The citizen., 1914-05-22
DIRECTORS.

by The Mayor and Aldermen of Freder-
ick on the first day Of August, A. d. 1913,
entitled IAN Ordinance prohibiting the
erection and providing for the removal of
all hitching posts, sign posts, awning poles,
and posts and po'es OF every description,
except telegraph, telephone, electric light
and trolley poles and ornamental lighting
posts on the pavements within three feet
of the curb lines, and prohibiting the tying
of animals of the horse kind to any trees,
tree boxes, telegraph, telephone, electric
light and trolley poles and ornamental
lighting posts, on Market Street. between
Clarke Place and Fifth Street, and on Pat
rick Street, between Court Street and Mid
die Alley, in Frederick City Maryland,
and providing penalty for violations
thereof" be and the same is hereby amend
ed by adding thereto new and additional
Section, prescribing certain regulations for
the maintenance and erection of awnings
and signs, to follow Section and to he
known us Section 3A, be enacted so as to
read as follows:
Section 3A. Be it Enacted and Ordained
That, all awnings hereafter erected within
the corporate limits of Frederick shall be
pliable substance and no rigid covering
shall be permitted. Every awning and
sign hereafter erected shall be securely at
tached TO the building and properly sup
ported, by iron or other metallic iastenings
and supports, or by posts provided said
posts be erected Immediately next to and
adjoining the building, and every such
awning and sign now or hereafter erected
shall be elevated at least seven feet six
inches at the lowest part thereof above the
surface of the sidewalk, no awning hereaf-
ter erected shall project more than 7 feet
inches over the side walk, and no sign
hereafter erected shall project more than
feet beyond the building line. All avn
ings and signs now erected supported by
trees, posts, poles or structures of any
kind, planted in or resting upon the side
walks, Except such supports which are
Immediately next to and adjoining the
building), on Market Street between
Clarke Place and Fifth Street and on Pat.
rick Street between Court Street and Mid
die Alley. shall he removed by the owner
his agent or agents, Of the property, in
front of which any such awning or sign is
erected, within ten days after being n0t-
fed to remove the same by the City Engi-
neer, by notice in writing, if the owner is
out of the City the notice shall be posted
i'll some conspicuous place on the premises.
and i'll the event the owner shall after no.
tice, fail to remove any such awning or
ssgn, within the time aforesaid, then the
same shall be removed by the City Engi-
neer, and the costs and expenses of such
removal shall be charged to the owner,
and on failure to pay the same the amount
due shall be collected either by suit at law,
or by suit or attachment in case the owner
be a nonresident. Any person who shall
fail or refuse to remove any awning or sign
supported as aforesaid, within the limits
hereinbeiore described, after notice. shall
be liable to the fines and penalties set forth
in Section of said Ordinance of August
first, A. d. 1913, and the City Engineer
shall serve or post the aforesaid notices
within five days after the passage of this
ordinance. Any person who shall main
tain or erect any awning or sign contrary
to the provisions hereof or refuse or neglect
forthwith to remove any awning or sign
maintained or erected contrary to the pro-
visions hereof shall be subject to the fines
and penalties set forth in the 4th Section of
said Ordinance of August first, A. d 1913;
and any such awning or sign may forth
with be removed. The Mayor and Alder
men OF Frederick hereby expressly reserve
the right to alter and change the regula-
tions for the rection of awnings and signs
specified in this Ordinance, and from time
to time, make such new and additional
I rules and regulations for the erection and
maintenance OF awnings and signs, as it
shall think proper.
Section 2. BE it Enacted and Ordained
by the authority aforesaid that this Ordi-
nance shall take effect from the date of its
passage and that all ordinances, or parts
of ordinances, inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this Ordinance, be and the same
are hereby repealed, to the extent of such
Inconsistency.
Passed May 7th, A. d. 1914.
President Board of Aldermen.
. LEWIS II. FRALEY.
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