The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-10


 Outdoor Advertising: Advertising by means of painted pictures or lettering, posters, or images projected by any type of protector, upon any sign, board or plane erected for that purpose eith- CT upon any part of any building or structure or on independent structure supported from the ground.
 Any sign or device erected for the purpose of advertising, or for the Identification of c business or structure, supported from the ground and not attached to any part of Q building or structure.
 Roof Sign:
 Any sign, bulletin or device erec- ted for the purpose of advertising, or for the disqualification of busi- ness or c structure supported on the roof of building or structure.
 Projecting Sign:
 Any sign, bulletin or device erect ed for the purpose of advertising or for the Identification of business or structure which Is attached to and projects from any part of a / building or structure.
 Wall Sign:
 Any sign, bulletin or device erect ed for the purpose of advertising, or for the identifying of business or a structure, parallel to and as near ly against the face of a wall as pro- jecting cornices, belt courses. or other commentators of such wall may permit.
 Marquee:
 Any contrivance or canopy at- tached to or affixed to building for the purpose of furnishing shell ter to persons approaching an enc trance of such building but not inc cluding awnings, vegandas or porch- eS.
 Section 2.
 Permits:
 CD No person, firm or corpora ton shall erect or maintain mar quee which extends in front of an established building line, or Q sign or advertising device of any char actcr, except as hereinafter pro. vided, which extends in front of an established building line (except signs which are parallel to and against the face of Q wall, which signs may extend not more than 3 inches in front of. such wall pro- viding no part of such sign shall be illuminated or used for sign purposes except the front or face thereof without first obtaining a permit to maintain the same from ths Building Inspector. No mar. quee, sign or other advertising de- vice requiring Q license shall be maintained more than ten days after such permit has expired or been revoked.
 (2.) All signs or advertising which are to be attached to or erected upon a building or struc- tire and all electrical signs or elec- trical advertising devices shall re- quire permits.
 (S) All permits shall expire by limitation three months from date of issuance and may be extended only on authority of Building In- spector upon evidence of justifica- tion.
 Applications:
 (N Any person, firm, or cor- poration desiring any permit re- quired by this ordinance shall file an application therefore on form furnished by the Building Inspec- tor. Such application shall be made by the owner, lessee or by an authorized agent of the owner or lessee. There shall be filed with such application plans in duplicate showing clearly and fully all dimen- sions, kind and quality of materials. method of construction, location of sign, marquee or structure in re- lation to building or property lines and such other information as may be required by the Building Inspec. tor.
 License:
 (B) No person, firm or corpora ton, shall engage in the business of sign manufacturing for advertis- ing purposes, by erecting or main- taining ground signs, roof signs, wall signs. projecting or marquee signs, either for themselves or oth- CTS, within the corporate limits of the City of Waterbury, without first having procured license from the B'Clding Inspector of the City of Waterbury: or working under e li- cense issued by the State of Con- necticut to conduct such business.
 The Building Inspector shall have the right in acting, upon the appli- cation for such license, to examine the applicant or his or their rep- resentative at such time or place as the Building Inspector shall designate, as to the qualifications. competency and responsibility to engage In such business.
 The examination shall be practi- cal and elementary in character, but sufficient enough to satisfy the Building Inspector that the appli- cant is qualified to conduct q sign business, in accordance with the general provision of the Ordinance. The initial fee slaall be 42S.0O and license shall expire on the list day of calender year, following issuance of same. The fee for yearly renew al shall be 5000.
 No license issued to any person, firm. or corporation is transferable.
 Permit Fees:
 (0) Fees for permits, payable ct time application is. filed, shall be as 1OlloWs:- Roof sign boards 5000 electrical wall signs 800 Electrical wall signs orI
 electrical eigns 800 Projecting signs 500 Mayquees 900 Temporary signs 2.0O Section 3.
 General Regulations. (ly Within the inner fire limits no sign or advertising device of |