CHAPTER 110
ADVERTISING
Section
110.01 Overhead signs prohibited in certain areas
110.01 OVERHEAD SIGNS PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
(A) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or other structure located on Van Rensselaer Street from Harrison street north to the northerly sides of the alleys running in an easterly direction in blocks four and nine in the original plat of the city, to leave suspended from or attached to any building, or other structure or any part thereof, over and across any portion of such street, any overhead sign, sign board, emblem or fixture used as a business or professional advertisement. The words, “overhead sign, signboard, emblem or fixture” as used in this division (A) shall be construed to mean all parts thereof, including all hangers, posts, rods, brackets and braces, used or intended to be used as a support.
(1) It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any such building or other structure or the owner of any overhead signs, signboards, emblems or fixtures as described above to remove or cause the same to be removed from any such building or other structure, so that no portion shall extend beyond such building or other structure over any portion of such street.
(2) Any person, firm or corporation being the owner or occupant of any such building or other structure, or whoever being the owners of any overhead sign, signboard, emblem or other fixture, as described above who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a punishable violation. The provisions of this division (A) shall not apply to any sign printed or painted on any awning in front of businesses located in the city. (’73 Code, § 3-1) (Ord. 164, passed - - )
(B) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of any building or other structure located on Washington, Van Rensselaer, Cullen and Front streets in the original plat of the city to have suspended from or attached to any such building or other structure or any part thereof, over and across any portion of such street, any overhead sign, signboard, emblem or fixture used as a business or professional advertisement, except as otherwise provided herein.
(1) The provisions of this division (B) shall not apply to any sign printed or painted on any awning.
(2) The provisions of this division (B) shall not apply to any electrical, gas or artificial light sign, emblem or fixture which is not less than 13 feet above the surface of the sidewalk and which is so suspended that the outer edge of such sign, emblem or fixture is not more distant from the property line than nine feet, but in no event shall such outer edge of any sign extend beyond the outer sidewalk line.
(3) This division (B) shall not prohibit the erection of electric signs attached to any building extending not more than 15 inches therefrom and not less than seven feet above the sidewalk level.
(4) Before any electric, gas or artificially lighted sign, emblem or fixture is erected, a permit shall be obtained from the Clerk-Treasurer. The fee for such permit is $5. The type, material and construction of such device shall, before the issuance of such permit, be approved by the Common Council according to such rules, requirements and specifications as may be adopted by such Common Council. (’73 Code, § 3-2) (Ord 265, passed - - )
Penalty, see § 10.99
110.02 SCREEN BANNERS.
(A) No screen of cloth, paper or any other material shall be attached to rods of iron or other material, which shall be attached to the outer edge of any sidewalk or placed in the ground in the city so as to shut out or obstruct the view in front of any building in the city.
(B) No screen banner made of cloth or any other material shall be stretched from one building or attached to another for the purpose of advertising, or any other purpose, in the streets of the city.
(’73 Code, § 3-3) (Ord. 182, passed - - ) Penalty, see § 10.99