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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 156-1931 . . I 'N Th.e Oit,x~ Council_ o£ the ~i" .... ~c of ~ou ~' "oz~ San Erancisco do ordain as follows: Section 1: Tiie term "bil!Zo~-i'' as used in u~i~s ordinance is hereby iefiiiel to be a~ boaz~, bullet.an board felioe,~,'a.i~n or structure, or part thereof, tem[}orary or permanent, erected, maintain ed, or used pri:'.larily ~or ad~er-tisizi~-pur-poses, excepting advertising struoti~es inside buii&in~s,~ or uvon w.a~.c~ any advertisement is shown or whereon any poster, bill, printing, painting, device or other advertisin,.x matter of '~ ~ kind whatsoever may be-o!aced,' s~ac~, tacked .. all~, . , ~os~e~, prLnteL, p&inte~, ~&s~e~ or z~s~eneL Zu~ tkis defZni~ion shall not be hell to include any boards, si~n or surface use& to iisplay offficiaL notices, issued by ~[~ court or piColic office, or postei by Q~y pub:ic officers in the perform~ice of a public duty, or used to display ~nounoemen~of meetiii~ to be held upon · premises whereon such billboards or bulletin bo~ds are displayed,.__. or rased to advertise tlie general busif~ess conducted on the premises where sucil bill bo~ or bulletin board is located, nor shall it be held to include a real estate '~ ._~.~ sisn, advertisi~n~' for sale or red'it the property upon whicli it st~iis. The term "oainted wall si~n," as used in this ' "~ .... shall be deemed to be the designation ap~iied t.~ a definite space on the wall, sides or roof of a buiidin~;, Or Oil ~ences whereon the a~vertisement is painted iii al~ mamier. ~eotio! ~: The term "outdoor advertisin~",as~i in this oriinance, is hereby defined to be advertising on a~ billboard, bulletin board, fence or structure, or the placing thereon of any poster, bill, ~rii';Ltin~ ' ' ~ ~_. , . ~, paii_~in~, device or any advertisin~ matter of any kind whatsoever, and the pasting, posting, paintin.~', printing, nailing' or tacking or otherwise fastening of any hand-bill, car&, bannei~, si~n, poster, advertisment or notice of any kind upon al~/ billboard, property or place. Section 3: ~o person, firm, corporation or association shall en~age in o'r carry on the business or occupation of billposting, outdoo~~ advertising, sign painting, or maintain billboards in the City o£ South San Francisco without paying the license fee provided in this ordinance. Every person, firm, ocr'potation or association engagin~ in or cea~rying on the business or occupation of billposting or advertising sign painting or outdoor advertising, or maintaininf~m; billboards shall cause the name of such person, firm, corpo~'ation or association to be painted plainly in a cons]?icuous place on the outside of any wa~'on or vehicle used in such business or occupation and shall keep the s~ae i~ain and distinct at all times. Section 4: The license fee imposed bi.:~ this oz'dinance shall be paid quarterly an& the a~ount thereof shall be computed as follows: The sum of i cent for each square foot of surface maintained or under permit. The license tax herein e~stablished shall be due and payable in advance at such time as amy previous license may hereafter expire, or at such time as an~ person, firm, corporation or association ~ ~--~ in such business in the City of South San subject to it, shall Francis co. ~ · · eot~on 5- Upon the payment of thelicense fee in this ordinance provided the City ~ler_,~ of the City of South San Prancisco shall issue to the person, firm, corporation, o±~ association paying the license fee, a license to be known as 'the "Bill Poster and Outdoor Advertising License", which license shall be nmubered and said number shall continue to be the license number of said licensee during the time such licensee shall continue to ~u~am~ in the business forw''n~'ch the said license v~as issued in the City of South San Francisco. Such payment shall entitle 'the holde'~~ of such license to engage in and carry on the business or occupation described in Section 5 of this ordinm~ce for the period J~or which such payraent was made. Said license shall not be loaned or worked under by any other person, fin% corporation, aSsociation, individual, agent, bill poster, racker or painter, who is not a recognized employee of the licensee. Each billboard worker or outdoor advertiser must carry conspicuously displayed upon his person so as to be easily recognizable, a metal badge bearing the nmue of his em~.loo, er and such employer's license n~ber. 3ection 8: No billboard shall hereafter be erected in the City of South San Francisco wb/ch has an advertisinF sur±'~ce of more than seven (7) feet from the lower edge thereof to the upper edge thereof. Every application for a permit to erect a billboard, or to ~oaint a oainted wall si~n in the ~ty of South $an Francisco shall be made to and filed with the City Council. Such application shall con- tain the name of the a-o-olicant and shall set forth the location which it is proposed to erect such billboard, or to paint such ~oainted wall sign,, describiu~.