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

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Section -18. Design. All signs shall be desi gned and constructed in accordance with Section 1602.6 of the National Building Code, 1967 edition, and all amendments thereto, which is hereby specifically adopted. Section -19. Chapter to regulate sign and billboard matters. Sections 1600 through 1602.5 of the National Building Code, 1967 edition, and all amendments thereto, relating to signs and outdoor displays are, in all things, repealed and all matters pertaining to signs and billboards shall be governed and regulated by Chapter _ of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas. Section -20. Erection of sign by owner. Any person may erect his own signs with his regular employees which advertise his own business or profession or product manufactured or sold by him without the ne- cessity of a license or bond, but all other provisions of the Code shall be complied with. The person erectin g the sign shall keep it in a good operating condition and shall remove it at his expense when requested by the City. Sections -21 through -25. Reserved. Article H. Permits Section = 26. Required. No signboard, billboard, or electric sign on any building or on the ground, except as otherwise provided for herein, shall be erected or reconstructed within the City unless a permit shall have been first secured from the City Insp ector. No permit for the erection of any sign shall be issued ta any person other than those li- censed and bonded as provided in this Chapter. Section _ 27. Permits not required. Subject to the pravision of the City's Zoning Ordinance, permits shall not be necessary for temporary signboards or billboards to be placed on buildings or vacant space, advertising the sale or renting of such buildings or property on which they are placed, when such signboards or billboards do not exceed sixty (60) square feet of area. Section -28. Application. All applications for permits required by the provi- sions of this Article shall be accompanied by such plans, specifications, drawings or descriptions as are necessary to fully advise the City Inspector as to the location, construction, weight, materials, and manner of securing of such proposed signboard, billboard or electrical sign.