13 Motion to approve an ordinance amending Chapter 28, Signs and Billboards, of the Code of Ord.

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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 thereo£ 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. All signs shall bear the name of the contractor and date of erection painted on or otherwise attached to the lower margin of the sign. Sec. 28-16. Sign contractor's license. (a) No person shall install, erect, or maintain any sign, nor contract for such service, until such person has applied to the building official for a license to install, erect, and maintain signs, and until such license has been approved and issued. The fee for such license shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per year payable on the first day of July of each year and an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year for each renewal thereof. (b) The license of any sign contractor may be cancelled by the city council, upon the recommendation of the building official, when such contractor persistently violates the requirements of this chapter. Conviction, whether appealed or not, of three (3) such violations over a period of two (2) calendar years shall constitute evidence of persistent violation. Any license thus cancelled shall not be renewed for such contractor or anyone operating his shop until all such violations have been corrected. Upon correction of the violations, the contractor's license may be renewed upon furnishing the bond required by section 28-17. Sec. 28-17. Sign contractor's bond and liability insurance. No license for the installation, erection and maintenance of signs shall be issued to any person nor shall any person install, erect, or maintain any sign or Page 20 of 36 - 000114