~? ~h=~_,~ lot a~d~ . blocl~ or giving any other description by which the location may be readily identii~ied. It shall contain the sveci:~oa~ions of ~ ~' ~ ~e proposed billboard or painted wall sigm, which specifications must be approved by the building inspector. Such application shall give the n~e of the owner or agent in control of t~_e oroverty on w]~ch the proposed billboard, or painted wall sign is to be erected, constructed, or painted amd shall be accompanied by the written consent of said owner or agent that such billboard or painted wall si~ may be erected or painted on the location or property. Such application shall also contain the number o±' square yards and the number of standard s~zed sheets of advertising surface or area in the proposed billboard, or painted wall sign. If the Council finds that the pro-eosed billboard or painted v~,all sign may be erected, con- structed or painted or maintained on the proposed location without danger to the public health, morals and safety, the Council may in its discretion grant the permit applied for. Section 7: All billboards hereafter constructed or erected in the City of South San Prancisco shale be so deSignated, con- structed and ~uaintained in such a manner as to vJithstand the wear and tear of the elements and a thirty (30) pound lateral wind pressure per squsa-e foot of exposed surface and erected at an angle oi' bracing not greater than sixty (60) d~grees from a horizontal plane and the braces shall be securely fastened by an anchor or other secured solld base. fall billboards hereai'ter constructed '~Jithin the fire limits oi' the City of South San ~raz~.cisco, as no?~' or hereafter established by ordinance, shall be built and constructed entirely of ~uetal other non-combustible materials in all parts thereof', except the posts or standards upon which such structures '~est and moulding strips of v~ood; -provided, however, that 'the advertisi~ surface of such structures shall be of non-combustible material not lighter than twenties-eight (£S) gauge ~;~etal. ~[1 portions of such billboa~'ds shall be at least four~(~) ~eet i'ro:':~ any other buildin~ or st~ucture. I~o billboard hereaftei~ constructed o;~ erected within the City of South San Francisco but outside of 'the i'ire lio~its of the City, as now or hereaffter established by ordinance, shall be built or con- structed of wood or o't~er i~.i'la~'~'aable materials zu~less all portions of said structure be at least six (6) i'eet from any buildin~ or other structure built or constructed oi' ?~ood o~' other ini'lm~'~aLle materials. I~o billboard shall hereafter be erected o~~ constz~ucted upon any pz~olic s~¢.ewal=, street, alley, or o~.,:er public place, o~' upon a~ lot or premises in such a ~annez~ 'that any poz'tion of such structure shall be nearer than i'ive (5) ~eet ~rom the line o£ any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public place. There shall be placed and maintained at the top ol' each billbos.~d and each advertising sign the name, plainly painted, of the person, firm, corporation or association owning, or who is in possession, charge cz~ control of the stone for advertising purposes. Each such billboard and advertising sign shall bear a nut, bet readily legible from the street, alley or other public place on which such bi!lboazd or si:~ fronts. Said nzu~ber, together with such inforraation as may .be necessary to show the location of -the billboard or advertis ..... '~ ~ ' i~:.~ s~on bearing, suc:-~. n~uuber shall ~,e recorded in an a~opropriate book to be kept. ~n~ orna~ental border, which shall contain no a~lve~'tising of a,~/ nature, not ~,~ider than one (1) foot may be added -to surround the advertising surface of any ~:,illboard or advertising si~. There may be olaced at the ends of said billbo~trds appzooriate orna~:~,ental columns. There may be placed between the lower edge of the billboea~d and the ground an orna~uental lattice ~"~ork or baseboard not over t%~:elve' (l~) inches in hei~Tht, ?rovided that the lower edge of such lattice wor~ or baseboe~rd shall be at least t~enty-four (£~) inches fro~u the ground. All billboards hereafter erected on the lot or lots between two buildin~,s abuttin~ the sidev~alk must be ?rovided v~ith so~e means of easy access to that oortion of the lot in '~ of ~_ '~.~e rear such bi!lboa~ds All billboards may be erected on lines parallel with the nearest street on wnmc_~ zhe~ face, or ma~? be erected at an an.!