Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-06
STREET AWNINGS.
Proposed New Ordinance Intended to
Work Reform.

Proposed New Ordinance Intended to
Work a Reform.
Below is given the text of an ordinance
prepared by City Attorney Church, by re-
quest of Street Commissioner Mclaughlin,
and which will be submitted to the Board
of City Trustees at their meeting tomorrow
morning. 1t is intended to define and gov
ern the duties of the Sanitary and Building
Inspector in regard to the removal of unsafe
and dllapidated awnings, and is thought to
be SO clear and explicit that it cannot be
successfully attacked from any standpoint.
An awning case was recently tried in the
Police Court and the defendant was dis
charged, on account of the careless wording
of the section of the law in regard TO dan
gerous awnings:
Section /. 1t is hereby made the duty of the
Sanitary and Building Inspector of the city of
Sacramento to carefully inspect and thoroughly
examine the construction of all porches, bal
comics, awnings and other structures placed
over and above the sidewalks in said city, with
view of determining their safety. and to re-
port upon the first Monday of each month to the
Board of Trustees of said city, all such porches,
balconies, awnings or other structures as are, in
the opinion of said Sanitary and Building In
spector, unsafe or in any way dangerous to
either life, limb or property.
Section 2. Whenever, in the opinion of the Sani-
tary and Building Inspector any porch, balcony
awning or other structure placed over and above
any sidewalk of said city, and attached to-, or
connected with any house, building or other
structures in said city, is unsafe or dangerous to
life. limb or property, such Inspector shall. in
writing, notify the owner, agent or person hay.
ing the charge of, custody of or control of said
house, building or structure, and the awning,
porch, balcony or other structure attached
thereto or connected Herewith, specifying
wherein such porch. balcony, awning or other
danpprOns. w
five days after the owner, agent or person hav-
ing the charge of. custody OF or control of any
house, building or structure 20 which is at
tached or connected any unsafe or dangerous
porch balcony, awning or other structure, shall
receive such notice from said Inspector, such
owner, agent or person shall take down and re-
move such unsafe or dangerous porch, balcony,
awning or other structure, or cause it to be done
by another.
Section 8. Should any question arise between
SAID Inspector and the owner, agent, or person
having the care, custody or control of any
house, building or structure in said city, and to
which is attached or connected any unsafe or
dangerous porch. balcony, awning or other
structure hanging or placed over any sidewalk
OF said city, such quecsion shall be referred by
said Inspector and such owner agent or person
to the Street Commit .sioner of said city, and the
decision of such Inspector and Street Commits
sioner, If both of one mind, shall be final and
conclusive upon the question as to whether or
not such porch, balcony, awning or other struc-
ture shall be reported to the Board of Trustees
OF said city as being either unsafe or dangerous,
as provided in Section No. of this ordin ance
Section 4. 1t is hereby declared to be misde-
meanor for any owner, agent:or person having
custody of charge of or control of any house.
building or structure in said city, to keep,
maintain or allow any such porch, bal
cony, awning or other structure which is unsafe
or dangerous to life, limb or property, to remain
in place over any sidewalk of said city, or to be
connected with or attached to said house. build
ing or structure for longer period of time than
five days after having received the notice above
specified in Section No. 2 of this ordinance
Section .. 1t is hereby made the duty of the
Sanitary and Building Inspector of said city to
cause the arrest of, and prosecution of any per-
son violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance.
Section 6. Any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding
two hundred dollars. or by i'm prisonment in
the City Prison not exceeding t en- DAYS, or by
both such fine and imprisonment.