The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-04-25
SIGN ORDINANCE
for the City of Ypsilanti
Ordinance No. 127
Erection and Maintenance of Signs and to
Provide Penalty for the Violation Thereof.

ly braced to resist a wind pres
sure OF thirty 600 pounds per
square foot OF exposed surface
and supported on steel / beams
spanning from wall to wall or an
chored to existing steel roof franz
ing. No part thereof shall rest
on the roof joists. Signs shall be
located six (6) feet or more from
the inside front parapet walls and
four 90 feet or more from the In
side OF side parapet walls. The dis.
lance from the top Of the | beam
support to the underside OF the
sign panel shall be at least three
(3) feet. Panels shall be OF metal.
Panel frames may be OF wood.
Contractor shall submit sketch
es as required for Type 3 signs.
Section II. TPYE 6, POSTER
BOARDS:
The term poster boards shall
apply to any advertising panel
erected on a free standing frame
work and independent OF a build
ing.
No poster board shall be erected
closer to the street than two (2)
feet. The City Engineer shall es.
tablish building lines on streets
where no plat restrictions exist.
All poster boards shall be erected
on structural steel frames anchor
ed to the ground by concrete piers.
The framework shall be designed
to resist a lateral wind pressure
over the panel area OF thirty 900
pounds per square foot. Panels
shall be metal. Frames around
panels may be constructed OF wood.
Section IL. TYPE z, PORTABLE
SIGNS:
The term portable sign shall
apply to any advertising panel less
than three CD square feet In area
and less than so pounds in weight
supported on base. Such signs
shall not exceed three 90 feet In
height and be located at least
three ca feet inside OF private
property lines. No insured sign
hanger services are required for
portable signs.
section 10. TYPE 9, SPECIAL
SIGNS:
The term special signs shall apply
TO any advertising panel and frame
work not provided for In the regu.
lations OF type / to inclusive.
The City Engineer shall make and
enforce such regulations as may
be necessary TO insure safe and
secure structures. properly located
TO safeguard life and property
rights and to protect public In
terest.
Section "a. MAINTENANCE or
SIGNS:
The responsibility for erecting
and keeping signs in good repair
and In safe condition rests entirely
with the owner or owners or the
person having charge OF or control
over the same.
In the event OF failure TO remove
Illegal or unsafe signs within
thirty 800 days after being noti-
fled by the City Clerk, the Com
mon Council OF the City OF Ypsi-
lanti may proceed 10 remove said
sign and charge the cost to the
owner OF the property on which
the sign is located or from which
II Ia suspended.
Section IS. FEES FOR PERMITS:
Fees for permits issued shall be
collected by the City Clerk ac-
cording to the following schedule:
Type 7-Portable signs no fee.
All other types, 800
Section IS.
Lights placed for the purpose
OF Illuminating signs In such a way
as to constitute a traffic hazard
shall be prohibited on all new
signs. Such lights In place at the
time OF passage OF this ordinance
shall be ordered removed by the
Common Council. All electrical
work to comply with national cleo
trical code.
Section II. PENALTY FOR VIo-
lATlON:
Any person violating any OF the
provisions Of this ordinance shall.
upon conviction thereof, be pun
ished by a fine OF not exceeding
$4,000 and costs OF prosecution
or by Imprisonment In the County
Jail for not more than 80 days or
both, such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion Of the Court.
Section 18.
All sign ordinances and amend.
ments TO same or parts OF ordin-
ances are hereby repealed.
Section 10.
This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force on and after ten
days from legal publication.
Made and passed by the Common
Council OF the City OF Ypsilanti
this twenty-first day OF April, 1871.
Approved by the Mayor April
%, 1871.
ROSS X. BOWER,
Mayor
Attest