The Detroit times., 1910-12-07

: board II seid signboard or BIN
: board a. indicated In said draw
ins g and Id. dssf s,tp ,s shall Be IN
9 this Article, said Department OF
Buildings shall thereupon issue
8 permit for the erection OF such
9 sisnboard or billboard. upon the
I as hereinbefore fixed In Section
2 OF Article III.
3 Permits will not be necessary for
signboards or billboards TO be
placed on vacant lots or buildings
o advertising the sale or renting OF
such lots or buildings on which
= they are placed. when such sign
. boards or billboards do not exceed
Sec. a. iSSPEcTioN OF Sion
2 BOARDS AND BiLLBOARDS. All
3 signboards and billboards for
4 which a permit has been issued
: ment OF Buildings when erected
Z and II found to have been well sup
3 ported, braced and built according
8 to the provisions OF this ordinances.
Q a certihea iso OF inspection shall a,, be
2 ings without further charge to the
owner
1 All signboards and billbosrus at
5 tached to or erected on any build
7 square feet in area, shall be- ex-
8 amined by the Department Of
3 Buildings once each year as 10
0 their safety and II found TO be Well
2 the building. certificate of such
3 inspection shall be issued TO the
4 owner
Should any such signboard or
billboard be found UNSAFE or inse.
cure. the owner shall be required
TO make IL safe and secure within
2 48 hours from the time or notin-
Q cation to that effect In writing
from the Department of Buildings.
and II said notice is not complied
with within the time specified the
4 Department OF Buildings shall
cause the same to be removed at
9 the expense of the owner. For
every such inspection the owner
8 shall pay to the Department OF
Buildings a fee OF two (s2.o0) Dol
D lars
Sec. 8. BOND Every person.
2 firm or corporation engaged In
the business OF erecting signboards
4 or billboards shall annually file
5 with the City Clerk. a good and
. sufncient bond. running TO the
Z City OF Detroit. in, the penal sum
OF Five Thousand f$5.000) Dol
. lars. to indemnify. save and keep
0 harmless the City of Detroit, from
l any and all costs, damages or ex-
2 pense OF any kind whatsoever
4 Of Detroit or which IL may be put
5 to or which may accrue against by
. charging TO or recovering from
! said City from or by reason OF
8 said signboards or billboards or
0 from or by reason or any acts or
l things done under on by authority
2 or permission granted by the De-
partment OF Buildings to erect
I said signboards or billboards in the
City of Detroit
2 "signboards" shall apply TO dis
4 as such having letters or illustra-
lions painted. written or cut there
on.
The term "billboards" shall ap-
3 ply to display boards. fences and
screens used as such. having at
tached thereto or pasted thereon.
paper or other material with let
ters or illustrations painted or
Sec. 6. siGNBOARDs AND BILL
2 BOARDS ON OPEN LOTS. All
3 signboards or billboards on open
4 lots and larger than one hundred
IO0) square feet in area, shall be
constructed Of galvanized iron on
wood skeleton frames, built of one
and three-quarter Il "a inch stock
and shall be well supported and
braced. Such supports and braces
shall be of fabricated rolled steel
z shapes. or Of wood, the uprights to
be not less than four ca inches
by four ca inches in size and the
braces not less than two CD inches
by four (4) inches in size.
Sec 6. SIGNBOARDS AND BILL
BOARDS ON BUILDINGS. All
signboards and billboards attached
TO or placed upon a building shall
be Of metal or other non-com-
two CD fet in height or more than
) one-hundred (10O) square feet in
area. No signboard or billboard OF
any kind shall be attached to or
placed upon a building In such
manner as to obstruct any fire es-
cape, or any window or door lead
1 ing thereto. nor shall any such
signboard or billboard be attached
fire escape. All signboards and
billboards anchored to. fastened to.
or situated above or upon the roof
of any building shall have door
be readily opened and which when
so opened Will leave clear space
of at least six CD feet in width
and seven 90 feet in height from
the se roof to the bIM sHp Is Te19 eoor OF
BOARDS. No signboard or bill:
board erected on an open lot shall
be higher than twenty-four CAD
feet over all.
No signboard or billboard erect
ed upon or above the roof OF any
! building shall be higher than eigh-
teen lS feet over all.
Sec. s. SKY OR ROOF SIGN
BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS. All
sky or roof signboards and bill
boards having the bottom edge
placed twenty-five (25l feet or
more above the ground or grade
level and all other sky or roof
signs over twenty-five (25) square
feet In area shall be made entirely
of metal or other non -combustible
material.
All sky or roof signboards and
billboards of a greater area than
one hundred u00) squire feet
shall be constructed of galvanized
iron on fabricated steel frame, All
such sky or roof signboards or
billboards may have letters, figures
or illustrations painted theron.
No sky or roof signboard or bill
board shall be placed so that tho
face OF the sign shall come within
three CD feet of the inner plane
of the outer wall Of such building,
nor shall II be constructed so that
the bottom of such sky or roof
signboard or billboard shall be
less than one Cd foot or more than
three CD feet above the surface OF
such roof nor shall there be more
than one Cd sky or roof signboard
or billboard on the roof of any one
building on each street front.
Sec. 3. SUPPORTS AND AN
CHORS. All signboards or bill
boards attached to or placed upon
any building shall be thoroughly
secured thereto by iron or metal
anchors, bolts, supports or braces.
All sky or roof signboards or bill
boards shall be built and braced to
Withstand a horizontal wind pres
sure Of thirty 600 pounds for
every square foot or surface ex-
, posed, from the ground to the top.
, including the roof.
Sec. 10. OWNERS OR SIGN
, WRITER'S NAME. All signboards
; and billboards. larger than one
hundred G00) square feet I'm area
shall have the owners or signwrit-
ers name raised on separate
board. above the limit OF height
herein described. but such smaller
4 .A. h.. L.. III.