The Detroit times., 1910-12-07

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9 There shall be one lamp OF four
8 foot OF sign surface. or II lamps
10 number Of lamps shall be 'I proper or.
IL ttonately Increased. to furnish four
~ 60 candle power for each square
Is foot OF sign surface.
- sigma shall In any way obstruot
Is the full illumination or all the
II lamps on each side OF the sign.
Is Class "a" or Electric signs may
20 ty-two (72) square feet and shall
81 not DO more than twelve ll2) feet
% long and the lower edge shall be
% at least twelve u2) feet above tho
90 event shall the inner edge of such
a6 stgn be more than two t2) feet
81 from the building wall or property
2s itnc. nor shall the outer edge of
20 more than fourteen u4) feet over
III the public highway from the build
~ Ing wall or property line. and IF
~ hung over an alley the lower edge
% above. the grade Of such alley:
30 Provided. however. that Glass "a"
% signs may have an area not TO ex-
~ coed zoo square feet but must be
40 lower edge shall be not less than
II 30 feet above the grade OF slde-
t2 walk. Signs of this character shall
~ not be more than fifteen 15) feet
~ long and In no event shall the out
% or edge OF such sign project moro
~ than seventeen u7) feet over the
a. public highway from the building
IS wall or property line.
~ tb) COMBINATION. ELECTRIC
- c GNn r FL S,a,! LETTER Oh ce sISHs
81 alton electric and plain letter
IS signs, shall be those signs sixty
- I'VE $3.50 per cent OF which are
SIS composed OF letters studded with
IS electric bulbs and thirty-five (35Fs)
~ per cent OF which are composed or
lS plain, or nom electric lettering or
- characters.
30 Glass "B" signs shall have at
81 least one four 90 candle power
i2 lamp for each square foot of sign
80 surface or IL lamps OF less candle
~ power are used the number OF
80 lamps shall be proportionately In
u POWER for each square foot of sign
Is surface. No part of Class Ii
~ signs shall in any way obstruct the
70 fun illumination of all the lamps
il on each side OF the sign.
y Class b. signs may have an
- area not to exceed forty i4O)
i square feet and are not to ne
s more than eleven 1) feet long nor
70 more than four (D feet wide and
: less than twelve 12) feet above the
- grade of the sidewalk and In no
20 event shall the inner edge OF such
II sign be more than two CD feet dis-
!. tant from the building wall or prop
- erty line nor shall the outer edge
= OF such sign tif elven feet in length
- project more than twelve r2) feet
10 over the public highway from the
Il building wal or property line.
Is No sign shall he attached 10 or
- suspended from Glass "a" or Class
20 'B" signs. In any form, shape or
Il manner.
y ,) ILLUMINATED SIG S.
q CLASS &C." Class &C" illuminate
u ed Signs shall be those signs, ex-
10 cept sisnboards and billboards as
&c de scribed In Article XIV, which
q have visible electric bulbs placed
- around the border or SURROUNDINGS
- the sign or are illuminated by
90 means of electric lamps used nj
OF connection with rehectors. casting
OF the light in downwardiy direc-
90 ton, and shall have the equivalent
% OF one lamp OF four Cd candle
O5 power for each square feet OF sign
06 surface.
OF Glass &C" signs may have an
0s area OF not 10 exceed thirty-two
90 1922 square feet and the lower
10 edge of each sign shall be at least
IL twelve D2) feet above the grade
IL of the sidewalk. and shall not pro-
10 ject over the public highway more
IA than ten 400 feet beyond the
i6 not be more than eight and one
II half tsla feet long nor more than
Is four .A feet wide.
10 Class &C. signs may be erected
20 upon all streets, avenues. public
"a highways and alleys within the
% City of Det oft. except on such
% thoroughfares as hereinafter desig-
"a mated viz: Woodward Avenue. De-
rs troit River to Adams Avenue; Mon
26 roe Avenue. Woodward TO Randolph
27 Streets; Campus Martius; Cadillac
IS Square. from Woodward TO Bates
% Grand River. from Woodward to
80 Washington: Michigan. from Wool
~ ward TO Washington; Fort street
32 West, from Woodward to Shelby:
80 Gratiot, from Woodward TO Farm
"a err; State. from Woodward TO Shell
35 by, and Griswold, from Jefferson TO
SO Michigan.
81 I'D TRANSPARENT SIGNS.
80 parent Signs shall be those signs
30 which have an interior illumin-
IL alton with glass sides or fronts
AZ or metal sides or fronts studded
AZ with transparent lens forming the
- letters or characters and shall
40 have the equivalent OF sixty-four
46 C6D candle power illumination so
AZ arranged AZ 10 throw its full IL
IS Elimination outward and downward
40 upon the street or sidewalk.
so Class I'D" signs may have an
So than Ave CD feet long nor more
"a than three go feet wide and shall
90 not project over the public high
So ways more than six and one-half
81 t6h) feet beyond the building or
IS lot line, and must be hung so that
50 the lower edge is at least twelve
60 C2) feet above the grade OF the
81 sidewalk and at least fifteen tbl
SO feet above the brade Of an alley.
SO Class ~ signs may be erected
Ga upon all streets and public high
IS ways, except on such thoroughfar-sl
Sc as are hereinafter designa ted. viz:
IS River TO Henry Street; Monroe Av-
CO enue. Woodward TO Randolph
20 Street; Campau Martius; Cadillac
II Square. Woodward to Bates
e Street: Gratiot Avenue. Wood ward
20 to Randolph; Broadway. Gratiot to
IA Witherell; Grand River Avenue
rs East. Woodward TO Farmer: John
76 r., Woodward TO Broadway; Wash
IT ington Park to Michigan: Grand
rs River Avenue, Woodward TO Wash
10 ineton: State Street, Woodward to
so Washington: clifford. Woodward o
81 Washington; Michigan. Woodward!
so TO Washington; Fort Street West.
80 Woodward to shelby; Griswold.
81 Jefferson to Grand River Avenue.
So and Jefferson Avenue from Third
sc Avenue TO Hastings Street.
81 tel NON-ELECTRlC OR NON.
IS ILLUMINATED SIGNS. CLASS "E."
SO Glass "E," Non Electric or Nom
90 Illuminated Signs shall be those
81 signs. except signboards and bill
92 boards as descibed In Article
90 XXIV, which have no illumination
81 or any kind attached or connected
% thereto, and may be made OF wood
96 or metal or a combination OF both.
81 No permanent Class "E" sign shall
9S be OF a greater area than fifteen
90 G5) square feet where II Is to be
90 hung at any angle from a build
Of ing over any public highway apd
02 in no event shall the outer edge OF
03 the sign project over the public