Arizona republican., 1913-01-20
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF PHOENIX DO ORDAIN AS FOL
SECTION


 PHOENIX DO ORDAIN AS FOL LOWS:
 SECTION 1.
 1 No sign. transparency, advertise ment or sign device, intended to be used in connection with electricity shall be hereafter constructed, placed, | re- constructed, or allowed on or about the exterior of any building or other structure, or on nr over any sidewalk CT public thoroughfare unless draw 1 ings to scale of the proposed signs ! together with such information rcla- tive to the dimensions, position, and structure of such signs as may be re- quired shall have been first sub mitted to the Inspector of Electricity and a permit shall have been obtained 1 for the erection thereof.
 SECTION ?.
 1 It shall be the duty of the inspec- | tor of Electricity. upon the filing Of drawings and specifications as pro- vided in Section l, to examine such drawings and specifications, and if necessary. the premises upon which 1t ] is proposed to erect the sign. and if ! it shall appear that the proposed | | dinances regarding it's dimensions, po sition, fireprOof qualities, and struc- tural safety and security, the Inspec- l tor of Electricity shall issue per init for the erection of the sign. During and after the completion Of l the erection of the sign, the lnspec 1 tor of Electricity shall cause the same to be inspected, and if upon in l spections it is found that the sign is l in accordance with all Ordinances | regarding it's dimensions, position, | fireproof qualities and structural safety and security certificate shall be issued by the Inspector of Flee | tricity approving the sign. SECTION 8
 1 The firm, person. association O. corporation constructing or installing or causing the construction or install 1 lation of any electric sign, or the re- construction or alteration of any sign, l shall before issuance of a certificate 1 of satisfactory inspection, pay to the 1 Inspector of Electricity the follow l ing fees:
 For each sign of 6G0 watts con- sumption or less. d fee of Two ($2) l Dollars will be charged and One CD i Dollar per 660 watts or part thereof in excess Of 660. For outline light ang and similar installations. where outlets are within eighteen 0S inches. d fee of Two and one half C21a) Cents per outlet and where from Eighteen G) inches to twenty four C24) inches. Five C5) Cents per
 outlet. and further than twenty-four (24 inches. Ten G) Gents per out
 let shall be charged.
 SECTION i.
 No sign shall be placed in front of
 any fire escape or standpipe, across
 or in front of any exterior window,
 or other exterior opening in any
 building above the fife GsD story, except such sign be a swinging sign. SECTION 5.
 No sign illuminated by electricity
 shall he erected unless such sign has all letters or devices marked out or
 formed by incandescent electric lamps.
 Electric signs in which the letters or
 devices are formed by or marked out by electric lamps will be allowed sub
 iect to the following restrictiOns
 That all electric signs must be pro vided with not less than one CD
 lamp of eight (S) c. p. capacity for
 each square foot of sign service, FIX
 CEPT that smaller or larger lamps
 may be used provided that the equiv
 alent of eight (S) C. D. per square
 foot Of sign service is maintained.
 SECTION 6.
 From the sidewalk up ten 10i
 feet. TO sign or device of any descrip- . ton shall project moro than twelve d2) inches rom the building line For the purpose of this Ordinance
 the term Front of Building" 0. Building Line,' shall be construed tc mean the general outer surface oi , the main wall of the building facing , the street, except in the case tn,
 outer surface of such windows or pill ! lars shall be considered the face O r the building at those points. . SECTION |.
 In the case of signs ten G0D fec
 ana higher from above the sidewalk } Sections Nos s. and 10 must bt . observed.
 SECTION S.
 Flat or curved electric signs fast. ] ened for their whole length with thei1 l. illuminated plane parallel to the iron of the building, shall not projec
 therefrom over the sidewalk mor, , than twelve G2) inches when placed
 less than ten G0) feet above the side I walk, nor more than eighteen t1S
 inches when placed more than tel = G0) feet above the sidewalk Suci
 signs may extend to a height o
 twenty-five (25) feet
 SECTION 9.
 With the exception of vertical sign f and signs provided for in SectiOI 6 Eight, no pendant or swinging sign 0 f signs extending outward from tn - building shall be more than thirty |. 1 six (3s) inches in depth. or more tha : seven CD feet in vertical height: an n where placed from ten (1O) to tWelv if CPD feet from the sidewalk, must no if extend outward from the buildin V line more than eight (S) fee e and where placed from, twelv . G2) to eighteen QS) feet froT o the sidewalk, signs must not exten n outward from the building line mor 2 1