(a) Permit Required. No person shall erect, alter or repair, or permit to be erected, altered or repaired, any fixed awning which projects or would project over or into a public way within the City until a permit therefor has been secured from the City Manager.
(b) Revocability. Any permit granted under the provisions of this section shall be revocable by the City when the City Manager finds the fixed awning to be unsafe and that it is for the best interest of the City that such permit be revoked.
(c) Compulsory Removal. The City Manager shall have the right to compel the removal of any fixed awning erected, altered or repaired in violation of this section.
(d) Insurance Required. Any person applying for a permit under this section shall, before the permit is granted, file with the City Manager a liability or indemnity policy in the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the City from any and all damages, judgments, costs or expenses which the City may incur or suffer by reason of the granting of such permit or which may result from the construction or maintenance of such fixed awning.
(e) Warning Signs. During the erection, alteration or repair of any awning, as permitted under the provisions of this section, warning signs shall be posted to warn passers-by against danger from such operations.
(Ord. A-2052. Passed 8-26-96.)