~;le z:~ere~o not greater than ,~mr~ (30) degrees, -orovided that at corners for~,~ed by street intersectiens, such structures may be erected or constructed diagonally. The height of billboards hereafter erected, or constructed in South San -Vrancisco shall not e:~ceed eleven and one-hali' (ll 1/2) feet £rom the surface o±~ -the :Tround. ~o billboard shall have a ±e~-~th greater than twenty-five (25) feet. Section 8. It shall be ~uala',~ful for ~ny person, firm, cor- poration or association to erect, construct cz' cause or permafit to be erected or constructed any billboard or to mal:e any altez~ation on such billboard or to remove-from one location a~_d re-erect in another any such billboard without~ having secured a pe;~mit fro~,,~ the City Council so to do in confoz~.,zty with ~ne 'orovisions of this ordinance. :t~.e ter,~ "alteration" shall not be construed to a])~ply to painting of or changing of any advertising matter on any billboard, but ¥~here a billboard is re- erected or removed to another location, its construction shall con- form to the requirements and provisions of this ordinance. Section 9. Before auy permit required by this ordinance is issued £or the construction, erection or removal of a billboard the building inspector shall make or cause to be made an inspection of the location of the proposed site of such board and transmit his report thereon to the City Council. Section 10. The building inspector shall make such investigation or take such other action as, in his Judgment, he may deem proper or necessary in the enforcement of the provisions of this ordinance. He shall also investigate or cause to be investigated, reported infractions of this ordinance or ~aendments thereto and shall report all eases or infractions or sh~ll request that a warrant of arrest issue out of the proper court against the person or persons responsible for or causing such infractions. Section ll. If, at any time it shall appear to the City Council by evidence that a billboard erected or maintained in the City of South San ~rancisco has become or is dangerous to the public health, morals or safety, the City Council shall so notify the person, firm, corporation or association ownin~ or in control of such bill- board and such person, firm, corporation or association shall make such billboard safe and not dangerous to public health, morals or safety, or remove the same. In event such person, firm, corporation or association, after receiving such notice, shall thereafter, for a period of ten days, fail to comply with the directions therein con- tained, the City Council may revoke such permit theretofore granted to erect such billboard or require the building inspector to remove or cause to be removed such billboards, or both. Section 1£. No paper, cloth or advertising matter shall be permitted or allowed to hang loose from eny billboard but the same shall be securely fastened and glued to the surface of said billboard. All billboards shall have a smooth surface and no nails, tacks, or wires shall protrude therefrom, except that billboards may be illuminated -8- with electricity by means of pressed steel reflectors, containing lamps of not less than 100 watts of current per hour. Such reflectors shall be placed at not more then ten Il0) feet apart an~ extend not more than five (5) feet from ,the face of the billboard an~ to be at least ten (10) feet above the sidewalk, or surface of the ground. Said reflectors shall not protrude beyond the property line an~ shall be attache~ to the billboard. For the electrical work done anl the electrical appliances installed on such illuminated billboards, an inspection by the city building inspector shall Be required and such inspection shall be made annually thereafter. A fee of $1.50 shall be charged for such inspection per meter location. Section 13. It shall be unlaw~al for any person, firm, corporation or association, except a public officer, or employee in the performance of a public duty, or a private person giving a legal notice, to paste, paint, print, nail, tack or otherwise fasten any card, banner, handbill, si~n, poster, or advertisement or notice of any kind, or cause the same to be &one on any curbstone, lamp-post, pole, hydrant, fence, bridge or tree upon any public street or public property, or upon any other property not owned by said person, firm, corporation or association, within the City of South San ~ran- cisco, except as may be required'by the orainances of the City of South San l~ranoisco or the laws of the State of California, or of the Unite~ States. Any a~vertisement prohlbite~ by this section may be taken ~own, moved or ~estroye~ by an2 person. Section 14. No person, firm, corporation or association shall scatter, daub, or leave any paint, paste, ~lue or other substance used for painting or affixing aavertisinc matter upon any public street or sidewalk or scatter or throw or permit to be scattered or thrown an~ bills, waste matter, paper or material of any kind whatsoever removed from billboar&s on any public street or private property. -7- Section 16. The provisions of this ordinance do not apply to electric signs and transparencies, nor signs attached to any building or the side or roof thereof or painted thereon, including bulletin boards, advertising the general business carried on