(A) No person shall stick or post any advertisement, poster, sign, handbill, or placard of any description upon any building or vehicle, or upon any tree, post, fence, billboard, or any other structure or thing whatever on the private property of another without permission of the occupant or owner of the same, nor paint, mark, write, print, impress, or in any manner attach any notice or advertisement or name of any commodity or thing, or any trademark, symbol, or figure of any kind upon anything whatever on the property of another without first obtaining permission of the owner of the thing on which the person desires to place the notice, advertisement, name, mark, or figure.
(B) Any person, firm, or corporation that makes periodic deliveries of advertising or other material intended to be consumed within the property primarily by the owner or occupant, shall be exempt from the provisions of division (A) above provided the person, firm, or corporation does not stick, post, or hang any such advertisement upon a mailbox post and meets the following conditions:
(1) At least once a month for the first four months of the deliveries provide a pre-paid written notice for the use of the owner/occupant to give notice to cease delivery of the advertising or other material and to provide such notice semi-annually thereafter;
(2) Provide a local phone number or 800 phone number to be printed on the covering plastic bag for all such advertising delivered, which phone number can be used by the owner/occupant at no cost to give oral notice to cease delivery of the advertising or other material; and
(3) The person, firm, or corporation shall, within 15 days after either the written or phone notification, ensure that all such deliveries of advertising or other material shall cease to the owner/occupant who has given such notification.
(C) Inflatables at commercial or industrial sites.
(1) An inflatable is an air-filled device not exceeding 32 feet in height.
(2) A special event includes grand openings, anniversary sales, and other similar events.
(3) The inflatable must directly relate to a special event and can be in place no more than ten days.
(4) The inflatable will have no commercial message, either as a part of the inflatable or as an attached banner or other sign.
(5) A maximum of two inflatables are permitted on any commercial or industrial site in a calendar year.
(6) A notarized letter of approval, signed by the property owner, must accompany the permit application.
(7) The installation company must file proof of liability insurance of a minimum of $500,000.
(8) A minimum setback of 90% of the height of the inflatable from any public right-of-way, overhead utility line, or driveway is required. The location of an inflatable cannot interfere with or utilize any area designated for required off-street parking spaces, loading spaces, fire lanes, maneuvering isles, driveways, or other rights-of-way. A site plan, drawn to scale, must accompany the application for permit. The site plan must show the proposed location of the inflatable and all building(s), off-street parking, fire lanes, and ingress/egress.
(9) Inflatables shall not be placed on roofs.
(10) Application or permit shall be made to the Safety Director.
(11) Application for a permit, with all required information shall be made a minimum of three weeks before the special event and shall include all required information and a $50 processing fee. An application that does not contain all the required information is not complete and is automatically denied.
(D) Whoever violates this section is subject to a $500 fine. Each day, or portion thereof, the violation exists is a separate violation.
(1980 Code, § 115.01) (Ord. 3071, passed 1-3-1974; Am. Ord. 4436, passed 5-7-1984; Am. Ord. 7105, passed 9-15-2003)