined.
5.30.050 Use of poster panels.
5.30.080 Weeds and materials at base of billboards.
5.30.090 Unlawful advertising.
5.30.010 Outdoor advertiser defined.
“Outdoor advertiser,” as used in this chapter, means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of placing, posting or painting any sign, advertisement or notice of display in or on any place for the purpose of outdoor advertising so that the resultant display is visible from any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place.
5.30.020 License required.
It is unlawful for any outdoor advertiser to do business in the village without having first secured a license therefor as is required in this chapter; provided, that no license issued under this chapter shall be construed to permit the use for advertising purposes of any structure, natural or artificial, which is located in any public street, alley or other public place.
5.30.030 Application.
Applications for such licenses shall be made in writing to the clerk and shall be accompanied by a list of all places, including billboards or natural structures, on which it is intended to place signs or advertisements. This list shall be added to from time to time by the license as a right to post or place advertisements or signs on additional places is acquired.
5.30.040 Fee.
The annual fee for such licenses shall be one hundred ten dollars for each billboard or poster panel maintained in the village. (Ord. 2010-08A § 2, 2010; Ord. 2010-08 § 2, 2010; Ord. 2002-07 § 13, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 13, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 13, 1984)
5.30.050 Use of poster panels.
No person shall post or maintain any advertisement or sign on any poster panel, billboard or signboard which does not fully comply with the ordinances of the village.
5.30.060 Consent of owner.
It is unlawful to post any advertisements on any premises in the village without the consent of the owner of such premises. Such consent must be in writing, and must be filed with the clerk.
5.30.070 Refuse.
It is unlawful for any person engaged in outdoor advertising to permit any refuse resulting from this work to accumulate anywhere in the village excepting by placing it in properly established refuse receptacles. It is unlawful to permit any loose or flapping or combustible materials to hang from or be attached to any billboard or signboard or other place used for display or advertising purposes. All refuse resulting from the operation of this business must be carefully gathered up and properly disposed of.
5.30.080 Weeds and materials at base of billboards.
It shall be the duty of every outdoor advertiser to keep all grass, weeds and other growth, except trees and ornamental shrubbery, cut down so that the same shall not grow to a height greater than ten inches within six feet of any billboard or signboard used by him; provided, that this obligation shall extend only to property controlled by the advertiser.
5.30.090 Unlawful advertising.
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to post or display any advertisement of an obscene or immoral character, or any advertisement tending to promote or cause a riot, or breach of the peace, or any advertisement of any unlawful gathering, or advertisements of unlawful sales.
5.30.100 Disfiguring signs.
It is unlawful to mutilate or disfigure in any way any lawful sign or advertisement in the village.
5.30.110 Name of advertiser.
It is unlawful for any outdoor advertiser to carry on his business unless the name of such advertiser is attached, displayed or printed on all billboards or signboards used by him, or on any notice, placard or advertisement posted by him, in such lettering as to be visible from a distance of at least five feet from the notice or advertisement.
5.30.120 Exemptions.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to the posting of signs or notices by order of any court or by any public officer in the performance of his duties.