1343.07 CONSTRUCTION; WIND PRESSURE.

   Every projecting electric sign shall be constructed of metal or other equally noncombustible material, and shall be constructed and braced to withstand a wind pressure of thirty pounds for every square foot of surface exposed. (1964 Code §701.21)

1343.08 UNSAFE OR INSECURE SIGNS.

   Should any projecting sign, roof sign or any other kind of sign be or become, insecure, in danger of falling or otherwise unsafe, the owner or the person using or maintaining the sign, shall proceed at once to put such sign in a safe and secure condition or remove the same.

(1964 Code §701.22)

1343.09 SIGNS AND BANNERS ACROSS STREETS; PERMIT AND FEE.

   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 1343.09 was repealed by Ordinance 54-2001, passed April 2, 2001.)

1343.10 REMOVAL OF SIGNS AFTER DISCONTINUANCE OF BUSINESS.

   (a)   No person who is the owner, user or custodian of any kind of sign shall permit such sign or its supports to be suspended over public sidewalks or public property longer than thirty days after the discontinuance of the business at such location, or of such purpose which the sign had advertised.

   (b)   If the owner, user or custodian of a sign suspended over public sidewalks or public property fails to remove such sign within the allotted thirty days after such business or purpose has been discontinued, then the owner of the building or lessee of that part of the building or property, to which such sign is attached, shall immediately remove such sign.

(1964 Code §701.24)

1343.11 ENFORCEMENT BY CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL; SIGN REMOVAL.

   It shall be the duty of the Chief Building Official to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and he is hereby authorized and directed to remove or order the removal of all signs hereafter erected in violation of this chapter, signs that are insecure, in danger of falling or otherwise unsafe, and all signs where the business or purpose of same has been discontinued.

(1964 Code §701.25)