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Home My WebLink About0435 , " ~ ~ t..: . >; . ,"\v.,:)' ORDINANCE NO. 435. If- .' d ' , , , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, REGULATING SIGNS, SIGNBOARDS AND ,SIGN ,DEVICES UPON BUILDINGS ~ITHIN ,THE CITY OF ARGADIA, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. ,THE CITY COm~CIL OF THE CITY, OF ARCADIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLO','lS : . SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corpo~ation, tO,erect, move, alte~, place, suspend, attach or maintain, or to cause or permit to be erected, moved, altered, placed, suspended, atte-ched or main- tained any siGn, . signboard, or 'sign device, cloth sign and/or banner of any kind or character upon any building in the City of Arcadia in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION' 2. It shall be unlaWful for any person, firm or corporation, to erect, move, alter, place, suspend, attach or :naintain any sign or any pprtion thereof upon any building or cause or permit the same to be done without first obtai~ing from'the Building Inspector of the City ,of Arcadia, a permit so to do, and paying 'therefor the fees prescribed in this Ordinance and in the Ordinance of the City of Arcadia regulating the installation, alteration' and r!3pair of .inside electrical construction, being Ordinance No. 12.8 of said City of Arcadia.. SECTIJN 3. No sigh or any po~tion thereof shall extend or project from the face or wall of any building or extend or project over any public sidewalk" street, alley or any other public property a greater distance than hereinafte~ allowed for the height which said sign or portion thereof is elevated above the sideTIalk, street, alley, property or ground adjoining the building directly under the sign, as follows:' (a,) Below a height of ten (101) feet, not to exceed six (6") inches. (b) Above a height of ten (10' ) feet, not to exceed five (5' ) feet. (c) No cloth.or combustible sign, banner or similar display shall be suspended from any pole or other structure which proj'ects over the pub- , ' lic sidewalk, unless said banner' is safely' SlJS pended from said pole or structure~ The entire banner including the pole or structure from which the same is suspended shall be at 113'ast twenty (20 I) feet in the clear 'above the street, .sidewalk or' public place over. vlhich the ~'alJ1e is suspended, and no part of such banner shall extend from the face of said building beyond a distance equal to the width of the sidewalk space over which the same is suspended. -1- \tlnQlED ad fl36~ SECTION 4. For the.pU:i:'pose of this Ordinance the follovling definitions shall apply: ( a) The Vlord "shalln is L'landa tory. (b)' "Public place" ,is any street', road, walk and/or drive\'Iay , commonly used by.' the public smd intended t'o be used by the public.. (c) The word "l;lign",' shall have the commonly accepted meaning of the \'Drd, and shall include si0n posts, sign boards, and/or any other sign device. (d) The term "Face 'of the Building" shall be c'onstrued to ~an the general outer surf'ac'e of the main wall of. the building; provided however, that incase of construction out. of ordinany the Building Inspector shall . - " . . define the face of the building,~n9. his decision shall 'be' final. , ". 'J:r).spector SECTION 5. The Buildine/sball charge and collect the follo\'Ting fees in advance for permits: . , For each 'sign constructed of \'Iood, cloth, metal' or any other type except electric signs and: neon si:;ns, ,$1.50 e2.ch,'provided, however, that should a'plicant fo't'permitdesirem,?re than onesisn at the time of application, the charge shall 'be $1.50 for the first of such. si3hs, plus . ' .50fi for, each additional sign allowed in such permit. Fees for pe'rmits. for eiec tr'fc signs other than neon si0ns shall be charged at t~e rate provided in Or9.iJlance ,No. ,128. of the City of Arcadia. .Fees for permits for each' neon sign sign shall be $1.50, plus ' . ' .25i for each transformer. No fee shall be.' charged for parmi t for suspension of banners as permitted in this Ordinance. SECTION 6. No'i<hing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed to prohibit the han~ins, suspension, and/or placing of, any cloth or canvas .. sign across. a street for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, provided, hO\7ever, that permit in writing for the han-;ing of such s i::;ns or banners sL1all be first granted by the City Council. , . SECTION 7. Any person; firm or corporation violatin::; any of the provisions of this Oruinance, shall be deemed tobe.guilty ofa misdemeanor, and upon conviction ,'tl1erElof .s):lall be punishe,d by .~ fine of not: less 'thaIi $10.00 nor )Jore than \)300.00 or.. by imprisonment for nO,t PlOre than three (3) .months, or by both such fine and imprisolli~ent. Every such -2- ItlDmca per::;on, firm tJ/U:1. t/cY6 or corporation shall be deeiuedguilty of a separate offense for, each and every day during which, or any portion of wbi'ch, any violation of any provisions of t!1is Ordinance' i,s 'com.'11itted, continued or IBrmitted by such person, firm or corporct~on, aqd shall be by this Ordinance. . pUnishable therefor as r-rovided i SECTION 8. The City, Clerk' shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance,andfTior to tpe. expir~tion of ' fifteen (15) days from the passage 'thereof, shall ca,use the same to be publisped once in the Arcadia TrLune and, News, a IleWSpapElr ofSeneral circulation, published and circulated in'the City of Arcadia, and thirty (:30) days from and after: . the final passa3e thereof. said Ordinance sh all take effec t and be. in force. I hereby certify that. the foregoing Ordinance Vias adopted at an ~Qurne2 regular meetingof~heCity Council of the City of Arcadia, held on the 28th day of May , 1940, by the aff:j.rmative, vote of at least three, Councilmen, to-wit: AYES: Councnmell~ Adcock, Bolz', Leeper, Ormsby and Perkins N02S: None ABSENT: None ~-~~ City Cle 'k. . , Signed and approved' this 28th' day of May , 1940. .'~~~..- . Mayor . . ATTEST: ~~.. ... " "T. .:: ~;,. ., -' . , .... .. ~ -3- t:kd 9':3'6--