The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-12

Advertising by means ot painted pictures or lettering, posters, OF images protected by any type Ot protector, upon any sign. beard or plane erected for that purpose eth" CT upon any part of any building or structure or on independent structure supported from the ground.
 Ground Sign:
 Any sign or device erected for the purpose of advertising, or Tor the Identification of business or structure, supported from the ground and not attached to any part of a building or structure.
 Roof Sign:
 Any sign, bulletin or device erec- ted for the purpose of advertising. or for the identification of 8 bust- ness or a structure supported on the roof of a building or structure.
 Projecting Sign:
 Any sign, bulletin or device erect ed for the purpose of advertising CT for the Identification of 8 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 structure, parallel to and ao near- ly against the face of a wall as pro" iecting cornices, belt courses, or other commentators of such wall may permit.
 Marquee:
 Any contrivance or canopy att tached to or affixed to a building for the purpose of furnishing shel" ter to persons approaching an eIa- trance of such building but not .iI1- cluding awnings, verandas or porch" eS.
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 Permits:
 CD No person, firm or corpora ton shall erect or maintain mar uuee which extends in front of an established building line, or sign OF advertising device of any char- acter, 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 8 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 the Building Inspector. No mar uuee, sign or other advertising de- vice requiring a license shall be maintained more than ten days after such permit has expired or been revoked.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- ture 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 justnica- ton.
 Applications:
 (N Any person, firm or cor- poration desiring any permit re- quired by this ordinance shall file an application therefore on a 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.
 (O No person, firm or corpora tion, 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,0lding Inspector of the City of waterbury: or working under H. 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 8 sign business, in accordance with the general provision of the Ordinance. The initial fee shall be $26.0O and license shall expire on the 1st 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: (O Fees for permits. payable at time application Is filed, shall be as followS:-
 Roof sign boards 5000 Non-electrical wall signs 800
 Electrical wall signs or
 electrical signs 300
 Projecting signs 800
 MarqueeS 5.O0 Temporary signs 200 Section 3.
 General Regulations.
 (l) Within the inner fire limits | no sign or advertising device Of | wood over two feet high shall be | uermftted on any building and |