The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-20

nffhe or corporation IN ChaFHe. pos
session or control thereof shall be
torn down by the Department OF
Buildings and the cost ana expense
OF tearing Town such sign shall be
charged 90 the owner. or 10 the
person. hrm or corporation IN
charge, possession or control
thereof. and shall be recovered
from such person, firm or corpor-
alton by any appropriate proceed
ings therefor.
ARTICLE xNNIII.
Section l. NO SIGNBOARD OR
billboard TOrBE ERECTED OR
ALTERED WITHOUT PERMIT No
sIgnboard or billboard sucn as In
hereinafter described under this
article. shall be erected or altered
within the City OF Detroit, unless
permit shall have been first Sc
cured from the Department OF
Buildings. by the person. frm or
corporation desiring TO erect such
signboard or billboard.
All applications for such sign
boards or billboards shall be ac-
companied by such drawings and
descriptions as are necessary 20
fully advise and acquaint the said
Department of Buildings with the
location, construction, weight. ma
terials and manner OF securing Of
such proposed signboard or Dill
board III said signboard or bill
ings and descriptions shall be IN
accordance with the provisions or
this Article. said Department or
Buildings shall thereupon issue
permit for the erection OF such
siRnboard or billboard. upon the
payment by the applicant or Zee
as hereinbefore fixed In Section
OF Article III.
Permits will not be necessary for
signboards or billboards TO be
placed on vacant lots or buildings
advertising the sale or renting OF
such lots or buildings on which
they are placed, when such sign
boards or billboards do not exceed
sixty (G0) square feet I'm area
Sec 2. INSPECTION OF SIGN,
BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS. All
signboards and billboards Tor
which permit has been issued
shall be inspected by the Depart
ment OF Buildings when erected
and IL found 10 have been well sup
ported, braced and built according
TO the provisions OF this ordinance.
a certificate OF inspection shall pc
issued by the Department or Build
ings without further charge to the
owner.
All signboards and billboards at
tached TO or erected on any build
ing and larger than sixty 600
square feet In area. shall he eN-
amined by the Department OF
Buildings once each year as TO
their safety and IL found to be well
supported. braced and secured 10
the building. certificate or such
inspection shall be issued TO the
owner.
Should any such signboard or
billboard be found unsafe or inse-
cure, the owner shall be required
10 make IL safe and secure within
4S hours from the time or notn-
cation TO that effect In writing
from the Department or Buildings,
and III said notice Is not complied
with within the time specified the
Department OF Buildings /. shall
cause the same to be removed at
the expense OF the owner. FOR
every such inspection the owner
shall pay TO the Department or
Buildings a fee Of two (s2.00) Dol
lars.
Sec. g. BOND. Every person.
firm, or corporation engaged In
the business OF erecting signboards
or billboards shall annually ME
with the City Clerk, a good ana
sufficient bond. running TO the
City OF Detroit, in the penal sum
of Five Thousand (s5,00O Dol
lars. TO indemnify. save and Keep
harmless the City OF Detroit, from
any and all costs, damages or eN-
which may be suffered by the City
of Detroit or which II may be put
to or which may accrue against by
charging to or recovering from
said City from or by reason or
the granting OF permission to erect
said signboards or billboards or
from or by reason OF any acts or
things done under Oh by authority
or permission granted by the De-
partment Of Buildings TO erect
said signboards or biliboards In the
Sec. 4. DEFINITIONS. The term
"signboards" shall apply TO DIS
play boards, fences or screens used
as such having letters or illustra-
lions painted, written or cut there
on.
The term "billboards" shall APP
ply to display boards. fences and
screens used as such, having at
tached thereto or pasted thereon
paper or other material with let
tiers or Illustrations painted or
printed thereon.
Sec. 6. SIGNBOARDS AND BII.L-
BOARDS ON OPEN LOTS. All
signboards or billboards on open
lots and larger than one hundred
(100) square feet in area, shall be
constructed OF galvanized iron on
wood skeleton frames. built OF one
and three quarter (lAC men STOCK
and shall be we'll supported ana
braced. Such supports ana braces
shall be OF fabricated rolled steel
shapes, or of wood, the uprights TO
be not less than four 90 inches
by four Cd inches In size and the
braces not less than two CD lnches
by four CD inches In size.
Sec 6. 5IGNBOAR DS AND BILL
BOARDS ON BUILDINGS. All
signboards and billboards attached
to or placed upon building shall
be OF metal or other noh-e3m,
bustible materials, IL more than
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 n building In such
manner az TO obstruct any hre es-
cape, or any window or door lead
Ing thereto. nor shall any such
Agnboard or billboard be attached
In any form. shape or manner 70
fire escape. All signboards ana
billboards anchored to, fastened 10:
or situated above or upon the roof
OF any building shall have door
i'm the center of same when can
be readily opened and which when
SO opened Will leave a clear space
of at least six 90 feet In width
and seven CD feet in height from
the roof to the top OF said door.
Sec I No OMEN sisnn 3 d a or = biz
board erected on an open lot shall
he higher than twenty-four Iz4)
feet over all.
No signboard or billboard erect
ed upon OF aDONt tuc iOOi "
building shall be higher than eigh-
teen Gs) feet over all.
Sec. 3. SKY OR ROOF sign,
BOARDS AND BILLBoARDS. Al
sky or roof signboards and BILL
boards having the bottom edge
placed twenty-five t25l 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-combustiole
material.
All sky or roof signboards and
billboards OF "A greater area than
one hundred (100) square rect
shall be constructed OF galvanized
iron on fabricated steel frame; All
such sky or roof signboards or
hillboards may have letters, ngures