86-024 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 26 1/2 OF SAID CODE

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2/3rds of the buildings within 300 feet of the location on the same side of the street and within the same block are used for business purposes; provided that there are three or more buildings within the prescribed area used for business purposes. Sec. 262-11. Same-Construction. No billboard or ground sign constructed of wood or other combustible material shall be erected in the fire limits nor within 50 feet of any frame building, nor within 25 feet of any building having unprotected openings in the wall on the side nearest the billboard, provided, however, that posts arid braces supporting a ground sign, and the skeleton frame of a billboard not exceeding 15 feet in height above the curb level, may be wood; and there may also be a wood mouldings or border, not over 8 inches wide around the edge of such structure. The lower edge of every such billboard shall be not less than 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 lattice work which leaves at least 50% of the space open. Sec. 262-12. 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. 262-13. Inspection. Immediately after the erection of a signboard, billboard or electric sign, the building inspector shall be notified that the sign is ready for inspection. Sec. 262-14. Inspection by city inspector. The city inspector 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 city inspector, the owner or person in charge shall have 10 days thereafter to correct such unsafe condition and upon failure to correct the defect or defects called to his attention by the city inspector he will be subject to the penal provision of this Code. Sec. 262-15. 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.