The record-union., 1893-10-13

TIME BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
i City OF Sacramento do ordain as follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son, hrn, company or corporation, as owner,
agent, contractor or employe, to build, con-
struct or maintain any porch, balcony or avn
Ing having any posts or supports resting on
or attached TO sidewalk or supported or held
IN place by posts or supports resting on or at
tached to a sidewalk within the following de-
scribed limits of the City of Sacramento, to
wit:
Commencing at the intersection of the center
line OF Front street, with the nOrtherly line OF
street of said city, and running thence east
erly along the north line of | street to the
northwest corner of Fifteenth and l streets;
| thence southerly along the western line OF Fff-
teenth street TO the center line of L street;
thence westerly along the center line of L
street to the center line OF Front street, thence
northerly along the center line of Front street
to the place OF beginning.
Section g All balconies, porches and avn
ings now supported or held IN place in any
manner by posts or supports resting on or at
tached to a sidewalk within the limits and
boundaries of said city above defined and de-
scribed, are hereby condemned as unsafe and
dangerous, ana oostructlng the city in the ex-
ercise otitS power TO protect from fire and its
police power; and within thirty days after the
passage of this ordinance the same shall be re-
moved by the owner, agent or person having
the charge, custody or control OF the same or
oftne building to which the same may be at
tached or may be appurtenant.
Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son, company firm or corporation owning or
being the agent for or having the charge Gus
tOdy or control OF any porch, balcony or avn
ing now supported or held in place in any
manner by posts or supports resting on or at
tached to q sidewalk within the limits and
boundaries of said city above defined and de-
scribed, to allow the same to remain or to
maintainthe same for a period longer than
thirty days after the passage of this ordinance
Section 4. All awnings constructed or to be
constructed within the boundaries described
in Section hereof, shall be made to conform
to the following general plans, to wit
There shall be but three classes of awnings
permitted to be constructed within the street.
way and over the sidewalks OF said city, as
follows:
First-A balcony awning.
Second-The regulation-pitch awning ex-
tending from the building line to the curb
line.
Third-A canvas awning
Section 3. No awning shall be constructed
within the limits of the City of Sacramento,
without the owner, agent, company, firm or
corporation owning or being the agent for the
premises in front OF which 1t is proposed to
construct an awning, or the contractor for the
construction of the said work having first
obtained permit so to do from the Sanitary
and Building Inspector, who shall first in
spect and approve of or reject the plan pro-
posed under the regulations prescribed and
contained in the specifications governing the
construction of all awnings constructed or to
be constructed in the City of Sacramento"
and which said specifications were duly ap-
proved and adopted September IL, 1898, by
the Board Of City Trustees in and for the City
of Sacramento.
Section 6. All balcony awnings must be made
four feet wide and must be supported by iron
braces or supports and provided with a neat
iron railing. All regulation pitch awnings
must be constructed so that the upper side of
the outer purloin shall be exactly over or
plumb with the outer face of the curb line and
exactly thirteen feet high from the curb grade
at that point. All canvas awnings must be so
adjusted that when down they shall be at the
lowest extremity eight feet above the side
walk grade at that point
Section Z. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less than
Twenty Dollars nor more than Two Hundred
Dollars, or imprisonment in the City Prison
one day for each Two Dollars of fine so I'M
posed.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Passed October 3, 1898.
B. U. STEINMAN,
President Board of Trustees.
J. D. YOUNG, Clerk. o4-1Ot