(A) Definition. The term OUTDOOR ADVERTISER, as used in this section, is hereby defined to mean any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of placing, posting or painting any advertisements, notices or displays in or on any place for the purpose of outdoor advertising so that the resultant display is visible from any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place in the village.
(B) License required. It shall be unlawful for any outdoor advertiser to do business as such in this village without having first secured a license therefor as is hereby required; provided that, no license issued under this section shall be construed so as to permit the use of any structures, natural or artificial, which are located in any public place for advertising purposes.
(C) Application. Application for such licenses shall be accompanied by a list of all places, including billboards or natural structures, to be used, on which it is intended to place signs or advertisements. This list shall be added to from time to time by the licensee as the right to post or place advertisements or signs on additional places as required.
(D) Fees. The annual fee for such licenses shall be $25.
(E) Use of billboards. No person shall post or maintain any advertisements or signs on any billboard or signboard which does not fully conform to the ordinances of the village.
(F) Consent of owners. It shall be unlawful to post any advertisement on any premises without the consent of the owner or occupant of such premises. Such consent must be in writing and filed with the Village Clerk.
(G) Refuse. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of outdoor advertising to permit any refuse resulting from this work to accumulate anywhere in the village, excepting by placing it in properly established refuse receptacles. It shall be unlawful to permit any loose or flapping combustible materials to hang from or be attached to any billboard or signboard or other place used for display or advertising purposes. All refuse resulting from the operation of the business must be carefully gathered up and properly disposed of.
(H) Weeds at base of billboards. It shall be the duty of every outdoor advertiser to keep all grass and weeds and other growths excepting trees and ornamental shrubbery cut down so that the same shall not grow to a greater height than ten inches within six feet of any billboard or signboard used by him, her or it; provided that, this obligation shall extend on the property controlled by the advertiser.
(I) Unlawful advertising. It shall be unlawful for any outdoor advertiser to post or display any advertisement of an obscene or immoral character or any advertisement tending to promote or cause a riot or breach of the peace, or any advertisement for an unlawful gathering, or advertisement for unlawful sales.
(J) Disfiguring signs. It shall be unlawful to mutilate or disfigure any lawful sign or advertisement in the village.
(K) Name of advertiser. It shall be unlawful for any outdoor advertiser to carry on his or her business unless the name of such advertiser is attached, displayed or printed on all billboards or signboards used by him, her or it, in such lettering as to be visible from a distance of at least five feet from the notice of advertisement.
(L) Exemptions. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to apply to the posting of signs or notices by order of any court or by any public officer on the performance of his or her duties.
(M) Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be fined not less than $50, nor more than $500, for each offense; and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 22-O-18, passed 9-13-2022)