(a) Definition. A "marquee" as herein regulated means a rigid, flat, roof-like structure affording shelter, other than a hood, attached to the exterior walls of a building or structure in an approved manner and erected only over an entrance to a building or structure.
(b) General Regulations. Marquees when constructed and erected as regulated in this section shall be permitted to project beyond a property line above the entry doorways of any building or structure provided, however, that no such marquee shall project into a public right of way which is less than thirty feet in width.
(c) Length. The length of marquees, measured parallel to the face of the building or structure to which attached, shall not exceed the width of the entrance doorway or doorways by more than ten feet, but in no case shall the front face of such marquee be closer than six feet to an alley or three feet to an intersecting street line.
(d) Projection. The projection of marquees from the property line shall not exceed a distance beyond a point two feet inside the face of the street curb.
(e) Clearance. There shall be not less than ten feet in the clear between any point of a marquee and the sidewalk grade directly below.
(f) Construction and Design.
(1) Marquees shall be constructed of non-combustible materials throughout.
(2) Marquees shall be supported entirely by the building or structure to which they are attached.
(3) Marquees shall be designed and constructed to safely support a superimposed load of sixty pounds per square foot.
(4) The roofs of the marquees shall be made watertight and shall have a slope of not more than one in four. Such roofs shall slope and drain towards the building or structure to which attached, and shall be provided with conductors draining to curb gutter or storm sewer.
(5) The vertical dimension of the side or front face of a marquee shall not exceed eight feet.
(g) Signs and Advertising Devices. Signs or advertising devices may be attached to or made a part of a marquee as regulated in Title Nine-Sign Code of this Part Thirteen-Building Code.
(Ord. 130-15. Passed 3-31-15.)