(A) No person, firm or corporation shall erect, or maintain, any sign, signboard, poster, awning or rigid canopy over any street, sidewalk, alley or on other public property without having first obtained a permit therefor. Permits for signs, canopies, awnings, posters and signboards shall be issued by the Building Inspector, upon the payment of a fee set by resolution of the governing body. All signs, awnings and canopies extending over any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public place must be securely fastened and constructed so that there will be no danger of the same being dislodged by ordinary winds or falling from other causes. No sign, awning or canopy shall be erected or maintained which extends over any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public place in such a location as to obstruct the view of any traffic light, sign or signal. Upon the written order of the governing body, any person owning or occupying the premises where such a sign, awning, canopy, poster or signboard extends over public property, shall cause the same to be removed within the time limit specified on such notice.
(2005 Code, § 8-107)
(B) (1) All awnings erected or allowed to remain over the sidewalk space shall be of approved material. All awnings, signs and canopies shall be elevated at least eight feet at their lowest part from the top of the public sidewalk and shall not project over the sidewalk to exceed three-fourths of the width thereof, nor any closer than three feet to the curb line of any street or alley.
(2) They shall be supported, without posts, by iron brackets or by an iron framework attached firmly to the building or other support, so as to leave the public property wholly unobstructed thereby.
(2005 Code, § 8-108)