2072 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY ADDING NEW CHAPTER PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS

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Section -11. Same--Construction. No billboard or ground sign constructed of wood or other combustible material shall be erected in thefire limits nor within fifty (50) feet of any frame building, nor within twenty-five (25) feet of any building having unprotected openings in the wall on the side nearest the billboard, provided, however, that posts and braces sup- porting a ground sign, and the skeleton frame of a bill- board 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 lattice work which leaves at least .fifty (50) per cent of the space open. Section _-12. Temporary structures used for advertis- ing. Temporary structures, fences, and barricades placed around excavations or used during building opera- tions, whether on public or private property, may be used for advertising purposes during the necessary main- tenance of the barricades, so long as their use does not become a public nuisance. Section _ 13. Insp ection. Immediately after the erection of a sign board, billboard or electric sign, the Building Inspector shall be notified that the sign is ready for inspection. Section _ 14. Inspection by City Inspector. The City Inspector shall have access to and the right to inspect any and all signs and billboards, whe- ther installed prior or subsequent to this article, and if he should find any sign or billboard to be in an un- safe condition he shall immediately call it to the attention of the owner or other person in charge there- of. Upon receipt of such notice from the City Inspector, 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 City Inspector he will be subject to the penal provision of this Code. Section = 15. Identification marking required. Al1 signs shall bear the name of the contractor and date of erection painted on or otherwise attached to the lower margin of the sign.