in such building or offices therein, nor to clocks or other similar advertising devices advertising the general business conducted in such building or in offices therein. Section 16. All wall or fence bill or bulletin boards placed flat against the wall or fence shall be securely~ fastened to the wall or fence by means of adequate sized screws sufficient in number to hold the same securely under all conditions. All applications for permits for the erection and construct- ion of roof signs or boards shall contain data relative to the size and weight of boards and the construction of the roof whereon such board is to be located, showing girders, joists or rafters to which the suppor~ will be fastened. Every roof board or sign shall be constructed, anchored and supported so as to withstand a lateral wind pressure of thirty /J0) pounds per square foot of surface in addition to other live and dead loads and no roof sign shall be erected upon any building unless such building is able to safely withstand the additional stresses caused thereby. 0nly noncombustible materials shall be used in electrically equipped roof signs or boards or any other roof sign within the fire limits of the City of South San 2ran- cisco, as nor or hereafter established by ordinance, except that purely decorative portions of such signs may be painted with fire retardent paint approved by the chief of the fire department. The term "roof sign" is hereby defined to mean any advertising structure attached to a building, any portion of which structure extends above the parapet or above the eaves of such building. -8- Section 17. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, cori,~?o~ation or association to exhibit, post or display, o~~ cause to be exhibited, posted or displayed, upon any billboa~d or painted wall sign, any statement, words, or signs of au obscene, indecent immoral nature, or any picture, illustration or delineation of any human figure in such detail as to offend public morality, or decency, or of any lewd, or lascivious act, or any other matter or thing of an obscene, indecent or i~?,~oral nature, or offensive to the moral sense; or any murder, suicide, robbery, hold-up, shooting, s~abb~ng, cluob~no or beatin~ of arfy human being v~herein any such ~ct is shown in gruesome detail or in revolting manner, or in any manner objectionable to the mo ral s ens e. Section 18. It shall, hereafter, be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to erect or construct or maintain any billboard or to paint an~.? painted ¥~all sign in an~ block on any public street included within any district which now is, or may hereafter be designated by ordinance as a residential district. Section 19. If any section, sub-section, clause, word or phrase of this ordinance is for anff reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the re~uainder of this ordinance, The Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause, wo'~d or phrase thereof irresoective of the fact ~ t~t any one section, sub-section, sentence, clause, word or phrase be held %u~constitutional or otherwise invalid. Section 20. ~n~, person, fir~, corporation or association, either as principal, agent, or employee, violatin~ any provisions or provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor an&, upon conviction the?eof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars (~100.00), or by imprisor~aent not exceeding a period of thirty (~0) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, corporation or association shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day durin.~ any portion of which any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed and continued or permitted by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punish- al~l$ therefor as Provided by this ordinance. Section El. All rights and privileges acquired under the provisions of this ordinance or any amendment thereto, are mere licenses and revocable at any time by the said City Council. Section ££. Ordinance No. 1£? of the City of South San ~rancisco entitled 'An ordinance regulating the business of and the construction and maintenauce of billboards, fences, signs or other structures erected or used for advertising purposes in the City of South San Prancisco, passed and adopted en the 5th day of January, 19E~, is hereby repealed. Section 25. This ordinance shall be published once in "The Enterprise and the South San Francisco Journal", a weekly news- paper printed and published in said City of South San ~rancisco, and shall take effect and be in fo~ce fron~ and after the expiration of thirty I~0) days ~fter its adoption. -0- o-o-o-o- Passed and adopted as an ordinance of the 0ity of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, on the~ day of ~ , 1931, by the following vote: ~Yes, Councilmen ~. ~~/ ~/. ~~ Noes, Councilmen ~bsent, Councilmen ~.. Attest: _ . City/~dlerk Ma~ of the City of South Ban ~ ~ ~rancisoo.