(A) The holder of any permit for any street banner shall comply with the following regulations:
(1) The exact design and wording proposed to be used on the street banner shall be submitted to the Director of Public Works together with the application. There shall be no deviation from the design and wording without the Director's prior approval.
(2) No permit shall be issued for banners for partisan political or commercial occurrences or events.
(3) Each permit issued shall contain on its face, and the applicant shall be bound thereby, a designation of the location or locations at which the banner or banners may be placed, and the time during which the banner or banners may be so placed.
(4) No banner shall be erected pursuant to this subchapter unless the banner or device is of a substantial cloth or canvas material, adequately ventilated for wind, and securely suspended from existing poles or other structures, at least 18 feet above the highest point of the underlying roadway or other public place. The erection of special poles or other supports on public or private property shall not be authorized or allowed pursuant to this subchapter, except by specific approval of the Director of Public Works.
(5) Banners shall not be placed so as to interfere with street lights, traffic signals or other structures of a public or private nature.
(6) No permit shall be issued for a period of more than 180 consecutive calendar days.
(7) All banners authorized to be installed by the permittee shall be so installed by a contractor approved by the Director of Public Works. Any damage to the public street, alley or place or any other public right-of-way, or portion thereof, resulting from the installing, displaying or removing of any street banner shall be solely borne by the permittee and the permittee's contractor.
(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a violation of this section shall be deemed to be an infraction.
('83 Code, § 12.20.050) (Ord. 845, passed - -82; Am. Ord. 1268, passed 9-7-05) Penalty, see § 10.99