Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-14
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

roofs or open ground where O SUB
icct 10 mechanical injury. Cutouts
unless of weatherproof type, flashers
and other similar devices, on Oh
within the sign structure must 10 IA
a weatherproof box or cabinet o.
metal Of not less than that of the
sign itself.
tc) Receptables must be so Sc
cured TO sign 70 prevent any possi-
bic turning and SO designed tina,
terminals will be at least one-half
inch from other terminals and from
metal OF sign, except where open
work Is permitted, this separation
must be M inch. Miniature RECEIPT
ablcs must lot be used on outdoor
signs.
I'D All wires must he rubber COW
cred and not less than No. IL u. &
). Gauge and double braided on all
concealed work. Wires must be
soldercd TO terminals and exposed
parts Of wires and terminals must bs
treated 10 prevent corrosion. On
outside Of sign structure, except
where open work is permitted, wires
must be i'm approved metal conduit
or lead shcathed armored cable.
(e) All signs erected shall have n
light giving capacity Of ore candle
power TO each 80 square inches III
surface OF sign. Signs that are not
burning and not in use as electric
signs must be removed upca notice
from the city electrician.
(f) Must have independent feed
wires run In conduit from point nf
service and not more than 1920
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constructed locally must ~ inspect
cd while under construction and be-
fore being closed vi.
(r1 All switches for operating
I signs must break both sides or tho
circuit whether 10 or go volts.
thl All classes az lighting for adj
vertising purposes shall be consid-
cred rs electric signs within the
meaning Of this ordinance. Where
sign il erected ver sidewalks there
shall be a clearance of eight and
oHe-half feet from sidewalk 20 low
est point Of sign and no sign shall
extend outside of the curb line of
such walk.
CID Any person, association Of per
sons or corporation who shalt per-
NIT, construct, place or use any
s~street sign other than hereby per-
mitted, shall, upon conviction, be
fined in any sum not less than Five
(S5.00) Dollars nor more than Fifty
(S50.00) Dollars and each day during
which such offerSe shall continue
shall be a separate offense.
Old A plan with full specifications,
giving candle power Of lamps, class
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hang, how il is to hang and in gen.
eral, everything pertaining to size,
weight and size of supports, must
be furnished with petition to City
for permission 10 erect electric sign.
Section 81. Outside Construction.
CAD That all poles, piers, abuttments,
wires or other necessary fixtures,
appurtenances or appliances, OF
any that may be hereafter in use for
telegraph, telephone, signalling or
electric service purposes shall con
form to the following requirements.
and no person, firm or corporation
OF association Of persons shall
hereafter erect or construct or here
after maintain, liz aleady construct
ed, any pole, pier, abuttment, wire
or other necessary fixture, appurte-
nance or appliance which does not
conform to said requirements, viz:
No two lines of such poles shall be
maintained or hereafter be erected,
on the same side Of any street. alley,
plaza or avenue except by permits
sion from the City Council. III such
permission is obtain, and IL such
wires are supported by such pole
ines mrs over or under power, or
high potential wires, they shall have
IN approved weatherproof insulation
OF a thickness Of not less than 1-32d
OF an inch for telegraph, telephone
and signal systems. No telephone.
telegraph or signal wire shall run
parallel, cross over or under any
power, low or high potential wires
Of a distance Of less than three feet;
and all wires of any company, per-
son, firm or corporation shall be
run and strung on their own fix
lures, unless the consent Of the CITY
Council is first had to the contrary.
tb) The service or drop wires III
telephone, telegraph and signalling
systems that extend from poles.
pole line and main pole lines to
building or structure must have an
approved weatherproof insulation.
No wires shall be less than twenty
five feet from the curb or ground.
60 The cross arms of all tele-
phones, telegraph and signalling sys-
tens, electric and power companies
must be Of uniform length and
strengthened by braces and the cross
arms Of each and every company
must be well seasoned and inspected
BY the City Electrician and kent
sound. The poles Of an companies
used in supporting wires must be
branded or stamped with the name
or initials OF the owning
same, and the name or initials shall
he kept clear and distinct and such
distance from the ground as not 10
be erased.
(dl II any Of the cross arms, pins
or insulatOrs shall become broken,
cracked, rotten. split, loose or 9TH
crwise defective, the person or per-
sons owning or IN control thereof
shall place same IN "A standard and
safe condition within As hours after
the receipt Of a written notice from
the City Electrician requiring him
or them TO do 80.
(e) Whenever the trolley wire,
guard wire, guy wire, pole, guy
stub, wire or metal wrappings used
IN any way IN supporting, anchoring
or maintaining the wires, tubes and
cables Of an electric light, power,
telegraph, telephone wv sIguailisg
system shall become detached from
their regular supports, loose, rotten,
without standard insulation or In
sulators, bent or warped through un-
due weight, excessive strains or
broken off or partly broken, the
person or persons owning or in con-
troll thereof shall place the same IN
u standard or safe condition within
IS hours after the receipt Of a writ
ten notice from the City Electrician
requiring him or them % do 50.
% All guy wires attached 10 any
company's poles shall have at least
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