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(c) No billboard, ground sign or torpedo sign shall be closer than six (6) feet to any building, nor to the side of any lot, nor closer than fifteen (15) feet to any curb line; furthermore, in all cases where a billboard is within fifty (50) feet of a building and the front line of such building is more than fifteen (15) feet from the curbline, then the billboard, ground sign or torpedo sign shall not be nearer to the curbline than the front line of the building is from the curb line. Sec. 28-11. Construction of billboards and ground signs. No billboard or ground sign constructed of wood or other combustible material shall be erected in the Central Area District nor within fifty (50) feet of any frame building, nor within twenty-five (25) feet of any frame building having unprotected openings in the wall on the side nearest the billboard; provided, however, that, posts and braces supporting a ground sign, and the skeleton frame of a billboard not exceeding fifteen (15) feet in height above the curb level, may be wood; and there may also be a wood moulding or border, not over eight (8) inches wide around the edge of such structure. The lower edge of every such billboard shall be not less than three (3) feet above the ground, and the space between the lower edge of the billboard and the ground shall be left open or may be closed with latticework which leaves at least fifty (50) percent ofthe space open. The upper edge of the billboard shall be not more than forty-two (42) feet above the ground. Sec. 28-12. Temporary structures used for advertising. Temporary structures, trailers, fences, and barricades placed around excavations or used during building operations, whether on public or private property, may be used for advertising purposes during the necessary maintenance of the barricades, so long as their use does not become a public nuisance. Sec. 28-13. Notification of readiness for inspection. Immediately after the erection of a signboard, billboard or electric sign, the building official shall be notified that the sign is ready for inspection. Sec. 28-14. Inspection by building official. The building official shall have access to and the right to inspect any and all signs and billboards, whether installed prior or subsequent to this article, and if he should find any sign or billboard to be in an unsafe condition he shall immediately call it to the attention of the owner or other person in charge thereof. Upon receipt of such notice from the building official, the owner or person in charge shall have ten (10) days thereafter to correct such unsafe condition and upon failure to correct the defect or defects called to his attention by the building official he will be subject to the penal provision of this Code. Sec. 28-15. Identification marking required. Page 10 of 21 T-